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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You went to a library and read a couple of encyclopedias.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I had a fantastic working class education at the local library and our home encyclopedia. I definitely carry around 40 year old random factoids and such just like everybody else, but I still love researching things to this day.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

I remember that one time when I was around eight, a neighbor put the entire 1976 World Book encyclopedia at the end of his driveway. I ran home, grabbed a wheelbarrow and carted that knowledge back to my house. It was about twenty years out of date at the time but still the basic concepts were valid enough that I kept referring to it until I left for university.