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TIL that the 5 nanometer transistor production process (~ year 2020) is expected to be the end of Moore’s Law

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78eXP TIL That biphasic sleep was a common practice in pre-industrial societies where people would have their first sleep around 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., wake up around midnight then wake up for one or two hours to engage in activities such as reading, praying, or working
awNvJ TIL USSR used remotely controlled tanks during WW2. They were called "Teletanks" and were able to recognize sixteen to twenty-four different commands sent via radio and drop armored box-bombs.
bwvN TIL That in 2003, pizza man Brian Douglas was kidnapped, forced to wear a neck bomb and rob a bank. He died in the parking lot after the bomb went off because police told him not to move.
K8PB TIL that Bavaria has more installed solar capacity than in the entire United States.
0mO1 TIL A Man Wrote his Own Credit Card Contract Then Sued the Bank for Breaking the Contract’s Terms