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TIL Robert Williams was the first human to be killed by a robot

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oRBJW TIL about Willie McRae - a Scottish nuclear activist found dead in suspicious circumstances; a car crash with a bullet in his head.
9Y6nM TIL of the War Horse Memorial—a statue honoring the nearly one million horses mules, and donkeys that lost their lives during the First World War. The statue features a horse named Poppy who possesses a gaunt physique and barbed wire wrapped around its hooves.
Y7pZr TIL about the fictional murder of Ronald Opus. His (urban) legend started as an anecdote from the president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and grew to become inspiration for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia.
WkLPN Europe was colder than the North Pole this week.
ZAJD TIL that the Beijing subways are allowing travelers to use plastic bottles as form of payment to encourage recycling.