Anyone else noticing weird http requests to pool hostnames?

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I happened to be looking at http logs on my pool server and noticed I get a lot of requests with pool hostnames that mostly claim to be wget or dalvik/android. Anyone know what these are? Not particularly concerned by them but it seems really weird.

216.9.231.249 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:50:50 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 11; SHARK KSR-A0 Build/KASE2210310CN00MP4)” “``0.centos.pool.ntp.org``”
3.150.0.15 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:50:52 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; SM-T350 Build/MMB29M)” “``north-america.pool.ntp.org``”
216.9.231.249 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:50:53 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 11; SHARK KSR-A0 Build/KASE2210310CN00MP4)” “``0.centos.pool.ntp.org``”
216.9.231.249 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:50:55 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 11; SHARK KSR-A0 Build/KASE2210310CN00MP4)” “``0.centos.pool.ntp.org``”
3.150.0.15 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:51:06 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; SM-T350 Build/MMB29M)” “``north-america.pool.ntp.org``”
207.188.246.162 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:52:18 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Wget/1.13.4 (linux-gnueabihf)” “``pool.ntp.org``”
50.169.74.114 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:53:05 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Wget/1.13.4 (linux-gnueabihf)” “``pool.ntp.org``”
107.115.43.1 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:54:11 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android Baklava Build/BQ2A.250221.001-BP2A.250211.001)” “``pool.ntp.org``”
207.188.246.162 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:54:19 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Wget/1.13.4 (linux-gnueabihf)” “``pool.ntp.org``”
3.150.0.15 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:54:26 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; SM-T350 Build/MMB29M)” “``north-america.pool.ntp.org``”
128.107.241.189 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:54:27 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “curl/8.5.0” “``0.north-america.pool.ntp.org``”
3.23.78.154 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:54:40 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Dalvik/2.1.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; SM-T350 Build/MMB29M)” “``north-america.pool.ntp.org``”
207.188.246.162 - - [01/Oct/2025:16:56:16 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 301 232 “-” “Wget/1.13.4 (linux-gnueabihf)” “``pool.ntp.org``”

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