Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Pablo Neruda was just a pen name, one he modeled after the Czech poet, Jan Neruda. His real name was Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. Yeah, we'd go with Pablo too.
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In 1971, Neruda was nominated for the presidency of Chile by the Communist party. He later withdrew from the race.
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Neruda's body was exhumed forty years after his death in 1973. Family members suspected that he had been poisoned for political reasons, but poising was ruled out as a result of the testing.
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