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    5 Fascinating Things We Learned From Reddit This Week

    By Christine Erickson | Mashable – Sun, Jun 17, 2012

    1. Bill Gates' Mug Shot Cameo

    1. Bill Gates' Mug Shot Cameo

    Notice anything unusual about the generic silhouette in Microsoft Outlook 2010? Reddit users did some online research and found an article that confirmed the outline appeared to match with a mug shot of Microsoft's former CEO and current chairman Bill Gates.

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    Reddit users have quite a sense of humor. We often find a fact or two underneath a joke, but on Reddit, humorous moments often prove to reveal interesting new knowledge.

    This week, Reddit users, using Jackie Chan references, entertained the idea of coconut water functioning as an emergency IV fluid. Meanwhile, the fact that a man named Ronald MacDonald robbed a Wendy's restaurant led to a more straightforward discussion about the name's popularity -- and whether his parents were traditional or just mean.

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    In addition, we learned about Bill Gates's mug shot cameo, the lifespan of linguistics and the anatomy of a URL.

    Hungry for more knowledge? Check out last week's Reddit fact roundup here.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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