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Weird Stuff for Sale on Amazon

Buy the world's largest book, or a life-size grim reaper statue

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2009 7:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – Amazon.com long ago expanded beyond books and now offers appliances, musical instruments, and as Random Good Stuff points out, some decidedly odd items:

The world’s largest book. At 5 by 7 feet, the photographic book Bhutan includes lifesize portraits of its subjects. It's

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