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TIL the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, has a dedicated team of people called the "String Similarity Panel" to check if applications for new "generic top-level domains" (gTLDs, e.g.: .com, .org, .net) are similar to existing top-level domains (TLDs).

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p8A6Q TIL after a student failed the math portion of Minnesota’s Basic Standards Tests her father demanded to see the exam, threatening to sue for it. A series of scoring errors were found meaning math scores for 45,739 Minnesota students were wrong and 7,935 students who were told they failed had passed.
VBL54 TIL that not only is the blue whale the largest animal on Earth, it is the largest animal to have ever existed on Earth, growing up to 100ft long and weighing up to 200 tons.
E1Vmp TIL that RT America is considered a "Foreign Agent" and is Funded by the Russian Government.
d8XJQ TIL Your attachment style can also influence how much you get stuck on people who don't want you. People with a dependent attachment style (also known as a co-dependent or anxious attachment style) are brought up to seek out people who will cause them pain
jmrQ TIL that after The Lion King was released, one hyena researcher sued Disney for defamation of character for portraying hyenas as villains.