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If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
Niels Bohr
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Niels Bohr
Age: 77 †
Born: 1885
Born: October 7
Died: 1962
Died: November 18
Association Football Player
Chemist
Nuclear Physicist
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
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