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TIL the US army had a robot with a teddy bear face designed by VECNA.

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rn5x TIL there are castles for sale in France cheaper than old two bedroom apartments in Australia.
DQAxr TIL That Chiropractic was invented by a Canadian in 1895 named D.D. Palmer who believed that a doctor who died 50 years prior gave him the knowledge of this practice during a spiritualist camp.
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5YX5k TIL of Jacob H. Smith, an American officer who launched a notorious attack during the Filipino-American War which killed as many as 50,000 civilians. During the attack - for which he was court-martialed - Smith was heard yelling "kill everyone over the age of ten."
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