26 Book Facts That Are Like Ambrosia to the Literary Dweeb

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26 Book Facts That Are Like Ambrosia to the Literary Dweeb
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Book nerds of the world unite! And since you’re here, please think of this list as tiny chapters in the most random book you’ve ever read. Nonlinear storytelling is cool too, right?

Wait! Why are we asking book fact-seekers about what is cool? 

Surya Siddhanta

An Indian book from the 4th century accurately described the Earth's diameter. CRACKED.COM Surya Siddhanta was only off by 72 miles by current standards, describing the planet as 8,000 miles in di- ameter. The book also pro- vided an accurate distance between the Moon and Earth, much before Galileo.

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey co-wrote kind of an autobiographical novel. JIM CARREY AND YACHON MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION NOVEL We say kind of because Memoirs and Misinformation is about a movie star named Jim Carrey, but the plot has him fighting aliens with Gwyneth Paltrow (and it's hard to imagine Gwyneth Paltrow doing that). CRACKED.COM

3rd Rock from the Sun

Movie and TV Aliens 3rd Rock from the Sun Dick Solomon's dialogue was written by an actual scientist. Brian Greene, author of popular science book The Elegant Universe, wrote much of the physics- speak for John Lithgow's alien character. CRACKED.COM

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Naked Came the Stranger

The 1969 book Naked Came the Stranger was a literary hoax. Naked Came TL CRACKED.COM The book was written to be disjointed and terrible, but full of sex scenes, to prove that any book could succeed if enough sex was thrown in. The novel spent 13 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List.

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The Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum

MEDIEVAL CUISINE The Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum was a famous health poem Before Weight Watchers, doctors supposedly wrote a poem to help keep English royalty healthy. It recommends fresh eggs, red wine, and rich gravies. It doesn't say much about veggies, but does praise A joyful mind, rest, and a moderate diet. CRACKED.COM

What modern society is missing is more poems praising eggs, wine, gravy, and rest.

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Stephen King

LIFE AND LEGACY OF STEPHEN KING CRACKED.COM It took a long time for critics to take King seriously. The author was nre-shamed and mocked by critics for his literary tastes and horror works. It was only after the film adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption was released and received critical acclaim that people started paying more attention to him. After 1998, his books were finally marketed as literary fiction.

The Girl from Petrovka

Anthony Hopkins stole the wrong (or right?) book. THE GIRL FROM PETROVKA CRACKED CON Hopkins was cast in the film adaptation of George Feifer's novel

The Stardust Adaptation

STARDUST THE STARDUST NOVEL INCLUDES UNICORN MUTILATION SCENES. In the movie, a unicorn shows up to save Tristan and Yvaine from the witch Lamia, then

Ken Kesey

ONE FLENOVER THE CUCKCSNEST Ken Kesey, the author of the novel which the film was based on, said that the filmmakers violated their verbal agreement t

Anne Parrish

In the 1920s, American writer Anne Parrish found one of her childhood favorites, Jack Frost and Other Stories, while browsing book stalls in Paris. It

Herman Melville

Herman Melville died unappreciated. RACTOO Herman Melville MOBY DICK Melville made very little as an author. His novel Moby Dick, now taught in school

The Jumper Adaptation

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