hellenhighwater:

tilthat:

TIL The shortest correspondence in history was between Victor Hugo and his publisher in 1862. Inquiring about sales of Les Miserables Hugo telegraphed his publishers the single-character message “?”. Having sold out the first print in 24hrs, the reply was “!“

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I gotta point out that “shortest correspondence in history” does not sound like Victor Hugo AT ALL.