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Which came first: the Komodo dragon or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz came first, in 1900 (published). The Komodo dragon followed 12 years later, in 1912 (described).

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    The Komodo dragon

    animal · described

    Komodo dragons were unknown to Western science until 1910 and were described in 1912.

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  2. First1900

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    book · published

    In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, Dorothy's slippers are silver, not ruby.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.