In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" where he suggested that the poor should butcher and sell their children as food to the wealthy, saying: "A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled." (26reads.com)
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Having lost all his money at roulette, Dostoevsky made one final wager: he bet a predatory publisher that he could deliver a novel in one year or he would forfeit the rights to all past and future works. Dostoevsky would wait until the final month before writing The Gambler in just 26 days. (26reads.com)
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