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TIL an area of Canada nearly x2 the size of Texas was almost renamed "Bob" after politicians in the Northwest Territories asked residents for a new name. The campaign to name the territory Bob began as a prank but thousands supported it.

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rN7W1 TIL when actor Christopher Lloyd arrived to audition for the role of Jim Ignatowski on the television show Taxi, unshaven and unshampooed, the receptionist thought he was a homeless person who had managed to wander past security and onto the Paramount lot.
RXwl TIL that there is only one McDonald’s in the world with turquoise arches in Sedona, Arizona, because government officials thought the yellow would look bad with the natural red rock of the city.
oRNP7 TIL the term 'blood bath' references Roman bull sacrifices (2nd to 4th c.) in which a priest is entrenched below a bull slaughter to bathe in the blood - Taurobolium (Prudencius: Peristephanon)
OopOe TIL the oldest active missing persons case is that of Marvin Alvin Clark (b. 1852, disappeared 1926). His current age would be approximately 169 years old.
QJRb9 TIL The bellybutton is so dirty scientists are finding new unknown bacteria. One person had bacterium previously found only on Japanese soil, where he had never been.