Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids: Bizarre Bites of Incredible Information Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute | Language: English | ISBN:
B00IHGVHC4 | Format: EPUB
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids: Bizarre Bites of Incredible Information Description
Packed with more than 300 pages, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask? Here are just a few extraordinary examples:
- Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.
- In the 1960s, astronauts trained for moon voyages by walking on Hawaiian lava fields.
- Lloyd’s of London insured Bruce Springsteen’s voice for 3.5 million English pounds.
- Physician Amynthas of Alexandria, Greece, performed the first known nose job in the Third Century B.C.
- Military toilet paper is printed in a camouflage design, since white could attract enemy fire.
- Elvis Presley always wore a helmet when watching football on TV.
- King Henry VIII’s ladies at court had a ration of one gallon of beer per day.
- It takes the energy from 50 leaves on an apple tree to produce one ripe fruit.
- The only country to host the Summer Olympics but not win a single gold medal was Canada, in 1976.
And that’s just the beginning! So what are you waiting for? ATTACK!
- File Size: 956 KB
- Print Length: 416 pages
- Publisher: Portable Press (March 17, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00IHGVHC4
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,606 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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