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TIL about the dead internet theory, an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity

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X0aGr TIL the literacy rate grew in India by 97% between 2001 and 2011. The literacy rate among women is 70% and 85% for men.
o0PR TIL Issac Newton called atheism “senseless” and warned against using the law of gravity to view the universe as a mere machine, saying, “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being.”
l7B1V TIL that Victorian Era doctors would use genital stimulation or manual pelvic massage to induce hysterical paroxysm a.k.a an orgasm to treat hysteria. Eventually devices were invented that took treatment times from hours to minutes. These devices would evolve to become modern day vibrators.
78Wkb TIL the Sega Corporation was originally called Service Games with a focus on coin-operated amusement machines for servicemembers and moved to Japan after the US government outlawed slot machines in 1952.
DQkyg TIL of the the shipwreck of the American vessel General Grant in 1866 on a remote archipelago south of New Zealand. The few survivors of the wreck were stranded for 18 months before a passing ship rescued them. Their ordeal led to the creation of "Castaway Depots" which saved future sailors.