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TIL that President Carter once told a joke during a speech to a Japanese audience which caused the audience to erupt in laughter. Impressed, he asked how the interpreter managed to get such a laugh. The interpreter admitted that he had said, “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh”
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TIL that while impressed by his book “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica”, the UK’s science academy couldn’t publish Isaac Newton’s book due to being nearly bankrupt from spending all of its money printing the “History of Fish”. Thankfully, scientist Edmond Halley’s funded the printing.
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TIL: The Expanse started out as an RPG. Ty Frank created the game and his later co-author Daniel Abraham was so impressed by the amount of research and world-building he suggested they write a novel from it. Their first book was nominated for a Hugo and spawned a hit television series.
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