› added 2 months ago

11

TIL on January 25, 1979, Robert Williams became the first known robot fatality.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

rNAmy TIL Heaviest Animals to Wander the Earth
rRQvd TIL During the cremation process of a 500 pound body, the corpse was so obese that it set the crematorium on fire.
KR1R TIL Out of millions of living creatures on planet Earth, humans are only 1 of 3 that have the benefit of laughter; other other 2 are chimpanzees and rats.
4kEWo TIL The Taiping Rebellion is the bloodiest civil war in world history during which an estimated 20-30M people died. It was started by a guy who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ sent by the heavens to defeat the Manchus.
EaZd TIL in Japan, those who are sentenced to death don’t know the day they will be executed until the actual day comes