The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds

The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds

by Nigel HenbestSimon Brew Sarah Tomley and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 14/09/2023

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A polish bear in World War II rose to the rank of colonel.


Penguins can't taste fish.


The ashes of the man who invented the Pringles container are buried in one one.


On Neptune it rains diamonds.


'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.


These are just 0.1% of all the facts in this incredible tome! Written by seven authors and covering subjects as diverse as The Universe, Art and Literature, The Natural World and Movies, The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds is the ultimate trivia book!


Why not amaze family and friends with the reasons pandas do handstands, the sinister source of the term 'rule of thumb', or that the patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed... in a fire. Every entry is weird, wonderful, inspiring and quite brilliantly, true!

ISBN:
9781788404709
9781788404709
Category:
Trivia & quiz question books
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
14-09-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Octopus
Nigel Henbest

Nigel Henbest was Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist magazine, Editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, and Media Consultant to the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

Simon Brew

Simon Brew is the founder and UK editor-in-chief of Den of Geek.

Trevor Davies

After being left for dead in the Pembrokeshire wilds, Trevor Davies was raised by a pack of Corgis before being discovered scooting along a library carpet and taken in to civilised society to lose his corgi ways... he was only 39 at the time.

Since then, he has worked on some of the most successful pet books and turned his hand to penning a few, including Puppies for When Sh*t Happens and the corresponding Kitten version. He is now fully house-trained and lives in Kent with his wife and cats (Frazzle and Pringle).

Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden is the author of a number of books including Great Email Disasters and a series of official titles for Arsenal FC, such as The Arsenal Yearbook and successive editions of The Official Arsenal Annual.

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