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 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 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 Mega Book of Useless Information written by Noel Botham and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the sensational success of the Useless Information Series, the Official Useless Information Society bring you another essential compendium of everything you never needed but always wanted to know. If you are a lover of the wonderfully pointless, then this is the book for you.

Download or read book Really Interesting Stuff for Kids Mega Edition written by David Fickes and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2,600 fascinating and educational facts chosen just for kids; these are the best facts for kids chosen from all my trivia books put into one mega edition that combines my Really Interesting Stuff for Kids with additional facts. To make it both entertaining and educational, the content is focused on animals, geography, history, and science and nature. For example: The termite queen is the longest living insect. They have been known to live for at least 50 years, and some scientists believe they may live to 100. Recent research suggests that ice is slippery because there are loose water molecules on the surface that act like marbles on a floor. Prior theories that it was due to pressure creating a thin layer of water on the surface have been disproven since the pressure would have to be far too great. Mongolia is the only country that has entirely wild horses that have never been domesticated by humans. The endangered Przewalski's horse is native to the steppes of Mongolia; all other wild horses are feral horses that are descendants of domesticated horses. Stars don't twinkle; the light they emit is steady and constant, but the earth's atmosphere interferes with what we witness and makes them appear to twinkle. Rock paper scissors originated in China about 2,000 years ago. If you could fold an average thickness (0.004 inches) paper in half 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon; if you could fold it 103 times, it would be 109 billion light-years thick, thicker than the observable universe is wide. On a per weight basis, spider silk has a tensile strength five times greater than steel. Each strand is 1,000 times thinner than a human hair and is made up of thousands of nanostrands, only 20 millionths of a millimeter in diameter. Without a visual reference point, humans are incapable of walking in a straight line. If blindfolded or lost in terrain devoid of landmarks, we tend to walk in circles. Scientists have yet been unable to determine why. A domestic cat shares 95.6% of its DNA with a tiger. Maine is the closest state to Africa; Quoddy Head, Maine, is 3,154 miles from Morocco. It is almost 1,000 miles closer than Florida. Scientists have found that humans are born with two innate fears, the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds. All other phobias are acquired. Technically, United States Independence Day is July 2, 1776, which is when Congress voted America free from British rule. July 4 is the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted. An adult blue whale's tongue weighs 6,000-8,000 pounds, about the same as a small elephant. Due to anti-German sentiment during WWI, the British royal family changed their name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor, so the family is named after the castle and not the other way around. For countries that share a land border, the distance between Brasilia, Brazil, and Paris, France, is the greatest distance between any two national capital cities. French Guiana borders Brazil and is part of France, just as Alaska is part of the United States, so France shares a land border with Brazil. Paris and Brasilia are 5,424 miles apart. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant. Bamboo can grow 35 inches in a day, a rate of 0.00002 mph. Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only recognized person to survive both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb blasts. He was in Hiroshima on business for the first bomb and then returned home to Nagasaki. 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. This is book 5 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 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 Stuff You Should Know written by Josh Clark and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 research and discuss a wide variety of topics-always working to uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected pieces of any given subject, and then talking about it together in an accessible and humorous way. The pair have now taken their near-boundless "whys" and "hows" from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time-and with it comes loads of new content, covering subjects about which they've long wondered or wanted to explore in greater detail. Follow along as they dig into the underlying stories and interesting ways things fit into the world, touching on everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost. An additional layer of visual material allows the duo to further embellish their engaging storytelling and bring these topics to life in a snappy new way-including charts and graphs, illustrations, and sidebars for rabbit-hole tangents and wandering digressions. 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 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.

Download or read book Create This Book written by Moriah Elizabeth and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create This Book is the ultimate outlet for creativity. Includes 242 pages of unique and inspiring prompts to get you in the creative zone! Whether you are trying to get past an artist's block, wanting to become more creative, or just looking to have some fun, you will love this interactive journal! Want to learn more? Check out "Create This Book" on Youtube! You can watch Moriah Elizabeth's "Create This Book" Series! Great for inspiration and guidance on your creative journey! Go to MoriahElizabeth.com for more information.

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 Good Rich People written by Eliza Jane Brazier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Good Morning America 'January Book That Can Get Us Through Anything' A Most Anticipated Novel of 2022 by The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, PopSugar, Shondaland, Yahoo!, and Crime Reads A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs in the next intoxicating novel from Eliza Jane Brazier. Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a bootstrapper. Demi has always felt like the odds were stacked against her. At the end of her rope, she seizes a risky opportunity to take over another person’s life and unwittingly becomes the subject of the upstairs couple’s wicked entertainment. But Demi has been struggling forever, and she’s not about to go down without a fight. In a twist that neither woman sees coming, the game quickly devolves into chaos and rockets toward an explosive conclusion. Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it’s winner takes all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind.

Download or read book The Delineator written by R. S. O'Loughlin and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Starting Your Career as an Illustrator written by Michael Fleishman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first steps of starting out up through succeeding as a professional, Fleishman's newest guide navigates how illustration ties concept and technique. From advice on education and finding the right state of mind, through opening shop and finding the right venue, Starting Your Career as an Illustrator is a bit of a technical how-to, something of a business book, certainly an inspirational work, definitely a professional overview, even a personal lifestyle guide. It accurately documents the eclectic adventures of illustrators now, as well as relating historical perspectives, motivations, and inspirations to balance that picture and present readers with a true global field experience—all in an accessible, reader-friendly style. Topics include how to: Create a portfolio Make initial contacts Develop a financial plan Set up an office Acquire supplies and equipment Price your own work Market on the Web Nurture a growing freelance business And much more Through direct and candid conversations with scores of professionals up and down the career ladder, this book offers rich perspectives of illustrators (and their cohorts) at and away from the drawing board. It looks at the strong threads tying professional and academic process, practice, and product, and offers extensive research, a global pool of resources, and a wide panorama of info that promotes problem solving by way of a spectrum of ideas. Over fifty illustrations are included throughout. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

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Download or read book Wicked Castle written by Jenna Bora and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There goes the roaring sound of the gunfire, the sharp clang of one sword clashing with another. These were some of the noises that could be heard by an observer of this war. It was the second Knights vs. Warriors War in Siennas history. Anyone who had observed the first war would say that this one has the terror and viciousness of the first one multiplied by five. The first Knights vs. Warriors War happened from 1977 to 1982. It ended with a victory for the Warriors. The second one started in 1992 and ended in 1996. While this war took the lives of about five thousand innocent people, out of them all, these four were the most noteworthy: Gwyneth and Oliver Hardly and Helene and Richard Woodley. These were the parents of Julianna Hardly and Fae Woodley. Due to this fatal day, Julianna and Fae would never know the life they could have had. But those who know them personally would be certain that if they hadnt fallen into being adopted by the king and queen of Sienna, they never would have met. But because of their vastly different outlooks on life, that would not necessarily be a bad thing. It would make life much more peaceful for their adoptive parents too. But none of that is important anymore. Now its time to enter the life and meet the parents that they do have. In one castle . . .

Download or read book Kale My Ex and Other Things to Toss in a Blender written by Lisa Greenwald and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breakup + a food truck + a whole lot of kale = the best recipe for a broken heart! Fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Huntley Fitzpatrick will love this hilarious and heartfelt novel. When Mia’s summer starts with an epic breakup, she’s sure the rest of the vacation will be miserable. But her best friend, Justine, would never let that happen. Their plan has two parts. One: use their summer job driving a snow cone truck to keep tabs on Mia’s ex in person. Two: create a fake persona to connect with Mia’s ex online. Soon both plans have morphed into something so much bigger. Add some kale to a snow cone and they’ve got the hottest smoothie in town . . . and more money than they could have imagined. And when Mia’s ex starts falling for the online girl, there’s a revenge plot just waiting to be born. A guy who dumps a girl because he thinks her thighs are too “thick” deserves to have his heart broken by a fake girlfriend, right? All’s fair in love and smoothies. . . . Well known for My Life in Pink & Green, Lisa Greenwald has written a hilarious and refreshing take on getting over a breakup. Girls who love contemporary romance with lots of laughs will down this novel in one gulp!

Download or read book An Edo Anthology written by Sumie Jones and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the eighteenth century, Edo (today’s Tokyo) became the world’s largest city, quickly surpassing London and Paris. Its rapidly expanding population and flourishing economy encouraged the development of a thriving popular culture. Innovative and ambitious young authors and artists soon began to look beyond the established categories of poetry, drama, and prose, banding together to invent completely new literary forms that focused on the fun and charm of Edo. Their writings were sometimes witty, wild, and bawdy, and other times sensitive, wise, and polished. Now some of these high spirited works, celebrating the rapid changes, extraordinary events, and scandalous news of the day, have been collected in an accessible volume highlighting the city life of Edo. Edo’s urban consumers demanded visual presentations and performances in all genres. Novelties such as books with text and art on the same page were highly sought after, as were kabuki plays and the polychrome prints that often shared the same themes, characters, and even jokes. Popular interest in sex and entertainment focused attention on the theatre district and “pleasure quarters,” which became the chief backdrops for the literature and arts of the period. Gesaku, or “playful writing,” invented in the mid-eighteenth century, satirized the government and samurai behavior while parodying the classics. These entertaining new styles bred genres that appealed to the masses. Among the bestsellers were lengthy serialized heroic epics, revenge dramas, ghost and monster stories, romantic melodramas, and comedies that featured common folk. An Edo Anthology offers distinctive and engaging examples of this broad range of genres and media. It includes both well-known masterpieces and unusual examples from the city’s counterculture, some popular with intellectuals, others with wider appeal. Some of the translations presented here are the first available in English and many are based on first editions. In bringing together these important and expertly translated Edo texts in a single volume, this collection will be warmly welcomed by students and interested readers of Japanese literature and popular culture.