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# Encyclopedia Miscellany
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1509/
- Published: 2005-06-28T17:56:23.000Z
- Updated: 2005-06-28T17:56:23.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: History, #wpChunk

Isaac Asimov wrote about five hundred books.

When he was 81, P.T. Barnum fell gravely ill. At his request, a New York newspaper printed his obituary in advance so he could enjoy it. Watch for this to become a source of revenue for newspapers seeking to shore up their advertising losses to the Internet.

The kappa is one of the strangest supernatural beings in the *Encyclopedia Britannica*. It's a "vampirelike lecherous creature" from Japan that's obsessed with cucumbers, resembles a green monkey with fish scales, and refuses to lower its head for fear of spilling the magic water it keeps in the holes on top of its skull.

Source: *The Know-It-All*.