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TIL Robert Williams, a Ford assembly line worker, is the first human in history to have been killed by a robot. He was hit by a robotic arm in 1979.

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ANNV4 TIL that Lobsang Rampa, Tibetan Monk and bestselling author of The Third Eye, was in fact Cyril Hoskin, the son of a plumber from Devonshire. When this became known, he stated he was possessed by a Tibetan monk after he fell out of a tree in his back yard whilst tying to photograph an owl.
bg4E TIL that the oxygenated fluid used in James Cameron’s “The Abyss” actually exists, and allows humans to breathe the liquid while completely submerged.
GZ1J TIL the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was originally written for a vampire musical.
7Zxr TIL that the highest temperatures ever recorded in Alaska and Hawaii are both 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
5aRB TIL: Weird Al Yankovic was going to parody Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” with “Chicken Pot Pie” but McCartney denied his request due to being a vegetarian.