2059: Inspiration for 'Oz' Aug 4, 2020

The 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" has a lot of silly made up names in it, like slaves of the Wicked Witch known as 'winkies', a kingdom called ‘Oogaboo’, and a robot named ‘Tik-Tok’ to name a few. However, the author stated that the name 'Oz' was inspired by a far more dull source: filing drawer labeled O-Z.

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