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A unique collection of curious facts, unusual stats, and the incredible stories.
Collects whimsical trivia and features facts and statistics that cover such areas as sex, inventions, language, food and drink, celebrities, religion, and science and nature.
Collects whimsical trivia and features facts and statistics that cover such areas as sex, inventions, language, food and drink, celebrities, religion, and science and nature.
Collects whimsical trivia and features facts and statistics that cover such areas as sex, inventions, language, food and drink, celebrities, religion, and science and nature.
Provides a compilation of offbeat trivia and little-known and pointless facts that range from how much Elvis weighed at the time of his death, to how many Quarter Pounders can be made from a single cow and what the suits in a deck of cards represent.
A 'how to' compendium brimming with hundreds of eclectic, unexpected and surprisingly handy things you really should know how to do, this book covers a variety of topics including arts and crafts, cookery and gardening, through to sports, entertaining and even survival skills.
Utterly compelling! Barbara Ann Kipfer has elevated the list to high art and bestselling pleasure. A foremost expert of classification, in The Order of Things, she does for life what her previous books do for happiness and wisdom?organize it in a way that is brilliantly conceive…
An illustrated, entertaining guide to the organization of everything under the sun--from nature and Earth to general knowledge and philosophy--explains hundreds of hierarchies in the arts, business, history, religion, science, sports, and other fields.
Presents lists of surprising and suppressed facts in a brief format on such topics as drugs, religion, corporate responsibility, movies, music, and medical issues.
Presents lists of surprising and suppressed facts in a brief format on such topics as drugs, religion, corporate responsibility, movies, music, and medical issues.
Think again. It's going to be a lot harder than you think to pick out the BS. Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to you to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius to high-…
"Think again. It's going to be a lot harder than you think to pick out the BS. Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to you to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius to high…
