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 * ...that Terrorhurtz was applied to the reboot of BattleBots, but was turned down?
 * ...that Team LOGICOM (team behind The Revolutionist and Spin Doctor) is the only competitor in Extreme Warriors to reach the finals less than 50% of the time, and the only runner-up in all Robot Wars to bear this statistic?
 * ...that of the four heat finalists that lost to the Series 4 Grand Finalists, only Raizer Blade did not reach the top eight in a subsequent war?
 * ...that within two series, Ironside3 and Pulsar fought each other in two heats across five battles?
 * ...that Plunderbird was the first robot to name sequential iterations (i.e. Plunderbird 2) and that no other robot would do this under The Third Wars?
 * ...that of Firestorm's four wins over Panic Attack, it was able to achieve knockouts in Extreme but relied on judges decisions whenever they met in the main competition?
 * ...that as of Series 9, Terrorhurtz, Eruption and TR2 are the only FRA UK Heavyweight Champions to win a heat and reach a Grand Final in any series of Robot Wars?
 * ...that an earlier version of Aftershock attempted to enter Season 2 of ABC's BattleBots reboot, but was not selected?
 * ...that Apollo is the only Grand Champion in Robot Wars history so far to have reached the Grand Final via wildcard?
 * ...that the name of Team Panda's antweight, Pants, stands for 'Panda Monium's Antweight Sister'?
 * ...that Crackers 'n' Smash was originally chosen to compete in Series 8, but was not finished in time for its first battle?
 * ...that according to BARB, Heat K of Series 2 became the first Robot Wars episode to top the thirty highest rated weekly BBC 2 broadcasts?
 * ...that of the twelve semi-finalists of Series 3 to return for Series 4, only four robots performed at least as well, whilst only Wild Thing improved on its performance?
 * ...that while Random Violence Technologies did not attempt to enter any series after Series 4, they began building a new version of Mortis for Series 5, which was also planned to compete in BattleBots as 'Maelstrom'?
 * ...that both PP3D and Coyote were built in Gary Cairns' workshop?
 * ...that all four of the award winners for The Second Wars were in either Heat D or Heat K?
 * ...that there has never been a robot in any version of Robot Wars to begin with the letter Q, the only letter not to have at least one name?
 * ...that every robot to win an Award (other than Most Promising Newcomer), only Derek and Crushtacean debuted after The Third Wars?