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“If the ten digit number on the back of a book starts with a zero or a one, the book is written in English.”

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ISBN Numbers

August 31, 2008

“The beginning numbers of a book”s ISBN are a prefix which acts as a code for its country of origin or the language in which it is written. The country code prefix can be anywhere from 1 to 5 digits long. Examples include 0 or 1 for Englishspeaking countries, 2 for French speaking countries, 4 for Japanese, etc.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isbn

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The First Printed Book

“The first printed book was made in 868 A.D. – it was a Chinese Diamond Sutra text.” [source]

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A 50,000 Word Novel With No “E”

“Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words without ever using the letter “E”.” [source]

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63,000 Years of Reading

“To read every book in the Library of Congress woud take the average person 63,000 years” [source]

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Franklin W. Dixon

“Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. This pseudonym was also used for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series.” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_W._Dixon]

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