Incunabula tweeted this crazy thread about how hardback books exist because of cheese, snails, Jesus, underwear and spectacles. If even one of these things was absent, the book you hold in your hand today would look completely different. In this thread he explains why and it is a wild ride:
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Koreans: are we a joke to you with our non Phoenician alphabet and continued use of moveable type?
Epic funny and memorable way of learning the history of the hard cover written book as we know it today : ) Great for an object lesson for my students – thanks : )