Download or read book More Really Interesting Stuff You Don t Need to Know written by David Fickes and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love trivia and interesting facts? This book has 1,200 of the most fascinating facts you will find anywhere across a wide range of topics. It also includes the who, what, when, where, and why behind the facts as appropriate. This is book 2 of my "Really Interesting Stuff" series; I hope you enjoy it, and if you do, look for other books in the series.
Download or read book Really Interesting Stuff You Don t Need to Know written by David Fickes and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love trivia and interesting facts? This book has 1,500 fascinating facts across a wide range of subjects: animals, arts, history, literature, miscellaneous, movies, science and nature, sports, television, U.S. geography, U.S. presidents, and world geography. Please note: This book has substantial overlap with "What's the Best Trivia Book?" combined with new trivia that doesn't fit well in a question and answer format. It is designed for people who prefer trivia as interesting facts rather than a test yourself quiz format.
Download or read book The First 20 Hours written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Download or read book Did You Know written by Cori Anne Weber and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the most interesting facts, stories and trivia...ever!
Download or read book Really Interesting Stuff You Don t Need to Know Mega Edition written by David Fickes and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love trivia and interesting facts? This is the be all end all bathroom and coffee table mega reader with over 3,000 fascinating facts across a wide range of subjects: animals, arts, history, literature, miscellaneous, movies, science and nature, sports, television, U.S. geography, U.S. presidents, and world geography. It combines Really Interesting Stuff You Don't Need to Know Volume 1 and Volume 2 along with brand new facts. For example: In 2009, physicist Stephen Hawking threw a champagne party for time travelers. He didn't put out invitations until after the party hypothesizing that if someone showed up, it would be proof of time travel. No one came. Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador is closer to the Moon than any other place on Earth. It is 20,548 feet elevation but very close to the equator, so the bulge in the Earth makes it 1.5 miles closer to the Moon than Mount Everest. Over the last 20,000 years, the size of the average human brain has shrunk by about 10%. There are no clear answers why. The first concept of the atom was developed in the 5th century BC. Greeks Leucippus and Democritus called these particles atomos, meaning indivisible, and the modern word atom is derived from this term. Male pandas perform a handstand when they urinate. By doing the handstand, they get their pee higher up the tree allowing their scent to be carried further and increasing their mating chances. Wombats are the only animal in the world with cube shaped poop. It appears to be due to the irregular shape and elasticity of their intestines. In 18th century England, pineapples were so rare and such a status symbol that a single pineapple could sell for the equivalent of $8,000 today, and you could rent a pineapple for the evening to show off to guests. All the gold ever mined in the history of the world would fit in a 67-foot cube. An elephant has 40,000 muscles in its trunk; there are about 640 muscles in the entire human body. There are so many possible iterations of a game of chess that no one has been able to calculate it accurately. In the 1950s, mathematician Claude Shannon came up with what is now known as the Shannon Number to estimate the possible iterations at between 10111 and 10123. In comparison, there are 1081 atoms in the known universe. A penny dropped from the 1,250-foot Empire State Building wouldn't kill a bystander below. Due to air resistance, the penny would reach its maximum speed after falling only about 50 feet. When it reached the ground, it would only be moving 25 mph, enough to hurt but nowhere near enough to kill. Killer whales are dolphins and not whales; they are the largest member of the dolphin family. The similarities with dolphins include teeth, streamlined bodies, rounded head, beak, echolocation, living in pods, and group hunting. Under the Articles of Confederation, there were eight presidents prior to George Washington; each served a one-year term. Play-Doh was originally created as a wallpaper cleaning putty to remove coal dust in the 1930s. The first published use of the word hello was in 1827; hello is a relatively recent word and was initially used to attract attention or express surprise; it didn't get its current meaning until the telephone arrived. Huh is the closest thing to a universal word. It means the same thing in every language, and everybody in almost every language says it. Nebraska has the most miles of rivers of any state; it has four major rivers - Platte, Niobrara, Missouri, and Republican. The Sun has made about 20 orbits around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy in its life.
Download or read book Stuff You Should Know written by Josh Clark and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious—curious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood. As it turns out, they aren't the only curious ones. They've since amassed a rabid fan base, making Stuff You Should Know one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics. The pair have now taken their near-boundless "whys" and "hows" from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time—featuring a completely new array of subjects that they’ve long wondered about and wanted to explore. Each chapter is further embellished with snappy visual material to allow for rabbit-hole tangents and digressions—including charts, illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. Follow along as the two dig into the underlying stories of everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost. Have you ever wondered about the world around you, and wished to see the magic in everyday things? Come get curious with Stuff You Should Know. With Josh and Chuck as your guide, there’s something interesting about everything (...except maybe jackhammers).
Download or read book Really Interesting Stuff You Don t Need to Know Volume 2 written by David Fickes and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love trivia and interesting facts? This book has 1,200 of the most fascinating facts you will find anywhere across a wide range of topics. It also includes the who, what, when, where, and why behind the facts as appropriate. This is book 2 of my "Really Interesting Stuff" series; I hope you enjoy it, and if you do, look for other books in the series.
Download or read book 1490 Interesting Facts You Don t Need to Know written by Err Nabil and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1490 INTERESTING FACTS YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW is a trivia fact book loaded with funny facts, intriguing facts, and everything in-between. Jam-packed with fascinating, surprising, and amazing tidbits of knowledge, this book will help you quickly become trivia night royalty. 1490 INTERESTING FACTS YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW is covering a wide and diverse range of topics including sports, history of the United States and the world, politics, science, literature, pop culture, food and drink, statistics, art, and so much more! Every fact has been thoroughly researched for accuracy, and has been thoughtfully curated to ensure that every page is bursting with interesting facts about the things you've always wondered about
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Download or read book Numbers Don t Lie written by Vaclav Smil and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes From the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world--exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production. Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy? From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world--and how all of this affects the planet itself--in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit--all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics--Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.
Download or read book First Time Dad written by John Fuller and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most powerful influence in the world is that of a dad on his child. Baseball gloves, dirty diapers, tiny little hands, first days of school, daddy-daughter dances, and learner's permits... and so much more! There's no way you can be ready for it all, but this is when you need to get a bit of a head start... First Time Dad by Focus on the Family ministry veteran (and father of 6) John Fuller lets you in on the stuff you really need to know... because in just a few months or weeks or days, your life is going to change--forever. Set good priorities. Break bad habits and/or family patterns. Recognize and recover from some common fathering mistakes. Know that your words have immense power. And learn how to cultivate a lasting parent-child relationship. So, instead of wondering "oh man, oh man, oh man... what am I going to do now?" for 9 months... read this short book (plus it's pretty fun too) and get excited! "Dad, your job is critical... And you can do it."
Download or read book Now I Know written by Dan Lewis and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the Webby Award-winning newsletter: "I eagerly read 'Now I Know' every day. It's always fresh, always a surprise, and always interesting!" --Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia Did you know that there are actually 27 letters in the alphabet, or that the U.S. had a plan to invade Canada? And what actually happened to the flags left on the moon? Even if you think you have a handle on all things trivia, you're guaranteed a big surprise with Now I Know. From uncovering what happens to lost luggage to New York City's plan to crack down on crime by banning pinball, this book will challenge your knowledge of the fascinating stories behind the world's greatest facts. Covering 100 outrageous topics, Now I Know is the ultimate challenge for any know-it-all who thinks they have nothing left to learn.
Download or read book The De Textbook written by Cracked.com, and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are an idiot. Don't get defensive! It's not your fault. For decades your teachers, authority figures and textbooks have been lying to you. You do not have five senses. Your tongue doesn't have neatly segregated taste-bud zones. You don't know what the pyramids really looked like. You're even pooping wrong - Jesus, you're a wreck! But it's going to be okay. Because we're here to help. Packed with more sexy facts than the Encyclopedia Pornographica, the Cracked De-Textbook will teach you about the true stars of history, why you picture everything from Velociraptors to Ancient Rome incorrectly, and finally, at long last - how to pop a proper squat. This book was built from the ground up to systematically seek out, dismantle and destroy the many untruths that years of misguided education have left festering inside of you, and leave you a smarter person...whether you like it or not. The De-Textbook is a merciless, brutal learning machine. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are informed.
Download or read book 2 024 QI Facts To Stop You In Your Tracks written by John Lloyd and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR - A NEW BOOK BY QI ELVES JAMES HARKIN AND ANNA PTASZYNSKI - IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER* 'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris Evans A bumper final edition of the most surprising, amazing, and hilarious facts on the planet from the clever-clogs at QI. QI is the smartest comedy show on British television. Here creator John Lloyd and QI Elves James Harkin and Anne Miller bring together 2,024 brain-tickling brand new facts to stop you in your tracks... Did you know that: Humans glow in the dark. The Pope drives a blue Ford Focus. One of the moons of Uranus is called Margaret. Scottish football referees are sponsored by Specsavers. Dogs visiting US National Parks can be certified as Bark Rangers. The world's smallest computer is smaller than a grain of sand. Candyfloss was invented by a dentist. Nobody knows who named the Earth.
Download or read book How to Talk About Books You Haven t Read written by Pierre Bayard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.
Download or read book 1490 INTERSETING FACTS YOU DON T NEED TO KNOW Always Keep an Open Mind written by Err Nabil and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ✓1490 INTERSETING FACTS YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW is a trivia fact book loaded with funny facts, intriguing facts, and everything in-between. Jam-packed with fascinating, surprising, and amazing tidbits of knowledge, this book will help you quickly become trivia night royalty. ✓1490 INTERSETING FACTS YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW contains1490 random facts covering a wide and diverse range of topics including sports, history of the United States and the world, politics, science, literature, pop culture, food and drink, statistics, art, and so much more! Every fact has been thoroughly researched for accuracy, and has been thoughtfully curated to ensure that every page is bursting with interesting facts about the things you've always wondered about.
Download or read book 1490 Interseting Facts You Don t Need to Know Seniors Version written by Err Nabil and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-06 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ✓1490 INTERSETING FACTS YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW SENIORS VERSION is a trivia fact book loaded with funny facts, intriguing facts, and everything in-between. Jam-packed with fascinating, surprising, and amazing tidbits of knowledge, this book will help you quickly become trivia night royalty. ✓1490 INTERSETING FACTS YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW SENIORS VERSION contains1490 random facts covering a wide and diverse range of topics including sports, history of the United States and the world, politics, science, literature, pop culture, food and drink, statistics, art, and so much more! Every fact has been thoroughly researched for accuracy, and has been thoughtfully curated to ensure that every page is bursting with interesting facts about the things you've always wondered about.
