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TIL that a hitchhiking robot, named HitchBOT, (who successfully hitchhiked across Canada, the Netherlands, and Germany) was ”murdered” in Philly; shortly after beginning its journey in the USA.

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rR9Xx TIL That when the Saints won their Super Bowl the first thing shouted in the locker room was ‘It’s the fuckin’ Catalina Wine Mixer!’ from Step Brothers.
WQQ9 TIL there’s a debt collection agency that helps you get a job, fixes your heating, and helps you pay your debt in a non-tyrannical way. “The number one problem we hear from customers is that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills.”
pYEpb TIL that in the 1980s, A&W launched their third-pounder burger to compete with the quarter-pounder. Confused about low sales, they conducted a study and found that around half the participants thought a third was smaller than a quarter. The burger was rebranded to the "papa burger."
7rnMP TIL: There is a diamond mine open to the public in Arkansas, it is the only diamond mine open to the public. So far 31000 gems have been found since it became a state park in 1972, the visitors keep what they found.
QJDwk TIL In 1536, French explorer Jacques Cartier and his crew were cured of scurvy by drinking tea of pine needles and by eating bark given to them by the Iroquois after the crew suffered months of nutritional deprivation at sea. Pine needles have approximately 3 to 5 times more vitamin C than an orange