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TIL: In 1966, toy sellers were reluctant to stock Twister, which critics called ‘sex in a box,’ until a PR firm got Johnny Carson to play the party game with one of his guests, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Milton Bradley sold 3 million copies the following year.

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