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Kernel.org's IPv6 address ends in ":1991:8:25", the date Linux was announced

I was dig-ing through some hosts to check IPv6 support when I noticed kernel.org's AAAA record:

2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25

That suffix (::1991:8:25), is August 25, 1991, the day Linus Torvalds posted his famous announcement to comp.os.minix.

Couldn't find any posts about this, so figured I'd share. Nice little easter egg from the kernel folks.

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