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TIL Tolkien began work on a sequel to Lord of the Rings, but abandoned the manuscript because the magical age of Middle Earth was the only setting he wished to write a story in

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6EDPJ TIL Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 partly because of the trade embargoes on both oil and scrap metal. This ultimately interfered with Japan's expansion into China.
d8emQ TIL the Finns sarcastically dubbed the Soviet cluster bombs "Molotov bread baskets" in reference to Molotov's propaganda broadcasts. When the hand-held bottle firebomb was developed to attack Soviet tanks, the Finns called it the "Molotov cocktail", as "a drink to go with the food".
6EPvJ TIL that the tomb of Qin Shi Huang has never been fully excavated because archaeologists are afraid what booby traps may lay in wait.
VXEp TIL Frodo was 33 years old at the start of the Fellowship of the Ring novel and he didn’t actually embark on his journey until 17 years later.
v17Dx TIL - The artist with the record for most musical appearances on SNL is David Grohl with 14