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The famous thinker who left paper frogs everywhere

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Even brilliant intellectuals need something to do with their hands. The Spanish thinker became weirdly obsessed with making paper frogs, leaving massive piles of tiny, intricately folded amphibians all over cafes, desks, and other people's houses.

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