A Different Drummer

This Wikipedia entry on the Encyclopedia Britannica is supremely meta-awesome, in that it demonstrates both how amazing a body of knowledge Britannica is, and exactly why something like Wikipedia makes it largely irrelevant. Example? There would never be room in a print encyclopedia for a gem of knowledge like this, even though it is pretty much the most awesome factoid ever written:

The Britannica has a popular reputation for summarising all of human knowledge. To further their education, many have devoted themselves to reading the entire Britannica, taking anywhere from three to 22 years to do so. When Fat'h Ali became the Shah of Persia in 1797, he was given a complete set of the Britannica's 3rd edition, which he read completely; after this feat, he extended his royal title to include "Most Formidable Lord and Master of the Encyclopædia Britannica."

That is possible the most ass-kicking honorific ever invented, and I am including Idi Amin's "Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular" - which I found via...umm...Wikipedia)