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TIL that in Tolkien's initial concepts for 'The Lord of the Rings', Aragorn was supposed to be a Hobbit named "Trotter" who had wooden feet. Further ideas included revealing him to be Bilbo in disguise or changing his wooden shoes to wooden feet on account of him being tortured in Mordor.

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