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1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways
Contributor(s): Lloyd, John (Author), Mitchinson, John (Author), Harkin, James (Author)
ISBN: 0393249875     ISBN-13: 9780393249873
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE:   $15.15  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Trivia
- Humor | Form - Trivia
Dewey: 031.02
LCCN: 2015025687
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 4.4" W x 7.1" (0.60 lbs) 400 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways is a gold mine of wide-ranging, eye-opening, brain-bursting nuggets of trivia that's impossible to put down, another treasure trove of factoids (National Public Radio, Weekend Edition).

Did you know?

  • Orchids can get jet lag
  • Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time
  • Frank Sinatra took a shower 12 times a day
  • Ladybug orgasms last for 30 minutes
  • There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie
  • Traffic lights existed before cars
  • The soil in your garden is 2 million years old

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.