RANDOM KINDS OF FACTNESS
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RANDOM KINDS OF FACTNESS (ebook)

ERIN BARRETT / JACK MINGO

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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 342 cases of tea were tossed into the “hahbah” during the Boston Tea Party, or that white rhinoceroses are not actually white but grey (you'll have to read the book to discover why). Includes tons of trivia about Animals Language Science and Technology Men and Women Sports Religion, Holidays, and Traditions Law The Body * History Food and Drink and more

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