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For a flavour, here is the entry for Charles Darwin:
''Darwin’s Origin of Species:'',<br>''One of mankind’s greatest theses, ''<br>''Upset monkeys by the dozens, ''<br>''Treating them as people’s cousins.''
It's accompanied by a cartoon of some very cross primates pointing at Darwin, which I loved!
And then there's Dickens, explained via Bleak House:
''The story starts simply, but soon the plot thickens.''<br> ''A man catches fire; the heroine sickens.''<br> ''The closer the climax, the more the pace quickens,''<br> ''Till all is resolved. That’s what happens in Dickens. ''
I don't know about you, but I think that's as good a precis of Dickens as it gets.
And I found a lot of commonality with Mrs Noah in the bible stories section:
''Mrs Noah said: “Dear, would you mind?''<br> ''We’ve been told to take two of each kind;''<br> ''But these spiders and snakes''<br>''Really give me the shakes.''<br> ''Don’t you think we could leave them behind?” ”''
We arachnophobes should stick together!
If you enjoy your trivia when it comes with some humour attached, you could also look at [[42 - Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything by Peter Gill]].
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