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TIL Actor and explorer Brian Blessed met Pablo Picasso when he was a 12. Disbelieving it was Picasso, Blessed asked him to draw a picture. Picasso drew a peace dove, and Blessed threw it away. Somebody saved the drawing. It’s reportedly worth £50 million.

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