🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.
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The gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B, the farthest object from Earth that was observable by the naked eye, was observed.
Read more on Wikipedia
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Cornwall’s new Geothermal Engineering Ltd plant is the UK’s first site to generate electricity and extract lithium from deep hot granite. It will power 10,000 homes, supply lithium for 250,000 EVs annually, create local jobs, and boost UK energy security.
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Australian researchers built a tiny working quantum battery prototype, wirelessly charged by laser. It charges in femtoseconds, stores energy for nanoseconds, and currently powers nothing practical, but demonstrates ultra-fast charging potential for future quantum computers, remote devices and eventually vehicles.
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World (of Worldcoin fame) is launching Agent Kit, tying iris-based World ID to AI agents so websites can verify each agent represents a unique human, limiting bot swarms. Adoption hinges on mass biometric sign-ups, raising practicality and privacy concerns.
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Meta is shutting down the VR version of Horizon Worlds on June 15th, shifting focus to mobile access instead. The move signals Meta’s retreat from its original VR-centric metaverse vision toward broader, phone-based engagement and potentially larger mainstream audiences.
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💪 Jeff Dean Fact of the Day
`gcc -O4` sends your code to Jeff Dean for a complete rewrite.
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⭐ 2424, 🖖 105
A security-focused library OS supporting kernel- and user-mode execution
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⭐ 9141, 🖖 970
IronClaw is OpenClaw inspired implementation in Rust focused on privacy and security
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⭐ 15186, 🖖 1014
iii (pronounced “three eye”) unifies your existing backend stack with a single engine and three primitives: Function, Worker, and Trigger.
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⭐ 2629, 🖖 286
An open-source, GPU-accelerated physics simulation engine built upon NVIDIA Warp, specifically targeting roboticists and simulation researchers.
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⭐ 4664, 🖖 254
A cross-platform QUIC AI-boost fluent-design multi-threaded downloader built with Python.
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