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  • Rosalinda L. Ponce posted an update in the group Group logo of Literature at HandLiterature at Hand 5 years ago

    Tired of paperworks? Don’t know what to do? Come! Here are five interesting facts about English Literature.
    1. The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
    2. Microsoft founder Bill Gates bought ‘Codex Leicester’, one of Leonardo Di Vinci’s scientific journals for a whopping $30.8 million in November 1994.
    3. Roald Dahl, the author of Charlie and the Chocolate factory, tested chocolates for Cadbury’s while he was at school.
    4. The original story from Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights begins, ‘Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.’.
    5. In the original story, Sleeping beauty was raped by the prince and gave birth to 2 children. She woke up when a kid sucked on her finger.

    These are just some of the interesting facts. Hope these add up to your collection of trivias!
    Literature rocks!

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