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1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways

1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways

by JohnLloyd (Author), JohnMitchinson (Author), JamesHarkin (Author)

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Synopsis

1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways is a gold mine of wide-ranging, eye-opening, brain-bursting nuggets of trivia that's impossible to put down, another treasure trove of factoids (National Public Radio, Weekend Edition).

Did you know?

  • Orchids can get jet lag
  • Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time
  • Frank Sinatra took a shower 12 times a day
  • Ladybug orgasms last for 30 minutes
  • There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie
  • Traffic lights existed before cars
  • The soil in your garden is 2 million years old

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 27 Nov 2015
ISBN 10: 0393249875
ISBN 13: 9780393249873

Media Reviews
You can't NOT read books like this. They're addicting. -- Maggie Galehouse - Houston Chronicle
This handy and browsable guide offers hours of tidbits and trivia sure to surprise readers and impress their friends...[the authors'] ability to find truly offbeat oddities is impressive. -- Library Journal
Author Bio
John Lloyd is the creator of the BBC quiz panel show QI (Quite Interesting). He lives in Oxfordshire. John Mitchinson is the director of research for the BBC quiz panel show QI (Quite Interesting). He lives in Oxfordshire. James Harkin is senior researcher for QI and lives in London.