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The Salmon of Doubt · 2002
My favourite piece of information is that Branwell Brontë, brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantle piece, in order to prove it could be done.
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Adams calls this his favourite piece of information: a man who supposedly died standing up against a mantelpiece, just to prove it could be done. The delight is in the sheer pointless stubbornness, a fact prized for being absurd rather than useful.
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