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April 3, 2006 – 5:34 am* The bible is the most shoplifted book in the world
* Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had a pet scorpion which he used to keep on his desk for inspiration.
* British writer Charles Dickens always slept towards the North because he thought that it would improve his writing.
* British writer Lewis Carroll, author of “Alice In Wonderland” wrote most of his books standing up.
* The very first book about plastic surgery was written in 1597.
* British writer and poet Lord Byron once had an affair with his half sister and made her pregnant. * British poet Lord Byron owned a pet bear while he was at Cambridge University because the rules said that dogs were not allowed.
* The glow from six firefly insects provides enough light to read a book.
* British poet George Bernard Shaw was 29 years old when he lost his virginity to an elderly widow. This event traumatized him so much that he didn’t have sex for another 15 years.
* Hans Christian Andersen was so terrified of being killed in a fire that he always carried a piece of rope with him wherever he went so that he could escape any building that was alight.
* When the poet Rosetti’s wife died he decided to bury his book of poems with her. Seven years later he changed his mind and decided that he wanted them back, so he arranged for the grave to be opened, removed the book of poems, and had them disinfected. They were later published to great acclaim.