Comments on: Tuesday Turnip http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:46:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rachel* http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079/comment-page-1#comment-19172 Rachel* Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:09:34 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079#comment-19172 I was in the school library with a friend and she was looking at "Les Miserables." So I bet her that she couldn't finish it by the end of first semster. Well she finished I lost $20, but she had a VERY overdue book. I wouldn't be up for reading the book anytime soon but I would love to go see the play on Broadway. I was in the school library with a friend and she was looking at “Les Miserables.” So I bet her that she couldn’t finish it by the end of first semster. Well she finished I lost $20, but she had a VERY overdue book. I wouldn’t be up for reading the book anytime soon but I would love to go see the play on Broadway.

]]> By: Trivia Why's Guy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079/comment-page-1#comment-19149 Trivia Why's Guy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:24:15 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079#comment-19149 > Mark Twain was the first writer ever to submit a typewritten manuscript to a publisher. The name of the book: Tom Sawyer. Twain made that claim much later, but historians now believe that his first typewritten effort was actually "Life on the Mississippi" (on a Remington, published in 1883). See the Wikipedia entry for both books for a reference. > Mark Twain was the first writer ever to submit a typewritten manuscript to a publisher. The name of the book: Tom Sawyer.

Twain made that claim much later, but historians now believe that his first typewritten effort was actually “Life on the Mississippi” (on a Remington, published in 1883). See the Wikipedia entry for both books for a reference.

]]> By: Andy http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079/comment-page-1#comment-19117 Andy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:27:56 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7079#comment-19117 There is an amazing documentary about Henry Darger called "In the Realms of the Unreal" by Jessica Yu. His story is really intriguing. There is an amazing documentary about Henry Darger called “In the Realms of the Unreal” by Jessica Yu. His story is really intriguing.

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