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A sheet named History

Spreadsheets that keep track of historical information are quite common. But did you ever try to give such a worksheet the (obvious) name History?

Try it, and Excel complains that it's a reserved name. This one had me puzzled, until someone pointed out that the History sheet name is reserved for keeping track of changes when the Track Changes feature is used (a feature I avoid).