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When Jim Morrison was in his final year of school, the books he discussed in class were so unusual that his teachers suspected he had fabricated them. One teacher even went to the Library of Congress to verify if the books were real. Jim had an IQ of 149, which is typically considered to be at a genius level.

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When Jim Morrison was in his final year of school, the books he discussed in class were so unusual that his teachers suspected he had fabricated them. One teacher even went to the Library of Congress to verify if the books were real. Jim had an IQ of 149, which is typically considered to be at a genius level.

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