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TIL for the software Microsoft Bob, Microsoft originally purchased the domain name bob.com from Boston-area techie Bob Antia, but later traded it to Bob Kerstein for the windows2000.com domain name.

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o1OR TIL that two rival churches in Greece celebrate Easter by firing over 100,000 rockets at each other
R5JR8 TIL about the Kanamara Matsuri, or "Festival of the Steel Phallus," a Japanese spring festival featuring phallus-shaped decorations, candies, carved vegetables, and other foods, held at a shrine where worshippers pray for safe childbirth, marital harmony, and protection from sexually transmitted inf
166GV TIL Men are twice as likely to engage in gambling as women (69% compared to 36%) and they are 2.5 times as likely to have gambling problems (20.1% compared to 7.8%)
ANMOg TIL the bomb used in the Oklahoma City bombing took an estimated inflation-adjusted $10 000 to produce
OoelL TIL that dolphins and whales can die under their own weight if on land. Without water to support their size, they can end up crushing their own organs.