recently, just out of curiosity, i looked up AOL.COM's whois information. the result was quite suprising and funny.

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Whois has started ...


Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

AOL.COM.EATMYSHIT.ORG
AOL.COM

To single out one record, look it up with "xxx", where xxx is one of the
of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
with "=xxx" to receive a full display for each record.

>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:09:42 EST <<<

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
Registrars.

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this is not a joke, do it yourself