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a stack of dead trees that lets a dead stranger whisper in your skull
oldest survivorThe Diamond Sutra, printed 868 AD, predates Gutenberg by centuries
smell scienceThat old-book scent is decaying lignin and vanilla compounds
deadliest pagesSome Victorian covers used arsenic-laced green dye
unread shelfJapanese has a word for hoarding unread books: tsundoku
banned powerBanning a book reliably skyrockets its sales