Kategoria BISAC: Reference >> Trivia

This witty and compulsive collection of trivia will captivate and surprise you with its fun and funky revelations:

-Why is New York called "the Big Apple"?

-How do people count cards at casinos?

-What keeps the head on a glass of beer?

-Why don't you ever see baby pigeons?

-Why is getting married called tying the knot?

More facts Less substance This cornucopia of amazingly pointless facts and figures will have you marveling at all the things you never needed to know.

There's no good reason for you to know...

that Mickey Mouse was banned in Romania.
? that a company sells bikinis made from salmon skin.
? that Brigham Young had fifty-five wives.
? that the Romans used to pay their legions in salt.

But we'll tell you anyway, along...

The Bible has had a profound impact on the world. Now Doug Lennox, the vicar of Q&A, serves up an entertaining but informative slice of biblical lore, literature, and history. Discover the top four box office successes for biblical-themed movies in North America, find out what The Matrix and Moby-Dick have in common with the Bible, and learn quirky insights into many of the Good Books major and minor cast of characters and fabled events. Youll eat, drink, and be merry with this collection of minutiae showcasing highlights of the bestselling book of all time

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Do you want the real facts to counter and correct the steaming piles of myth and misinformation you hear all the time? This fascinating collection tells exactly what you need to know so the next time you hear someone repeat one of these common falsehoods, you'll be ready to call bullshit on:

-Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.
-Your heart stops when you sneeze.
-Crime increases during a full moon.
-A goldfish's memory lasts only a few seconds.
-It was illegal to drink alcohol...

The #1 New York Times bestselling series reaches new heights of irrelevance with this powerfully pointless, all-new collection of the things you never need to know.

Do you actually care that...

• there are three feet of DNA in every cell?
• Saturn has 47 moons?
• March is National Frozen Foods Month?
• in 2010 a traffic jam in China lasted ten days?

  Would it improve your life to know...

• which movie star wanted to be a funeral director?
• which...

The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues to prove that there are plenty of things in this world no one needs to know about.

Why bother learning that...

*Poland sells a drink called Fart Juice?
*ATMs in Vatican City are in Latin?
*a two-year-old learns about ten new words a day?
*President George Washington checked out two library books that
are now 220 years overdue?

Do you really need to know...

*how many clocks are in the Pentagon?
*which state has towns called...