The Extraordinary Book of Useless Information - The Most Fascinating Facts That Don't Really Matter

Informationen zum Autor Don Voorhees Klappentext There are more incredibly pointless and delightfully entertaining things to discover in this new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. You probably never knew... • Ronald Reagan is the only president who has been divorced. • It is estimated that half of the world's spider species have yet to be discovered. • November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. And did you really ever have to know... • The whiskers on a harbor seal are known as "vibrissae”? • Modern scholars believe Isaac Newton may have had Asperger's syndrome? • In the 1920s! Hollywood made twice as many films a year as it does today? Zusammenfassung There are more incredibly pointless and delightfully entertaining things to discover in this new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series , a must-have for trivia enthusiasts and a perfect white elephant gift. You probably never knew... • It is estimated that half of the world’s spider species have yet to be discovered. • November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. And did you really ever have to know... • The whiskers on a harbor seal are known as “vibrissae”? • Modern scholars believe Isaac Newton may have had Asperger’s syndrome? • In the 1920s, Hollywood made twice as many films a year as it does today?

Product details

• Authors: Don Voorhees, Donald A Voorhees, Donald A. Voorhees, Voorhees Don
• Publisher: Tarcher, J.P. Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2013
• EAN: 9780399165177
• ISBN: 978-0-399-16517-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 116 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, Trivia & quiz question books, Reference works, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Quizzes, Trivia and quiz questions, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Trivia, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, General encyclopaedias