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TIL In 2024, bots made up a bigger proportion of global internet traffic than humans for the first time

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pYEop TIL that a deformed cow born in 1522 became a propaganda piece in the Protestant Reformation.
l7nJ5 TIL That in 1856, the revolutionary French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was sent on a mission by Napoleon III to pacify the tribes of French Algeria by showing them that 'French Magic' was stronger than that of their local religious leaders
Vx54 TIL, when Carl Linnaeus was in Hamburg, the mayor proudly showed him the remains of a seven-headed hydra. Linnaeus found out the remains were fake and made it public. As a result Linnaeus was forced to leave Hamburg immediately, as he crushed the mayor´s dream of selling the hydra for a large sum.
mBnE TIL that a Chinese man bought and raised two puppies, cared for them despite their frequent killing and eating of chickens, and then discovered they were bears.
7lXP TIL The Man Who Created James Bond Also Wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang