Laborers in China who use huge wheelbarrows to transport freight avoid extra wear on their vehicles by taking them apart at the end of each working day and carrying the parts home on their backs. Sahib ibn Abbad, the scholarly grand vizier of Persia, was a fervent reader and had a library of 117,000 volumes. Since he was obliged to travel widely, he carried the library around with him on the backs of 400 camels. The beasts of burden of this huge portable collection were specially trained to travel in alphabetical order and were attended by a host of camel driver librarians who could locate any book their master desired in the shortest time. Believe It or Not!
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