The American Heritage History of the Thirteen Colonies | 
#Curiosa is like it sounds. Except that along with referring to books that are curious in nature, it particularly means erotic. Yep, it‘s an old-timey word for porn.
Unfortunately, my shelves are pretty tame, so I‘ll share something curious from colonial America.
Metcalf Bowler said he had a tree directly descended from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He served “Eden champagne” to the likes of Washington and Lafayette. #OldCoolBooks
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