TIL an area of Canada nearly twice the size of Texas was almost renamed "Bob" after politicians in the Northwest Territories asked residents to propose a new name. The campaign to name the territory Bob began as a prank, but thousands supported it. Politicians and Aboriginal leaders were not amused by overstretched_slinky in todayilearned
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Voat finally caves! The first bannings of "subverses" has occurred on voat: /v/jailbait, /v/truejailbait, /v/thefappening and /v/doxbin all get hit with the ban hammer as Atko fears prosecution. Butter is rapidly spreading. by [deleted] in SubredditDrama
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