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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  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2013
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Trivia
- Humor | Form - Trivia
Dewey: 031.02
LCCN: 2013026926
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.5" W x 7.1" L (0.65 lbs) 352 pages
Features: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 104
 
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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.
 
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