January 2012
“If you tell kids that they can get a book with sex in it for free, that might be enough to spark some desire for reading.”
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That’s the thesis behind Uprise Books, a nonprofit that is sending low-income students all the good books that have been banned or challenged to promote teen literacy, fight censorship, and halt the cycle of poverty.
“The composition of maggot saliva is really complex.”
—Danish State Serum Institute researcher Anders Schou Andersen, from the article Gross Out: In The Future, Maggots Will Help Your Detergent Clean Your Clothes