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TIL New York Times' puzzle editor Will Shortz designed his own major program at Indiana University, and in 1974 became the first and only holder of a degree in Enigmatology, the study of puzzles.

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daMr TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien created the words “dwarvish” and “dwarves”, countering the spelling at the time of the books publication which was “dwarfish” and “dwarfs”, and many dictionaries now consider this the proper way to spell the words.
GYomj TIL that the first person to hit 25,000 subscriber milestone on YouTube was a 78 year old man.
4XEgb TIL when Nolan Ryan pitched a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers & struck out 17, Norm Cash brought a white table leg to the plate instead of a baseball bat. The umpire told Cash he could not use it, to which Cash responded, “Why not? – I won’t hit him anyway!”
R55Yl TIL Mississippi in 1984 was the last state to sign the amendment allowing women to vote.
LLRd TIL that after a Southern Confederacy lost the Civil war, 10 to 20 thousand of them fled the country and established a colony in Brazil.