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TIL that "Robot" was a word used first in 1920 by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots) Although, in the play the "Robots" are made of synthetic organic matter and we would call them "Androids" today. The robots end up rebelling against humans

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