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14 / 01

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“Leonard Nimoy, who was not a scientist by any means but played one on TV, once ran into some real scientists from CalTech who talked to him as if he were a fellow researcher. He didn’t know what they were talking about, so whenever...

Leonard Nimoy, who was not a scientist by any means but played one on TV, once ran into some real scientists from CalTech who talked to him as if he were a fellow researcher. He didn’t know what they were talking about, so whenever they asked him what he thought about their work, he just nodded and said, “You’re on the right track.”
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06 / 01

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Bob Ross filmed every single ‘The Joy of Painting’ episode for free. He could shoot a 13-episode season in less than a week, and his income came from selling his own line of painting supplies and teaching classes.
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06 / 01

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The word ‘Mamihlapinatapai’ is thought to be one of the most difficult words to translate. Derived from Yaghan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego, it’s listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the ‘most succinct word,’ and refers to “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both want, but which neither wants to begin.”
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