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TIL Robocop's design was inspired by Hajime Sorayama's "Sexy Robot" series and Fritz Lang's Metropolis movie.

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WrWL TIL that Hungary had a public online vote in 2006 to name a new bridge. Stephen Colbert mobilized his viewers and got 17 million votes to name the bridge “Stephen Colbert Bridge”. Hungary has a population of 10 million. Additional TIL: “Perl-Script Bridge” came in fifth.
4XAwX TIL that Dodo birds didn't die of extinction on Mauritius because the Portuguese ate them. The Dutch arrived later and brought pigs to the island which ate the Dodo eggs out of their nests. Dodo birds kept their nests on the ground because there weren't any predators before.
BrDyx TIL The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest place on earth, with some regions having never recorded any rainfall
gMXv8 TIL that Shirley Temple, the child actor, was the 9th Ambassador to Ghana and the 27th Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
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