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TIL: Microsoft gave the domain Bob.com to a guy named Bob in exchange for Windows2000.com

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Adox TIL After a 1942 shipwreck off Newfoundland, locals having never seen blacks before tried to scrub clean those survivors thinking they were covered in oil
9w8bp TIL in the UK alone, some 7 million Halloween costumes are binned each year, equivalent of 2000 tons of plastic, and globally less than 13% of material inputs to clothing manufacture are recycled and only 1% of clothing textiles are recycled into new clothes. According to The Fairyland Trust.
BrAZL TIL Julia Child, known for bringing French Cuisine to the American Public in the late 20th Century, developed a shark repellent during WWII still in use today, and is considered "Child's first foray into the world of cooking."
W7dDX TIL Magic Kingdom in Florida is built on a network of tunnels that mirror the park so cast members can get to the different lands without spoiling the immersion.
9YgRG TIL that "musea" is a plural of "museum" (albeit rarely used).