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When at Eton, George Orwell wanted to help a friend get revenge on a bully, made a wax figure of him, and broke off its right leg. A few days later, the bully broke his leg playing football.

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At the beginning of March 1953, Moscow was covered with posters of a new film called ‘A Dream Has Come True’. After the death of Stalin on the 5th of March, the posters were hastily papered over.

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What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank? BERTOLT BRECHT

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In 1929, a journalist in Burlington, Wisconsin invented a story about a liars’ club giving out medals for the best lie of the year. The story became popular, so the Burlington Liars’ Club was established in reality and has been holding annual contests for the best lie ever since.

💎It’s time for #MineralMonday! Here's a 29-in- (74-cm-) wide natural jadeite rock slab. #DYK? Some of the earliest human tools were made from stone—and one of the most useful stones for tools at the end of the Stone Age was jade! What tools were made with the mineral? 🟢Since jade is a very tough, hard, and dense material, similar to bronze, it's ideal for hammers & blades! But jade has been seen not only as useful, it's also seen as a symbol of beauty and wealth. The durability and fine-grained texture of jade has made it a good medium for artistic expression and are often intricately carved by skilled artists around the world—especially in China and elsewhere in Asia, but in New Zealand and Central America as well. Photo: E. Louis/© AMNH #NewYorkRocks #gems #minerals #amnh #geology #NaturalHistory

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