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TIL of the Hybrid Assistive Limb, a commercially available exoskeleton suit

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GAm04 TIL former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is the sixth oldest father in human recorded history, after he conceived a child at the age of 89 in 2020.
Z1a TIL that John Smith, before Jamestown, was a trader, pirate, slave, mercenary, knight and had won three duels. He had been to (at least) modern day Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Spain, North Africa, England and the Americas all by the age of 27.
xkrB TIL the Internet is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
MWlA TIL while filming Poltergeist, Robbie truly got choked during a take by the robot clown doll — it wasn’t until the boy turned purple that Spielberg realized what was actually happening
yVLOa TIL that Shen Kuo, a Chinese polymath from the 11th century, not only made significant advancements in astronomy and geography but also discovered the concept of true north using a magnetic compass, over 400 years before it became common in Europe.