
The first flash mob in Europe Met in Rome on 24 June 2003. 300 people entered 'Messaggerie Musicali', A large book and music store, To ask its staff either for non-existent books, Or for the most obscure books By untraceable authors. One flash mobber asked for a copy of the New Testament Translated from Coptic into Latin by David Wilkins And published in 1716 by Oxford University Press. The book took till 1907 to sell its 500-copy print run. It was the slowest selling book in human history. 'Have you got it?' the book-lover … [Read more...]

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