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What was the first book you ever read that made you wanna read more?

by QuestionGuy August 17, 2022, 2:06 pm

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What’s the worst death you ever heard of or read about?

by QuestionGuy August 16, 2022, 8:25 pm

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What book did you read in school that you actually liked?

by QuestionGuy August 13, 2022, 7:23 am

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TIL in 1987 a news broadcast was interupted by a man pointing a gun at a newscaster, whilst giving him a piece of paper to read which was his manifesto detailing the CIA and aliens. Once the police arrived he immediately put down his gun (which was revealed to be a toy) and was arrested.

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 10:58 pm

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[AskHistorians X-Post] AMA with Dr. Rebecca Simon, author of ‘Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read’, here to talk about gender, pirates, and maritime history!

by HistoryBuff August 9, 2022, 1:29 pm

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“you’ve never read a book in your life.”

by CopyPastaArchive August 7, 2022, 11:14 pm

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What’s the best novel you’ve read this year thus far?

by QuestionGuy August 6, 2022, 5:01 pm

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TIL that the English town Pendle Hill derives its name from the old Cumbric word ‘pen’ (meaning ‘hill’) and the Old English word ‘hyll’ (meaning ‘hill’). A literal translation of the name could read ‘Hill-hill Hill.’

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 7:31 pm

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Joke I read on Facebook a few years ago.

by cringeyjokesman August 2, 2022, 6:49 pm

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What was the last amazing book you read?

by QuestionGuy August 1, 2022, 8:27 pm

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TIL Sigmund Freud was awarded the Goethe Prize for literature in 1930. Editor Adam Phillips asserts that Freud should be read like ‘any great novelist’. His case of Dora uses modern literary techniques and has been compared to the novels of Marcel Proust, Henry James, and James Joyce

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 6:58 am

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TIL half of American adults can’t read a book written at an 8th grade level

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 9:12 pm

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