Armchair Digest: The Extraordinary Book of Information - Softcover
The Extraordinary Book of Information, from the popular Armchair Digest series, is a treasure trove of stories, interviews, hilarious trivia, quotes, timelines, and astounding facts. The information is culled from thousands of sources and pulled together in one handy volume.
Here is a sampling of the fascinating facts in The Extraordinary Book of Information:
In some parts of Italy, people savor a worm-filled cheese called casu marzu.
Sand tiger shark eggs hatch in one of two chambers in the womb. The shark embryos eat each other until there are only two survivors -- one in each chamber.
On the Micronesian island of Yap, people once used 12-foot limestone coins as money.
President John Quincy Adams started each summer day with a skinny dip in the Potomac River.
Tokyo subways and train stations employee large men called oshiya ( pushers ) to cram people into crowded cars.
Open to any page of The Extraordinary Book of Information and you ll find something amazing that you didn t know.
Here is a sampling of the fascinating facts in The Extraordinary Book of Information:
In some parts of Italy, people savor a worm-filled cheese called casu marzu.
Sand tiger shark eggs hatch in one of two chambers in the womb. The shark embryos eat each other until there are only two survivors -- one in each chamber.
On the Micronesian island of Yap, people once used 12-foot limestone coins as money.
President John Quincy Adams started each summer day with a skinny dip in the Potomac River.
Tokyo subways and train stations employee large men called oshiya ( pushers ) to cram people into crowded cars.
Open to any page of The Extraordinary Book of Information and you ll find something amazing that you didn t know.
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- PublisherPublications International, Ltd.
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 141275299X
- ISBN 13 9781412752992
- BindingPerfect Paperback
- Number of pages320
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The Extraordinary Book of Information: Amazing Trivia about Anything & Everything (Armchair Digest) Kelley, J K
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