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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by hundreds of bunnies during a hunt

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6KW TIL That in The Matrix, Switch was originally planned to be played by androgynous actors. In the real world, it would be played by a male actor and in the Matrix be represented in a female form, hence the name “Switch”
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