🎂 Poet Kahlil Gibran is born (1883)
Where: Bsharri, Lebanon
📅 On This Day: January 6
January 6, 1883: Poet Kahlil Gibran is born. Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883 in Bsharri, a mountain village in Lebanon. He moved to America and wrote The Prophet, a book translated into more than 100 languages. He was also a painter, and his hometown has a museum full of his pictures.
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🧠 Question of the day
What fills the museum in Gibran's hometown?
- Dinosaur bones
- His paintings
- Old cars
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Answer: His paintings
Questions
What happened on January 6?
January 6, 1883: Poet Kahlil Gibran is born. It happened in Bsharri, Lebanon.
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