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Originally Posted by crossi
Did any of you read the entire encyclopedia as a child?
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No. But I fondly remember sitting with my grandfather and being read to from a very old encyclopedia.
I loved those old books. We were browsing through one of thick volumes at random and when we got to an interesting illustration (I remember being fascinated by a Brontosaurus) or to an article that my grandfather found interesting enough we started reading. Then we might have followed an interesting link, or look up something tangentially related. It was not just reading, it was a small lecture - my grandpa was very educated and a very good teacher.
Much later I *have* read through an encyclopedia, but it was an encyclopedia of Greek gods, demigods and heroes.
Even today I often fall into the rabbit hole called Wikipedia ;-)