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File-sharing website TorrentReactor renames Russian village

Published: 09 August, 2010, 11:25
Edited: 10 August, 2010, 05:15

Popular torrent website torrentreactor.net claims that it has struck a bargain with a small Russian village to have it renamed from “Gar” into “Torrentreactor” in exchange for healthy investment.

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2 COMMENTS

Citizen 0 August 09, 2010, 22:43 quote

Epic win!

Impera August 10, 2010, 01:06 quote

This is highly interesting as a Village renames itself to make way to help the villagers try to prosper from changing their Village from Gar to Torrentreactor, I fully endorse this change as now officially Russia has seen yet another (Small) change in their country, Go Torrentreactor (formerly known as Gar) and may you prosper.

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