Long before we could type a question into a smartphone, every curious home had a shelf of heavy, leather-bound encyclopedias.
If you wanted to know about space or ancient Rome, you had to flip through hundreds of thin paper pages. There was a unique joy in ‘stumbling’ upon a new fact while looking for something else.
It taught us patience and the value of real research. Those books weren’t just information; they were the pride of the living room.”
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