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TIL that Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians, chose to auction the film rights of his book for $1 and to retain creative control when he heard that some producers wanted to 'whitewash' the cast

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b9X7j TIL that Simón Bolívar, the great liberator of South America, was nicknamed 'iron butt' (culo de hierro) for his "endurance on horseback." Old 'iron butt' would go on to free Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Panamá from Spanish control in the 1800s.
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