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TIL in an early draft of Lord of the Rings, Frodo was named Bingo Bolger-Baggins

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WdNd TIL It is illegal to refuse a person a glass of water in the state of Arizona.
woM06 TIL Eliot Indian Bible (1663), It was the first Bible translated into a Native American language on the continent, carried out by John Eliot financed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and with the help of natives Cockenoe, John Sassamon, Job Nesuton and James Printer.
Y7DQx TIL Molly Ringwald turned down the lead in Pretty Woman because she felt that the story was icky.
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BrWQL TIL a woman in 2002 almost lost custody of her children seeking financial assistance after genetic testing showed she wasn’t the mother. She in fact exhibited chimerism, or 2 sets of DNA.