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TIL automated traffic surpassed human activity, accounting for 51% of all web traffic in 2024

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X0YXQ TIL that Catherine of Braganza, wife of England’s King Charles II, used to sip tea as part of her daily routine, she came from Portugal where tea was already popular. The young queen's habit of sipping tea made the beverage popular in England as a social drinkable rather than as a health tonic.
X0wr8 TIL Strain 121 (Geogemma barossii) is a single-celled microbe that is able to reproduce at 121 °C (250 °F). It was (at the time of its discovery) the only known form of life that could tolerate such high temperatures.
d8ryB TIL that the MRI of dogs’ brains show that they see their owners as family and prioritize the smell of humans over everything
4kRWa TIL that DC published in 1999 the anthology comic Elseworlds 80-Page Giant, which had most of its copies recalled and destroyed because one story, titled "Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter", had a baby Clark Kent climbing into a microwave.
xVo60 TIL NASA found 10 mins of Trampoline exercise is a better Cardio workout than 33 minutes of Running.