though not always rigorously sourced, It turns out that most toilets don't flush in Eflat, Silly but fun. There's at least one or two facts in each chapter you just want to share, This is a great collection of interesting, hilarious and sometimes frightening bits of trivia, Had lots of bits of interesting trivia, Enjoyed that it was put into funnily titled sections, Cute book of quirky facts, Fast read. Interesting stats. Good for fans of odd and random facts, Jeopardy!, or Trivial Pursuit, The collective noun for owls is "parliament, "
In Paraguay, dueling is legal if both participants are registered blood donors,
It is possible to donate half a liver,
A third of patent applications in America inwere related to the bicycle,
The most expensive age of your life is thirtyfour,
Seven of America's nine founding fathers denied the divinity of Jesus,
The average ratio between the actual length of a meandering river and its length as the crow flies is pi,
A billion seconds ago, it was, Pretty fun little fact book, would definitely recommend it to any fan of trivia, I quit because the facts weren't terribly interesting, . . My family is going to quickly regret buying me this the more I spout random facts at them, but I just find it SO FASCINATING! This book is a fun and fast read.
However, not all of the facts were that amazing or amusing to me, As I read, I marked facts that I thought were interesting enough to share with people, Looking back on my markings, I only liked aboutof the book, Eh. Anyone could put this together, Not impressed. My kids really enjoyed reading this book, The facts are rather interesting, but some of them I happened to know weren't quite accurate, . . anyway, it's just a long list of moderately interesting and somewhat reliable factoids, Nice to have around to pick up every once in a while but not exactly a pageturner, I learned a lot of interesting facts from this book, Amusing, quick read. I love random fact books, The book has entertaining facts but some of the statistics are outdated, referencing articles fromyears ago, However, there is plenty of data that stands on its own, Like: Vietnam is the second largest producer of coffee in the world, after Brazil, It produces twenty times as much as Uganda, Red
Bull is illegal in Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, Onethird of all houses in Ireland were built in the last decade, Did you know that most toilets flush in Eflat Or that American Airlines once saved,by removing a single olive from each salad served in first class Well, now you will with this clever, fun, and occasionally shocking compendium of facts from around the world.
Organized into witty categories, including “Battle of the Sexes: Facts About Men and Women” and “The Past Is a Foreign Country: Facts About History,” You Are Onethird Daffodil contains hundreds of weird and wacky facts, including:
In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
The most expensive age of your life is thirtyfour,
Cuba will lift its ban on toasters in,
Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair,
The “zip” of zip code stands for “zone improvement plan, ”
Counting up from zero, and excluding the word “and,” the first number to contain the letter “a” is one thousand,
There are an estimated,trillion ants on earthroughly,million ants for each person, Their combined weight is equivalent to the weight of the entire human population,
In the Second World War, every Italian soldier in North Africa carried his own personal espresso machine,
So go ahead, become the office Einstein though did you know Einstein didnt learn to read until he was ten or the cocktail party trivia star with You Are Onethird Daffodil.
The words “did you know” will never sound the same again!,
Achieve You Are One-Third Daffodil: And Other Facts To Amaze, Amuse, And Astound Conceived By Tom Nuttall Listed As Paper Copy
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