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TIL that the first person in recorded history to be killed by a robot was a factory worker at the Ford Motor Company in 1979.

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ZoAY TIL there has been a constitutional amendment that has been pending for 226 years
D1XnD TIL of the Dragon tiger phoenix dish which contains snake, cat and chicken meat.
9YbGD TIL: King George VI took six months to give up the title of Emperor of India from the date Great Britain relinquished power.
4X0aa TIL of the Great Toyota War, which was the last phase of the Chadian–Libyan conflict in 1987, on the Libyan–Chadian border. It takes its name from the vehicles used, the Toyota Hilux and the Toyota Land Cruiser, to provide mobility for the Chadian troops as they fought against the Libyans.
rRkvy TIL Eric Tigerstedt, the "Thomas Edison of Finland", was the first person to patent a "mobile phone", over a 100 years ago.