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TIL that in 2017, a security robot quit its job by drowning itself in a fountain

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Wk8d9 TIL that the oldest animal (at least, the oldest whose age has been identified) was a 507 year-old clam that washed up on the beach in Iceland. Researchers, not realizing how old the clam was, killed it while they were examining it.
0wAWy TIL that Frankie Muniz doesn't remember being in 'Malcolm in the Middle'. His memory loss was due to several concussions and strokes.
neQ0o Today I learned that when you eat pineapple and your tongue begins to hurt it is due to the fact that the pineapple is eating you back thanks to bromelain.
0dQAv TIL of 'rubber soldiers' - Brazilians conscripted by their government during World War II to harvest rubber in the Amazon for the war effort. Approximately 30,000 died from rough conditions and disease - more than the total number of solders Brazil sent to fight overseas during the war.
rWko TIL: 1986’s Howard the Duck was such a financial disaster that it (along with his recent divorce) forced George Lucas to sell his new CGI company to Steve Jobs, giving birth to Pixar.