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What was life like before Wikipedia?
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We also had a world book encyclopedia from the 1950s that I used for my elementary school projects in the 90's. Very occasionally I'd notice something or of date, but overall it was fine.
I re read the entry on "lightning" and the half-page about "tornadoes" I don't know how many times. And it was fun to flip through a random volume looking for good pictures.
I don't remember what publisher made the ones we inherited from grandma. I recognize World Book, but I can't say that's what they were. I'm not sure if those old encyclopedias are still floating around somewhere in the family or if whoever had them last finally got rid of them.
A lot of the info in them was definitely still solid, agree.