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TIL Archaeologists found the other half of the Mayan calendar in May

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x60y7 TIL Earthquakes produce light and scientists aren't sure why.
xV9gB TIL the Mariana Trench, the deepest ocean trench on earth, has been found to be more polluted than some of the most polluted rivers in China. Plastic bags and other plastic waste have been found throughout the trench, often entangling sea life.
N7vpE TIL That despite the fact that mud dauber wasps are non-aggressive and rarely sting, they have killed at least 210 people since 1980 via plane crashes
J1KKl TIL that x86-based chips are slower and more wasteful in energy than their ARM counterparts, but Intel's dominance in PCs meant ARM chips never took off in that market. However, their advantages allowed them to dominate the nascent smartphone market.
6keW TIL: The average American woman now weighs as much as the average American man in the 1960s