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One of the few references that Leonardo Da Vinci made to sexuality in his notebooks states: "The act of procreation and anything that has any relation to it is so disgusting that human beings would soon die out if there were no pretty faces and sensuous... https://t.co/EteQFlOa8D

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Til that Pliny the Elder, author of the encyclopedia considered to be scientific authority from Roman times through the middle ages, suggested fresh breath be obtained by rubbing the teeth with burned mouse dung and honey. https://t.co/12hJkPqfkl

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Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, released a limited 200 signed copies of the book bound in an asbestos cover making them fireproof. They rarely sell for less than $10,000. https://t.co/UWTRKUP4xJ

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H. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Inspired by Wells, many of the twentieth century penned some of their own time travel stories, includin... https://t.co/s7zSUjhnTA

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William H. H. Murray's 1869 book "Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks" was so popular that in a matter of months it caused a "Murray Rush"---where thousands of hunters, fishers, and campers from NY and Boston went to Adirondac... https://t.co/T38km7RkAL

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William H. H. Murray's 1869 book "Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks" was so popular that in a matter of months it caused a "Murray Rush"---where thousands of hunters, fishers, and campers from NY and Boston went to Adirondac... https://t.co/T38km7RkAL

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The Great Gatsby was a commercial failure. The book failed to sell more than 20,000 copies upon release and F. Scott Fitzgerald never earned more than $2,000 from the book. By the time Fitzgerald died in 1940, the book had fallen into obscurity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby

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The first book banned in the United States took place in 1637 in what is now known as Quincy, Massachusetts. Thomas Morton published his New English Canaan which was banned by the Puritan government as it was considered a harsh and heretical critique of... https://t.co/2XPId3N5Xj

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The New State Assembly voted to honor Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run" as the "rock theme" of NJ. The bill didn't pass in the state senate when it was realized the song was about running away from New Jersey. https://t.co/beE1cY7HiD

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That a printer could not be found to manufacture Eric Carle’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar in the United States. Instead, editor Ann Beneduce located a printer in Japan that was able to produce the book. https://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/28/top-100-picture-books-2-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-by-eric-carle/