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  2. Eduardo Saverin - Wikipedia

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    Eduardo Luiz Saverin was born in São Paulo to a wealthy Jewish-Brazilian family, [5] [14] [15] which later moved to Rio de Janeiro. Saverin's father, Roberto Saverin, [16] was a businessman working in clothing, shipping, energy, and real estate. [17] His mother, Sandra, was a psychologist. He has two siblings. [18]

  3. The Accidental Billionaires - Wikipedia

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    The story begins in the weeks that precede the launch of "thefacebook.com" at Harvard. Eduardo Saverin, cast as the protagonist, has befriended Mark Zuckerberg, and both struggle for social acceptance—Saverin by joining a final club, Zuckerberg by creating a website where girls can be ranked according to their looks.

  4. Parable of the Sunfish - Wikipedia

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    The student replies with, in turn, the common name of the fish, a brief summary of the species, and a four-page essay on the species. Agassiz finally tells the student to "look at the fish" and "[a]t the end of three weeks the fish was in an advanced state of decomposition, but the student knew something about it."

  5. Salmon of Knowledge - Wikipedia

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    The Salmon story figures prominently in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, which recounts the early adventures of Fionn mac Cumhaill. In the story, an ordinary salmon ate nine hazelnuts that fell into the Well of Wisdom (an Tobar Segais) from nine hazel trees that surrounded the well. By this act, the salmon gained all the world's knowledge.

  6. The Fisherman and the Jinni - Wikipedia

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    The story is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as tale type ATU 331, "The Spirit in the Bottle". [1] According to scholars Ulrich Marzolph [], Richard van Leewen and Stith Thompson, similar stories have appeared as literary treatments in the Middle Ages (more specifically, since the 13th century), [2] [3] although Marzolph and van Leewen argue that the literary ...

  7. The Golden-Headed Fish - Wikipedia

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    The fish-boy goes back to the sea, while the fisherman's son goes to the king to take the credit for the deed. The boy takes the princess and goes to the beach. He call out to the fish helper to give him a means of transportation to the other side of the ocean, and the fish summons a giant fish to help them get across. [68]

  8. A Fish Out of Water (book) - Wikipedia

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    A Fish Out of Water is a 1961 American children's book written by Helen Palmer Geisel (credited as Helen Palmer) and illustrated by P. D. Eastman.The book is based on a short story by Palmer's husband Theodor Geisel (), "Gustav, the Goldfish", which was published with his own illustrations in Redbook magazine in June 1950.

  9. The Golden Fish, The Wonder-working Tree and the Golden Bird

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    The next day, a gleaming gold fish appears in the pond. The male twin invites monarchs and nobles to come see the golden fish. The queen, Yarboi's mother, gives her son a sleeping potion and goes in his place. She visits the male twin and, seeing that he is marvelling at the golden fish, suggests that he could seek a music tree in the same place.