Games "useless" knowledge

[Mirelight]

The absolute highest frequency ever achieved by a CPU to date is about 9121.61 MHz (9.12GHz) by a professional overclocker wytiwx, it was only about 4MHz above the previous record and was done with Intel Core i9-14900KF. This is only the second record to breach the 9GHz territory.

To put 9GHz into perspective, there's an internal clock inside CPU that goes back and forth, with 9GHz speed it means the clock can go back and forth at the rate of 9 billion times per seconds, Basically by the time CPU completes one single clock cycle, light has had only enough time to travel about 3.3cm in distance and CPU can do several arithmetic operations within one clock cycle with multiple cores.

 

[I Me & Myself]

it was only about 4MHz above the previous record and was done with Intel Core i9-14900KF.

Another reason I love science. This is not a lot but it's still a huge breakthrough, pushing the boundaries even further.

I love how you put it into perspective with the distance light travels!
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Also I just wanna say I love everyone's contributions and I am really enjoying to see this thread grow :]

Today's knowledge from me:
The cave paintings from the famous french cave Lascaux were replicated several times, to allow public to see them while preserving the originals. Having actual people in the cave sweat and breathe would damage the drawings made with coal, ochre and iron oxide

The latest Replica (Lascaux IV) is a to scale reproduction of the *entire* cave!

 

[I Me & Myself]

Today's "useless" knowledge!
Yacouba Sawadogo has been fighting desertification in his homeland, Burkina Faso, with an acient farming technique called zaī (which he also improved upon). It boils down to digging holes.

This man has made 40 hectars of forest in a desert digging holes.

(The holes have a half circle shape and have a border of stones which leads water to collect in the hole and have a chance to seep into the ground. Without the hole, the water would just flow away and the ground remain dry.

After rain; In the now wet land Sawadogo has planted trees, which help hold even more water in the ground with their roots, promoting a forest. This has successfully reversed desertification and saved his people's main way of life: Farming)

 

[webb&flow]

- There is an alternate alphabet for English called Sharian, developed specifically for the English language (unlike the latin alphabet)

More info here. :)

Shavian alphabet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[I Me & Myself]

Hi Hi sorry for the mistakes in my Initial post! Sharian vs Shavian and another mistake I already forgot >.>

Here's a better researched one!

TOI-3757 b is a planet orbiting a red dwarf, and it is quite well known for having a very very low density. This planet could float on water!

The exact density is 0.27g/cm³ (with a margin of error of 0.05g/cm³)
It's been compared to a marshmellow, density wise :]