Name: The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds: 5,000 Staggering Facts on Science, Nature, History, Movies, Music, the Universe and More!
Price: 20.37 EUR
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Author: Chas Newkey-Burden
ISBN: 9781788404693

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The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds: 5,000 Staggering Facts on Science, Nature, History, Movies, Music, the Universe and More!

Type

Physical Book

Author

Nigel Henbest

Chas Newkey-Burden

Publisher

Cassell

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.2 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN13

9781788404693

Synopsis "The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds: 5,000 Staggering Facts on Science, Nature, History, Movies, Music, the Universe and More!"

5,000 facts - more than any other book on the market - that will astound, amuse and fascinate you! A polish bear in World War II rose to the rank of colonel. Penguins can't taste fish. The ashes of the man who invented the pringles container are buried in one. Houseflies buzz in the key of F. 'hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words. These are just 0.02% of all the facts in this incredible tome! Written by seven authors and covering subjects as diverse as The Universe, Art and Literature, The Natural World and Movies, The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds is the ultimate trivia book! Why not amaze family and friends with the reasons pandas do handstands, the sinister source of the term 'rule of thumb', or that the patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed... in a fire. Every entry is weird, wonderful, inspiring and quite brilliantly, true!

Chas Newkey-Burden

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Chas Newkey-Burden is a journalist, author, and has written columns for Attitude, Time Out, and The Big Issue. His books include Simon Cowell: The Unauthorised Biography, Help! I'm Turning Into My Dad, and The All-New Official Arsenal Miscellany. He also co-wrote, with Julie Burchill, Not In My Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy.

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