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TIL around 15% of active Twitter accounts are social bots. This means there are nearly 48 million accounts that are not controlled by humans.

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awMKA TIL a Swiss company is developing a shot called "Hypo Pet", to be injected in cats that essentially makes the cat hypoallergenic to humans. Hypo Pet modifies a cat's immune system to destroy primary allergen Fel d1 before it's released through the cat's skin and saliva.
epk04 TIL about Jean Meslier, a French Catholic priest who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism.
0AnM TIL that theoretically if astronauts traveled in a spaceship at a constant 1g of acceleration they could travel the entire universe in their own lifetime, while billions of years would pass by on earth.
MeZLA TIL a Canadian engineer studying anti-ballistic missile systems developed a theoretical method for launching satellites via canon. He was likely assassinated by the Mossad in 1990
YMBW TIL that patients who are informed what drug they are going to be trialling, and are then placed on a placebo, can experience adverse reactions as well as positive outcomes. They can also become addicted to placebo medication.