Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Want to make your own Phileas Fogg avatar? There's a video game based on the book Around the World in Eighty Days. It's true you can gamify anything these days.
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Friday nights don't have to be spent at the local football game. Just fire up a board game based on Around the World in Eighty Days and make it a family event. (Source)
Jules Verne tried to write Around the World in Eighty Days with a co-author. The result? A lawsuit and a really ticked off Jules Verne. Oops. (Source)
Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne had a special relationship. By which we mean it seems Verne was a die-hard Poe lover. (Source)
Verne and Poe's bromance has been captured in a comic. Be prepared for some geeky literary humor. Shmoop's ready to make t-shirts. (Source)