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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Woh_ladka on 2026-03-08 01:14:20+00:00.

Original Title: TIL HitchBot was a hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers to travel the world. It successfully hitchhiked across Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, but while attempting to hitchhike across the United States, it was found with its head and arms ripped off in Philadelphia.