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TIL JRR Tolkien was responsible for many W word definitions we have today in the Oxford English Dictionary

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9KpM TIL when the game Twister came out it was accused by its competitors of selling “sex in a box”. The game did not get popular until it was played on The Tonight Show in 1966
e19k TIL the word Shampoo is derived from the Hindi word ‘chāmpo’ which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit root 'chapayati’ meaning: “to press, knead and soothe”
78wJp TIL in the year 1800, almost 40% of the world's population lived in the Qing empire (China)
6pBW TIL that Tom Moore Jr, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, introduced an April Fools resolution to illustrate how some of his colleagues didn’t read things they voted on. The bill passed, officially commending The Boston Strangler for his work in population control.
ZDvQ TIL Suge Knight’s girlfriend who was about to testify against him disappeared and hasn’t been found since 2008. When all charges were cleared Suge Knight said “God is good, Happy Holidays”