Weird Florida: Your Travel Guide to Florida’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Praise for Weird Florida: this series is distinguished by its focus on stories over places and its colorful photos.” Library …
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Now I Know 2016 Daily Calendar: Revealing Stories Behind the World’s Most Interesting Facts
A daily dose of unbelievable-but-true tales, Now I Know 2016 Daily Calendar delves into the little-known stories behind the world’s most fascinating trivia. From mailing a child–postage stamps and all–to her grandmother’s house to serving kosher food to thousands of unreligious inmates, each entry puts your knowledge to the test as you discover more about the facts you …
Breverton’s Nautical Curiosities is arranged into thematic chapters:1) 1) The ocean environment – animals, geography, geology, weather, coasts, islands2) 2) Ship types and parts – from the first boat to the latest cutting-edge technology1) 3) People – heroes, heroines, pirates, …
Check out the weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of alphabetized oddities:* HUMANS ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT ENJOY SPICY FOOD (there’s a reason no one sells Tabasco-flavored cat food)* NAPPING CAN SAVE YOU FROM A HEART ATTACK (assuming you are not operating heavy machinery at the time)* PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN ASSESS YOUR PERSONALITY FROMHOW YOU DIP …
You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News: Shocking but Utterly True Facts
You’re going to wish you never picked up this book. Some facts are too terrifying to teach in school. Unfortunately, Cracked.com is more than happy to fill you in: * A zombie apocalypse? It could happen. 50% of humans are infected with a parasite that can take over your brain. * The FDA wouldn’t …
An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn’t
When it was originally published in 1987, An Incomplete Education became a surprise bestseller. Now this instant classic has been completely updated, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here’s your chance to brush up on all those subjects you slept through in school, …
For more than 25 years, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader has helped readers amazing things they didn’t know (and amazing things you didn’t know you didn’t know). Now, Uncle John’s tackles one of the world’s best loved and — fastest growing interests — beer.Pull up a stool and chug a pint of Beer-Topia, a rich, deep-bodied keg of beer knowledge, beer …
Why Don’t Cats Like to Swim?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Series)
Why does an “X” stand for a kiss?Which fruits are in Juicy Fruit® gum?Why do people cry at happy endings?Why do you never see baby pigeons?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Don’t Cats Like to Swim? — the unchallenged source of answers to civilization’s most perplexing questions. Part of the Imponderables® …
Ponder, if you willWhat happens to your Social Security number when you die?Why are peanuts listed as an ingredient in plain M&Ms?Why is Barbie’s hair made out of nylon, but Ken’s hair is plastic?What makes up the ever-mysterious “new-car smell”?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Do Penguins Have Knees? — the unchallenged …
Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where every day of the year will give you the chance to test your trivia mettle.For example–February 21: In 1912, on this day, Teddy Roosevelt coined the political phrase “hat in the ring,” so Ken Jennings …