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Henry

A pheasant in the gardens of Blenheim Palace in England and the hero of Whybrow’s parable: he grew so fat that he couldn’t fly, and a fox ate him.

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, Michael Lewis

Explained in

• Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, Michael Lewis
• The Art of Money Getting, P. T. Barnum

  Henry VIII, the 16th century English king, famous for his heavy figure.

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