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== [[Literature]] ==

* [[Dan Brown]]'s ''[[Angels ~~and~~ Demons]]'' (as well as ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'') is a particularly [[Anvilicious]] user of this trope. In a possible [[Lampshade Hanging]], A&D actually contains the line "He never suspected that later that night, in a country hundreds of miles away, that information would save his life", regarding the fact that one square yard of drag will slow a falling body almost 20%.

* [[Dan Brown]]'s ''[[Angels & Demons]]'' (as well as ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'') is a particularly [[Anvilicious]] user of this trope. In a possible [[Lampshade Hanging]], A&D actually contains the line "He never suspected that later that night, in a country hundreds of miles away, that information would save his life", regarding the fact that one square yard of drag will slow a falling body almost 20%.

* The page quote comes from either ''[[The Malloreon]]'' by David and Leigh Eddings. Sure enough, towards the end of ''[[The Malloreon]]'' something Beldin said turns out to be of vital importance- both the heroes and villains need to find out where to go for the final showdown from the Seers at Kell, when {{spoiler|Belgarath remembers Beldin mentioning "the Grolims are still afraid to go near Kell"- the villains can't go themselves.}}

** Of course, this is something that Beldin and Belgarath have both known perfectly well for centuries. It's common knowledge among the world's sorcerors and, of course, the Grolims. Mentioning it early in the story for later use is an excellent example of [[Chekhov's Gun]], but this may not exactly fit the trope since it isn't ''unusual'' knowledge.