Interesting, weird facts about encyclopedias - Yes, encyclopedias

Okay, I admit what do strange things, encyclopedias are probably not at the top on your list.

But here are a few bits of trivia, interessante-and Yes, even strange - that anyone who ever has had, to try and research can maintain a paper with the help of one of those things.

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Look up "Encyclopedia" in the dictionary

You've heard the word to all your life. You know what it stand for now. And you probably think that it means "Book of knowledge" or some such red.

Well... No.

With what you call you faced the first collection of facts, the authors of course looked, ancient Greek, and chose "Enkyklos Paideias", which translates as "things of young." all in a circle

So I'm confused, how are on it, that a.

If you think the Britannica is large...

The largest encyclopedia in history must be taken with the in 1408 during the Ming dynasty in China in operation. It was 11,000 volumes (Yes thousands!) and had 370 million characters.

All hand written.

Try that at home wearing a rucksack.

The craziest Encyclopedia Britannica

Put together that most serious encyclopedia, EB, as it is today not always quite as straight.

In fact, 1768 of 3 Scots began the first edition in the year. One was drunk like back to throwing beer with Robert Burns. Another was a buffoon 4 feet 6 inches, who like to wear an enormous papier-mâché nose (like a joke, you see), which earned a fortune make dog collars for the rich. And the third was the hapless printer that had no idea what in always.

The first EB itself is only about as eclectic. There are 7 lines of theater, 500 words about poetry, but 39 pages about horse diseases. I think that we know, what was important to these men.

Speaking of which: Women - "The woman of the man." Yes. This is it. 4 Words.

They computed "and" the number of species on the Ark of Noah. 177, if you are interested in.

A last jewel: excessive gas-"Blow tobacco smoke to the anus". Good luck with that a.

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