The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 7, February 10, 2002, Article 13

YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU...

  ...with proper planning, of course.  Dick Johnson has been
  surfing the internet this week, and he sends this:  "Abdul
  Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century,
  carried his library with him wherever he went.  The 117,000
  volumes were carried by 400 camels trained to walk in
  alphabetical order."  (From http://www.uselessfacts.net).
  The site offers other facts such as:

  "A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the
  Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

  A 200 year old piece of Tibetan cheese was auctioned off for
  $1,513 in 1993."

  These facts are all unattributed, so while interesting, they
  require work to verify.   After the events of September 11th,
  2001, the B-25 incident seems prophetic, and really did
  happen - for example, see
  http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0112/News/News8-0112.html


  But cheese?  And alphabetically walking elephants?     Has
  anyone heard of Abdul Kassam Ismael before?  Where is his
  story documented?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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