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The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before.
Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1934
Born: November 9
Died: 1996
Died: December 20
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Planetary Scientist
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Brooklyn
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Carl Edward Sagan
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