The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016)

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/Five-things-to-know-about-diamond-sutra-worlds-oldest-dated-printed-book-180959052/

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frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Pretty sure there are printed books from before 2016

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- nixfreak@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Umm the article came out in 2016 , the article is about a 1100 year old printed text.
  
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