!['Fake news' beats 'gender-fluid', 'fidget spinner' to become 2017's word of the year - The Economic Times 'Fake news' beats 'gender-fluid', 'fidget spinner' to become 2017's word of the year - The Economic Times](https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-61457060,width-1070,height-580,imgsize-122703,overlay-etpanache/photo.jpg)
'Fake news' beats 'gender-fluid', 'fidget spinner' to become 2017's word of the year - The Economic Times
![TIL that Fidget Spinners were created by Catherine Hettinger in 1997 to distract Palestinian kids from throwing rocks at police. : r/todayilearned TIL that Fidget Spinners were created by Catherine Hettinger in 1997 to distract Palestinian kids from throwing rocks at police. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/X0YWbN08s-o1CI7IuAh_Wdb_sjoQwa2LsUoOV9Tg7_s.jpg?auto=webp&s=b8464767945cdc339a9e6dab9cf26e06b797b60a)
TIL that Fidget Spinners were created by Catherine Hettinger in 1997 to distract Palestinian kids from throwing rocks at police. : r/todayilearned
![TIL that Fidget Spinners were created by Catherine Hettinger in 1997 to distract Palestinian kids from throwing rocks at police. : r/todayilearned TIL that Fidget Spinners were created by Catherine Hettinger in 1997 to distract Palestinian kids from throwing rocks at police. : r/todayilearned](https://preview.redd.it/de6wr3yodim71.jpg?auto=webp&s=502786b029f1c150b6417cf407556a6ce23050d5)