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1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (Mostly) Everything

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A trove of trivia from the creators of the Ask Jeeves series and question writers for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Amuse your date, impress your boss, bore your kids, or be the sixth caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know that a Twinkie in the microwave will explode in 45 seconds, that you have a 1 in 3,448,276 chance of dying from a snake bite, that ... Read more

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A trove of trivia from the creators of the Ask Jeeves series and question writers for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Amuse your date, impress your boss, bore your kids, or be the sixth caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know that a Twinkie in the microwave will explode in 45 seconds, that you have a 1 in 3,448,276 chance of dying from a snake bite, that
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Doctors Killed George Washington

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A trivia collection that puts medical history under the microscope—with more than 500 little-known facts about doctors, diseases, and more.Did you know . . .Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet.Working with pigs can raise your risk of appendicitis.The Catholic Church has patron saints for many conditions, ... Read more

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A trivia collection that puts medical history under the microscope—with more than 500 little-known facts about doctors, diseases, and more.Did you know . . .Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet.Working with pigs can raise your risk of appendicitis.The Catholic Church has patron saints for many conditions,
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Not Another Apple for the Teacher

Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education

by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo ...

From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students. ... Read more

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From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students.
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Bees Make the Best Pets

All the Buzz about Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and Sweet—Straight from the Hive

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Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth

Being a 21st Century Treatise on What It Takes to Live a Rich Life

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It isn't all about the Benjamins! A revolutionary way of looking at money and value, based on the writings of the Founding Father.Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders—one of Ben Franklin's many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively, ... Read more

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It isn't all about the Benjamins! A revolutionary way of looking at money and value, based on the writings of the Founding Father.Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders—one of Ben Franklin's many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively,
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W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion, Number 2

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Number 2 in the W.C. Privy series, this bathroom companion is chock full of jokes, stories, historical factoids, quizzes, trivia, and pop culture fun. An ecletic reading array, the book includes:*Rules and Histories of Laughably Obscure Sports*The Night They Invented Champagne--the Accidental History of Bubbly Wine*I Was There! Eyewitness Accounts of Pompeii, the Chicago Fire, the Defeat of Custer ... Read more

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Number 2 in the W.C. Privy series, this bathroom companion is chock full of jokes, stories, historical factoids, quizzes, trivia, and pop culture fun. An ecletic reading array, the book includes:*Rules and Histories of Laughably Obscure Sports*The Night They Invented Champagne--the Accidental History of Bubbly Wine*I Was There! Eyewitness Accounts of Pompeii, the Chicago Fire, the Defeat of Custer
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Al Capone Was a Golfer

Hundred of Fascinating Facts from the World of Golf

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What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one ... Read more

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What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one
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It Takes a Certain Type to Be a Writer

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Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books.The sixth book in the Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining (TRUE) Trivia Series puts a magnifying lens on the wacky world of writers. It Takes a ... Read more

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Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books.The sixth book in the Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining (TRUE) Trivia Series puts a magnifying lens on the wacky world of writers. It Takes a
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Al Capone Was a Golfer

Hundred of Fascinating Facts from the World of Golf

by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo ...

Series series Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining Trivia
What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one ... Read more

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What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one
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Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet

Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the Cat World

by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo ...

Every little fact cat lovers could want to know about the mysterious creatures that live in their homes is contained in this collection.For example, cats use at least a hundred different sounds to communicate and can pronounce thirteen vowel sounds and seven or eight consonant sounds; housecats typically blink twice a minute; and in ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death! ... Read more

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Every little fact cat lovers could want to know about the mysterious creatures that live in their homes is contained in this collection.For example, cats use at least a hundred different sounds to communicate and can pronounce thirteen vowel sounds and seven or eight consonant sounds; housecats typically blink twice a minute; and in ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death!
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Dracula Was a Lawyer

Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Law

by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo ...

True tales of trials and errors over the long, strange course of legal history, from the authors of Doctors Killed George Washington.Did you know . . .If a husband in ancient Rome caught his wife drinking wine, he had the legal right to kill her.Gandhi, John Cleese, and Julio Iglesias were all lawyers before moving on to other jobs.The ice cream sundae was invented as part of an effort to get ... Read more

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Cause of Death

A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us

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FACE IT. WE CAN GO ANYTIME.BUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS!Death becomes you, and it's just another fact of life explored in Cause of Death, a revealing abundance of startling data, false perceptions, bizarre fallacies, and some totally unexpected statistics about how, why, when, and where we all bite the dust, check out, buy the farm, kick the bucket, and all those other euphemisms for perishing ... Read more

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FACE IT. WE CAN GO ANYTIME.BUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS!Death becomes you, and it's just another fact of life explored in Cause of Death, a revealing abundance of startling data, false perceptions, bizarre fallacies, and some totally unexpected statistics about how, why, when, and where we all bite the dust, check out, buy the farm, kick the bucket, and all those other euphemisms for perishing
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