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TIL Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage created a combat robot. In its first two tournaments, they were asked to withdraw in exchange for co-champion status. In the first it had slung pieces of its opponents into the audience. In the second these pieces damaged the walls specifically improved for it.

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Boky TIL in 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA before he installed some PC software. The agreement included a clause offering ‘financial compensation’ to licensees who actually read the license agreement. He emailed the company, referred to the clause and the company sent him a check for $1,000
d0rB TIL Walt Disney World is the largest consumer of fire works in the United States.The park also launches the fireworks with compressed air instead of gunpowder to reduce fumes and gain better height and timing
4kNjw TIL Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have a son together named River Phoenix. The couple named him after Joaquin's late brother who passed away on October 31, 1993.
l7OeG TIL fur coats and clothing can be donated to wildlife rehabilitation centers and animal sanctuaries across the country, which use the fur to provide familiar comfort, warmth, and enrichment to injured, orphaned, and rescued wildlife.
bJk7 TIL that Dubai uses slave labor to build their skyscrapers.