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TIL: President (James) Garfield’s great-great-grandson, Richard Garfield, invented Magic The Gathering

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JYxZv TIL Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" was inspired by an older woman Stewart describes as a sexual predator who took his virginity at a jazz festival when he was 16. Though his record company thought Maggie May had no commercial potential, it went on to become #1 in the US and the UK in October, 1971.
0wy8R TIL that "Maris," the famous unseen character on the sitcom Frasier, was originally only going to off camera for a few episodes, but the increasing absurdity in which she was described forced the show into a box; they couldn't find an actress to meet the character's odd physical description.
67bw TIL that on May of 2010, the online retailer 6PM.com accidentally priced all merchandise at $59.95. They honored the glitch, taking a $1.6m loss.
bAn7 TIL the word “bully” was first used in the 1530s to mean “sweetheart”. In the 1700s, pimps began to be called called bullies because they were “lovers” (as well as “abusers”) of their prostitutes. It is thought that the meaning of the word bully eventually changed to its current one as a result.
b6ga4 TIL of Abelard, who rejected the prevailing idea that “Jesus died for sins,” preferring instead to focus on God as loving, instead of harsh and judgmental. He was excommunicated.