TIL We only know of the story Beowulf from a single manuscript, at one point nearly lost in a fire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf#The_Beowulf_manuscript



Submitted December 28, 2014 at 09:50AM by reddittyro http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2qlah3/til_we_only_know_of_the_story_beowulf_from_a/