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Beatrix Potter, work rejected, self-published “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” now a bestseller for all time News Lifestyle Strangeness
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King Harald V of Norway once vowed to remain unmarried if he couldn’t wed his true love News Lifestyle Strangeness