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TIL about the inventor of Cosplay, Myrtle R. Douglas, aka Morojo. A Science Fiction fanzine editor, in 1939 she created costumes, based on an H.G. Wells movie, for her and her boyfriend to wear to the first World Science Fiction Convention. Within several years costumes became integral to Worldcon.

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b6ZBE TIL the Hatian Revolution is the only recorded successful slave revolt
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9vJB TIL that J.R.R Tolkien was an accomplished artist as well as writer.
wpGJ TIL There is only one pig in all of Afghanistan. His name is Khanzir, which is Arabic for pig, and he lives in the Kabul Zoo.
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