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Is that book full of these trivias? I would love to read more trivias like that.


You may find http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/ interesting (a developer at Microsoft who blogs about Windows internals).

His books is a copy of his blog with just the internals blog posts.


Why the down vote? And why is that blog so interesting again?

It's a shame the book doesn't have a Kindle edition.


It could be your use of the word 'trivia.' At least in the US, it sometimes carries a negative connotation. It might read to some like you are being sarcastic.


ohh... sorry, English is not my native language that's why I didn't knew this. I wasn't being sarcastic, I actually liked the comment.

Thanks for the explanation astine :)


Also, trivia is a mass noun. "Lots of trivia like this", not "lots of trivias like this".

"Details" or "specifics" sounds less ... trivial. "Nitty gritty details" ("let's get down to the nitty gritty") is also OK.


Would one of a body of trivia be a "trivium?"




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