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TIL that there is a Japanese robotics company named Cyberdyne, whose flagship product is the HAL.

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WkOQA TIL garter snakes are actually mildly venomous. Nevertheless, they are incapable of seriously harming a human—though rarely, their bites have caused some swelling and bruising.
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