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TIL The original version of Trivial Pursuit is known as the Genus Edition ???????????? Genius Edition

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W7N4N TIL that Mao’s last wife, Jiang Qing (also know as Madame Mao) last words in her suicide note was, “Chairman, your student and fighter is coming to see you!"
XE74E TIL Wrigley’s was originally a soap company that gifted baking powder with their soap. The baking powder became more popular than the soap so they switched to selling baking powder with chewing gum as a gift. The gum became more popular than the baking powder so the company switched to selling gum.
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