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TIL in 1962 Pres. Kennedy invited 49 Nobel Laureates for dinner at the White House. Kennedy remarked, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

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