Who was the luckiest man ever to have lived?
Early suggestion: Timothy Dexter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter
What an absolute madman
>>1424050
Someone should write a book on the absolute madmen of history.
Assuming something like that doesn't already exist.
>>1423677
>there is still no biopic about him
>The book contained 8,847 words and 33,864 letters, but no punctuation and its capitalization seemed random
>In the second edition, Dexter added an extra page which consisted of 13 lines of punctuation marks with the instructions that readers could distribute them as they pleased.
>>1424083
>http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43453/43453-h/43453-h.htm
>"fouder mister printer the Nowing ones complane of my book the fust edition had no stops I put in A Nuf here and thay may peper and solt it as they plese"
>About 3,000 people attended Dexter's mock wake. Dexter did not see his wife cry, and after he revealed the hoax, he caned her for not grieving enough.
>>1424112
Thank you anon, I had no idea his literature was on Gutenberg
>mister printter I must goue sum fourder I have got one good pen my fortin has bin hard very hard
It's hilarious
