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TIL one of Edgar Allan Poe’s rivals wrote a scathing obituary about him in order to posthumously destroy him. However, his attempt failed and sales from Poe’s works skyrocketed.

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LkLQ TIL John Lennon wrote the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’ for Prudence Farrow (Mia’s sister) while studying TM in India. The group became worried about her because she spent the majority of her time alone in her room practicing meditation, so John wrote her a song to persuade her to socialize more.
mx07O TIL when the game Twister was first introduced in 1966, one of Milton Bradley’s competitors denounced the game & accused them of selling “sex in a box”, & Sears refused to put it in their catalog, deeming it inappropriate. But after Johnny Carson featured it on ‘The Tonight Show’, sales skyrocketed.
QJRXp TIL the Royal Canadian Mint has manufactured coins for over 70 countries
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