Fact of the Day

I figured this was quite appropriate. So, here it is taken (with much gratitude ;)) from The Scotsman, the only newspaper that I read becuase it has no relevance to me really seeing as I'm on another continent, etc. Anyway.
Today in 1879, Irish author Bram Stoker sees his latest work Dracula go on sale for the first time. Quite possibly, he expected the book to be a success, although maybe not at quite the scale of 14 film versions of his novel and another 650-odd movies that are roughly related. Probably the most disturbing manifestation of the Count was enacted by German actor Max Shreck in the 1922 film 'Nosferatu' - a film which could not use the name Dracula for copyright reasons.