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TIL that the robot suit in the 60's TV series Lost In Space had a built-in ashtray. The suit was so difficult and painful to get in and out of that the actor Bob May would just stay inside and have his smoke breaks in the suit so needed a place for his ashes and butts.

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4jxo TIL the inverted cross is not a satanic symbol.It is the cross of St.Peter. It is believed that he requested this form of crucifixion as he felt he was unworthy to be crucified in the same manner that Jesus died.