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TIL there's a real robotics company called Cyberdine and one of its robotic exeoskeleton suit is named HAL.

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0wpV1 TIL in 2008, the Netherlands voted "Swaffelen" as their word of the year. It means to repeatedly smack one's (usually either flaccid or semi-erect) penis against someone or something.
yoyw TIL that when the Waltz was introduced it was considered vulgar and indecent, suitable only for “prostitutes and adulteresses”
GYD67 TIL that Bob Barker, former host of The Price is Right, is 1/8 Native American and an official member of the Sioux Tribe
eppRJ TIL that people with red hair are more sensitive to pain and more resistant to local anesthesia due to the MC1R gene. They may require up to 20% more general anesthesia (such as Novocaine)
xV5ek TIL heavy metal is used in torture interrogations because "These people haven't heard heavy metal. They can't take it. If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down and your will is broken. That's when we come in and talk to them."