33 Curious Histories and Esoteric Studies from the Library of The People's Almanac is a list of interesting publications. Some are interesting only because they make you ask, why would someone bother writing about that?
One title made me laugh - Why Bring That Up? . It's "A guide to and from seasickness by the medical director of the New York Intestinal Sanitarium."
Another listing had me confused for a moment. (I know, not an unusual state.) The 23rd publication on the list was supposed to be "[t]hirty-three examples of sentences that include all twenty-six letters of the English alphabet." The only problem was that one of the examples given was, "Very careful and exact knowledge should be emphasised in adjudging a quadrant." The British publishers changed "emphasized" to "emphasised" and made the sentence no longer fit the category.
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Posted by marybeth at January 17, 2008 08:32 AM Words