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TIL: A woman in Florida sued Hooters because she thought she won a Toyota, but instead won a Toy Yoda

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Vl5B TIL a group of Persian soldiers in the middle ages are the origin of both words, ‘assassin’ and 'hashish’: the Hashshashin.
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