| 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off Contributor(s): Lloyd, John (Author), Mitchinson, John (Author), Harkin, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393241033 ISBN-13: 9780393241037 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Trivia - Humor | Form - Trivia |
| Dewey: 031.02 |
| LCCN: 2013026926 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.5" W x 7.1" (0.65 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Did you know? - Cows moo in regional accents. - The international dialing code for Russia is 007. - The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body. - Pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chain saws. - Saddam Hussein's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker. - Heroin was originally sold as cough medicine. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off is a trove of the strangest, funniest, and most improbable tidbits of knowledge--all painstakingly researched and distilled to a brilliant and shocking clarity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lloyd, John: - John Lloyd is the creator of the BBC quiz panel show QI (Quite Interesting). He lives in Oxfordshire.Mitchinson, John: - John Mitchinson is the director of research for the BBC quiz panel show QI (Quite Interesting). He lives in Oxfordshire.Harkin, James: - James Harkin is senior researcher for QI and lives in London. |