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The word serendipity, derived from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, was coined by Horace Walpole (pictured) in a letter to a friend.
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1557 book by Cristoforo Armeno
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English politician, writer, historian and antiquarian (1717–1797)
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