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TIL that Tolkien wrote yearly letters to his children as if they were from Father Christmas. They started off as simple Happy Christmas letters but grew more complex including a polar bear sidekick, the man on the moon, goblins, snow-elves, pictures, and he even developed an Arktik language.

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7wOL TIL Aluminum Christmas trees dropped in popularity after their negative portrayal in A Charlie Brown Christmas
MebX8 TIL that a “Roosevelt Republican” is a politically conservative individual with a high regard for the environment.
WkYYo TIL a single Dutch snack restaurant holds the registered name Wendy’s since 1988 in the Benelux (=Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg), blocking American fast-food chain Wendy’s to settle in Europe, even after Wendy’s (US) went to court to try to get the trademark registration dropped.
VMjZ4 TIL 25 British scientists working on a classified military project died under mysterious circumstances
J1paV TIL that a Voting Poll Booth was set up for just one Voter in Gujarat, India. The Banej polling booth, used to be set up during Gujarat and general polls only for him, who used to live alone at a Shiva Temple-cum-ashram in Gir West forest division.