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TIL Junk e-mail is called spam because early internet users referenced a Monty Python skit. Hormel unsuccessfully sued to prevent companies calling junk mail spam. In 2006 they sponsored Spamalot, embracing the humor of Spam

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agM TIL there is an “anti-Pluto”, a dwarf planet sharing Pluto’s orbit but located on the opposite side. It even has a moon: Vanth.
1jdr TIL that in the aboriginal Canadian version of Lacrosse, each team consisted of about 100 to 1000 men, was played on a 1600ft to 10000ft long field and lasted from sunrise to sundown for two to three days straight. It was a symbolic alternative to war.
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