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Submitted by WhitesellA on Wed, 2022-03-09 14:06

In the short story “The Hildebrand Rarity,” (part of the novel For Your Eyes Only), the villainous American millionaire of the story, Milton Krest, reveals that he goes on his yacht to various locations in the world to retrieve exotic specimens for the Smithsonian so that he can write off the pleasure cruises on his taxes as scientific research on behalf of his foundation.

Relation to SI: 
The prized fish, the Hildebrand Rarity, is going to be given to the Smithsonian
Medium: 
Novel
Genre: 
Action
Creator/Author: 
Ian Fleming
Year: 
1960
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