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An 11-Year-Old Boy in a Small Midwestern Town Just Became the Guinness World Record Holder for Being the Youngest Museum Curator image

Anderson Taylor stands behind display cases in the Cambridge Natural History Museum in Cambridge, Illinois. (Courtesy of Taylor family)

 

An 11-Year-Old Boy in a Small Midwestern Town Just Became the Guinness World Record Holder for Being the Youngest Museum Curator

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