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

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KmbB TIL that there is a PG rated horror movie about tomatoes that revolt against humans, and their only weakness is a song known as “Puberty Love”
xVmlB TIL Indian-Americans are the most educated ethnic/racial group in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, 40% of Indian-Americans have graduate degrees (compared to 11% of the overall American population)
O7ee TIL that in 1779, Thomas Jefferson submitted an anti-sodomy law to Virginia that would castrate men caught having gay sex. This law didn’t pass, and the state kept their anti-sodomy law in which death was the maximum penalty.
wGkM TIL ex-Army veteran from California was arrested for driving to Detroit’s largest mosque with a trunk full of explosives. The mainstream media has completely ignored this story.
Z8Qvp TIL that Agatha Christie is the third most widely published author of all time, outsold only by Shakespeare and the bible. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and a billion more in 100 different languages.