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The Encyclopedia of Useless Information by William Hartston
epub |eng | 2007-06-01 | Author:William Hartston [Hartston, William]

LIECHTENSTEIN Liechtenstein is the last survivor of the 343 states that once made up the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations. The national anthem is sung to the same tune ...
( Category: Trivia June 12,2015 )
Ghosts: true encounters with the world beyond by Hans Holzer
mobi |eng | 1997-01-06 | Author:Hans Holzer

* 71 A California Ghost Story LITTLE DID I KNOW when I had successfully investigated the haunted apartment of Mrs. Verna Kunze in San Bernardino, that Mrs. Kunze would lead ...
( Category: Supernatural June 11,2015 )
The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong by Lloyd John & Mitchinson John
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-09-01 | Author:Lloyd, John & Mitchinson, John [Lloyd, John]

LONG-DISTANCE KILLER Can run at 35 mph for 3 miles. Spotted hyenas are Africa’s dominant predator, responsible for a quarter of all game animals killed. Lions are their only rivals, ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication June 11,2015 )
The Geeks' Guide to World Domination by Garth Sundem
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-11-10 | Author:Garth Sundem

AT-HOME EYE EXAM Have years of monitor viewing blended your optical rod cells into slurried mush? Or perhaps your myopic vision is due to late nights spent reading manga by ...
( Category: Satire April 5,2015 )
How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun by Chetwynd Josh
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-30 | Author:Chetwynd, Josh [Chetwynd, Josh]

But more than even its medicinal qualities, Alka-Seltzer became a triumph in marketing. Hub’s brother Charles invested heavily in sponsoring radio shows, which gave the product a huge bounce. Later, ...
( Category: History April 5,2015 )
Ten Million Aliens by Simon Barnes
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Barnes

* * * I. The common poorwill, a nightjar relative that lives in the United States, does actually hibernate. A number of species – some swifts, nightjars and hummingbirds – ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 21,2015 )
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader The World's Gone Crazy by Bathroom Readers' Institute
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-05-31 | Author:Bathroom Readers' Institute

* * * 81% of men think that they’re above-average drivers. Only 67% of women do. * * * Creepy Bonus: Later in 2009, biophysicist Gabor Horvath at Eotvos University ...
( Category: Trivia March 18,2015 )
Beyond Coincidence by Martin Plimmer
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Martin Plimmer

3 FANCY MEETING YOU HERE It’s not just a small world. It’s a small world with billions of people in it. At the time of writing this sentence there were, ...
( Category: Chaos Theory March 4,2015 )
London's Strangest Tales by Quinn Tom
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-14 | Author:Quinn, Tom [Quinn, Tom]

TRAFALGAR SQUARE – PERMANENTLY UNFINISHED 1838 Present-day Trafalgar Square is built on the site where Henry VIII and earlier kings once kept their birds of prey and their horses. The ...
( Category: England March 4,2015 )
The Mysteries of Mithra by Cumont Franz
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-16 | Author:Cumont, Franz [Cumont, Franz]

Fig. 22. MITHRAIC KRONOS (ÆON, OR INFINITE TIME). Nude leontocephalous figure standing upright on a globe; in each hand a key; four wings; thrice entwined by a serpent, the head ...
( Category: Religion February 15,2015 )
Correlated by Shaun Gallagher
epub |eng | 2014-05-15 | Author:Shaun Gallagher

---------------- 53% of people say their closest platonic friend is more attractive than they are. But among left-handers, only 36% say their closest platonic friend is more attractive than they ...
( Category: Trivia January 29,2015 )
Poltergeists by Hans Holzer
epub |eng | 2012-08-27 | Author:Hans Holzer [Holzer, Hans]

* 155 Diary of a Poltergeist PAUL LEUTHOLD IS A MAN in his late forties with a pleasant personality and reasonably good educational background, perhaps better read than most farmers ...
( Category: Trivia & Fun Facts January 29,2015 )
TTYL
epub |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Melissa J. Morgan

chapter SIX Natalie> TUESDAY After school, Natalie found Hannah at her locker. They hadn’t talked to each other the day before, and Nat really hoped Hannah wasn’t still upset about ...
( Category: Girls & Women January 29,2015 )
Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History by Phil Mason
epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Phil Mason [Mason, Phil]

Walter Hunt, a New York mechanic, invented the safety pin in 1849 in just three hours, to pay off a $15 debt. He saw no commercial value in the idea, ...
( Category: World January 29,2015 )
Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? by Mark Leyner
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-07-24 | Author:Mark Leyner

WHY DO YOUR EYES WATER WHEN YOU POOP? Okay, well maybe it doesn’t happen to everyone when they poop, but someone who will remain nameless is known to get teary ...
( Category: Humor January 29,2015 )

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