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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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P1P0L TIL about a man eating tiger that killed 436 people in Nepal in the final years of the 19th century.
LkKNV TIL that the song "Bron-Y Aur Stomp" by Led Zeppelin was about Plant walking in the woods with his dog Strider.
gydA TIL that self-identifying-button-pusher Deadmau5 owned a custom Ferarri with Nyan cat emblazened on the side, which bothered Ferarri so much they sent a C&D which Deadmau5 complied with.
N7eyQ TIL that in the Middle Ages, a rose hung from the ceiling of a room meant anything said in this room becomes a secret.
Z8maB TIL That both India and China have a shortage of women. There is an extra 80 million men between them- due to a sex ratio of 120 men born for every 100 women. It’s estimated that this is due to parents terminating unwanted female pregnancies in order to have more sons.