What was the most fascinating thing you learned from the last book you read?

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Apparently you can be a successful author without using correct punctuation
- Which book was that?
  
  Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
  
  Blindness by José Saramago
What to pick from god emperor of dune?
- Dune the place or Dune the series?
  
  The book, it came after children of dune
  
  https://bookwyrm.social/book/161586/s/god-emperor-of-dune-dune-chronicles-4
That it doesn't matter how powerful wizard you are, you'll still need to find a way to pay your rent.
- The Wizard of Oz?
About the African samurai, Yasuke.
- I learned about him fairly recently too. The end of his life struck me as brutal.
  
  My understanding is that no one actually knows what happened to him in the end.
The word "yclept," meaning "by the name of".
- "Yclept moon, I punish you" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
Idk the last book I read was The Mist by Stephen King

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