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Originally Posted by HarryT
Anyone share my secret passion for encyclopaedias?
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I do. When I was a pre-school kid visiting my grandparents, my grandpa used to read a very old encyclopedia with me. They did have books for kids in house, but none of them were as fascinating as some articles in encyclopedia - I most vividly remember a dinosaurs article complete with an illustration. So when they re-published our national encyclopedia in eighties I got a volume for each birthday and Christmas for a few years from my grandparents.
I haven't opened it in ages. Yet, I find myself browsing interesting Wikipedia articles every single day.
... And I did inherit the old set when my grandpa passed away a few years ago.