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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the birthday and legacy of H.G. Wells, and a quirky endurance record about a Lifesaver candy.
- 📜 On this day in 1937 the U.K. publication of The Hobbit introduced Bilbo Baggins and launched the expansive Middle-earth saga, a masterclass in world-building that shifted how readers engage with fictional worlds.
- 🎂 We celebrate H.G. Wells (born 1866) and take a deeper look at how his novels like The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine used speculative fiction as social and ethical critique, anticipating modern debates about technology and society.
- 💡 Fact of the day: the world record for keeping a Lifesaver in the mouth with the hole intact is 7 hrs 10 min — a curious, precisely measured endurance feat that reframes what we consider noteworthy achievements.
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