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[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

those were like crack to me when i was a kid, they were in my school library and i remember reading every time we got longer break, those and the shiny ones too with those textured covers and embeded plastic gems ahh

[-] caurvo@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

The "-ology" books? My parents kept my set of those in a box for however many years - at least 15 - and they've been passed on to my niece and nephew.

I am not going to lie, they still capture my attention the same way now. And I still remember the answers to all the riddles in Dragonology.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

those are simply little masterpieces, capturing young minds with "ooo shiny secrets" and then also giving knowledge

[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 15 points 3 weeks ago

I'd gladly sit down with one of those books today if I came across one. Wikipedia never has that many pictures.

[-] edupo@europe.pub 10 points 3 weeks ago

Both trending topics in Wikipedia

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago

Egypt is pretty interesting tbf

[-] kernelle@0d.gs 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] HonorableScythe@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

My childhood library had a bunch of these, and someone had pain-stakingly gone through them to place sticky notes over every instance of uncovered boobs or genitals depicted in the classic art and sculptures. I, being too young to understand why someone would do that, ripped every sticky off because they were covering up the pictures.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

woah, you just unlocked a memory - thanks for this

[-] ratel@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Intro tune for the vhs series is still a banger - YouTube link.

[-] excess0680@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I’m not from the UK (or the Commonwealth) but I had some of these books as a child. Loved them. Thanks for posting this.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I cannot remember which ones I read, but those were definitely some of the best ones out there for learning as a kid.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Reminds me of the London A to Z before the era of smartphones with map apps.

Still have one in some box somewhere.

[-] Trihilis@ani.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

"They're minerals! Not stones" ~ hank from breaking bad probably after seeing that magazine

[-] Pendorilan@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Those were awesom! . I had one on James Bond. Or the gadgets of James Bond or something like that. I think I had a car one too.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

If its the same one I had, then it was about the evolution of actual spy gadgets in history

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