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TIL in the 1st edition of The Hobbit, Gollum willingly bets Bilbo his ring on the outcome of the riddle-game, parting ways amicably. Tolkien changed this to fit The Lord of the Rings. Explaining the original account as a lie made up by Bilbo with subsequent editions containing the “true” account.

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