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Alex the Great

... that Alex the Great (pictured) signed autographs by biting the corners of business cards?
... that San Marino politician Lorenzo Bugli first ran for office when he was a teenager?
... that John F. Kennedy's pollster found many West Virginia voters concerned that a Pope in the White House would arrive by transatlantic tunnel?
... that Kyōka Moriya cosplayed for her driver's license photo?
... that Corbin/Hanner's "Work Song" has been described as "hillbilly reggae"?
... that the parasitic disease enterobiasis once affected nearly 30% of General Mansilla?
... that civil rights activist Dorothy Burnham is also a supercentenarian?
... that Messenger players can communicate with each other via poop emojis?
... that Amy Louise Daniels worked with wobbly rats?