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TIL: The use of pepper spray during wars is banned by Article I.5 of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

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W9oX TIL a 2007 study by Harvard researchers found 62% of bankruptcies filed in the U.S. were for medical reasons. Of those, 78% had medical insurance.
m1EkE TIL "3 nm" or "5 nm" chips are meaningless marketing terms, just like "BMW i5"; these terms have nothing to do with any dimension that you can find on the die. For example, TSMC's 3 nm process has a gate pitch of 48 nm!
aB6N TIL that Toto from Wizard of Oz was paid more than the munchkins were
R5766 TIL that Seahorses are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. When mating the female deposits her eggs into the male's brood pouch, and the male fertilizes them internally. He carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases baby seahorses into the water
x6kr5 TIL about Gary DeVore, a screenwriter, who disappeared in 1997 while night driving from Santa Fe, NM to Santa Barbara, CA. A year after disappearing, Devore and his Ford Explorer were found in an aqueduct in Palmdale, CA. Devore's hands, script and gun were missing. His death remains a mystery.