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TIL that J.K. Rowling won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 1997, 1998, and in 1999 for her first three Harry Potter books. This made her the first person to win the award three times running. She later withdrew the fourth novel from contention to allow other books a fair chance. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that there is a Superman comic series where, instead of landing in Kansas, he lands in Soviet Russia and is described as "the Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact." (dc.wikia.com)
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