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Salman Rushdie Played Super Mario World Whilst Hiding For His Life
In 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s then spiritual leader pronounced a Fatwa on writer Salman Rushdie for his work on The Satanic Verses, a book that gently chided some elements of the Islamic faith. A bounty was immediately placed on his head, forcing Rushdie to live under police protection for years. It turns out he…