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tomhallett · 2022-12-30 · Original thread
For Christmas, I bought my kids a physical set of encylopedias [1], usually $600, but black friday sale for $400. My son wanted to know "What are the top 30 soccer teams in the world cup all time?". Instead of googling it, which would have given him a listacle article with random facts and other clickbait, the encyclopedia had:

* Winners and runners up for the past 15 world cups * a break down of soccer per continent, comparing and contrasting them

He then went and totaled how many wins different countries have gotten....

For a family like mine which can afford $400 for a set of books, this has been an amazing purchase which is a far superior first step to "pull out an ipad and google it".

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0716601214

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