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Weekly look at off-beat book

November 20, 2011

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Did you know that George Orwell’s “1984’’ was almost titled “The Last Man in Europe’’ or that there is a name for the part of your back you can’t reach? You might know these facts if you read Mental_Floss magazine. Lists from its first 10 years have been collected in “Mental_Floss: The Book’’ (William Morrow), edited by magazine founders Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur and contributor Ethan Trex. One list is zanier than the next.

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