TIL that Charles Dickens first published A Tale of Two Cities in two English local newspapers:
. . . . . It was the Bicester Times. It was the Worcester Times.
An expecting father paces nervously up and down the waiting room.
"First child?" Asks another father
"No" replies the Man
"Well then why are you so anxious?"
"Well, when my wife read 'A tale of two cities', she had twins. When she read 'The three musketeers' she had triplets."
"That's amazing." says the second Man
"Yes" replies t...
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