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T.S. Eliot is best known for writing "The Waste Land," but the Nobel Prize winner was also a prankster who coined a perennially popular curse word and created the characters brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats."

Suzanne Raga






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Happy birthday to poet Ogden Nash, known for his ability to turn a witty verse on everything from politics to celery.

Stacy Conradt


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Bob Dylan—the legendary artist formerly known as Robert Zimmerman—has spent the past 50-plus years trying to keep a low profile.

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From carefully-counting beans to drinking gallons each day, these famous coffee drinkers are on a must-have basis with java.

Caitlin Schneider