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Napoleon's Hemorrhoids by Phil Mason
epub |eng | 2011-03-07 | Author:Phil Mason

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: Trivia & Fun Facts June 15,2016 )
The Book of Word Records by Asher Cantrell
epub |eng | 2013-06-08 | Author:Asher Cantrell [Cantrell, Asher]

9. Wolf There’s a reason that we had Auggie Doggie and Doggie Daddy instead of Simon Wolf and his dad, Ted Wolf or whatever. It seems there are no clever ...
( Category: Word Lists June 9,2016 )
The Everything Guide to the Human Brain by Rudolph C. Hatfield
epub |eng | 2013-05-12 | Author:Rudolph C. Hatfield [Hatfield, Rudolph C.]

When Older Is Not Always Better Cognitive development may be a lifelong endeavor and may reflect the brain’s plasticity. The study of adult neural plasticity is quickly changing the way ...
( Category: Neurology May 13,2016 )
The Right Way to Do Wrong by Harry Houdini
epub |eng | 2012-10-30 | Author:Harry Houdini [Houdini, Harry]

PROFESSIONAL BURGLARY The professional burglar is a man of resources and daring. He has usually had a long training in criminal pursuits. A good burglar is a man who knows ...
( Category: Criminology May 9,2016 )
An Underground Education: The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything you Thought you Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human Knowledge by Richard Zacks
epub |eng | 2010-10-05 | Author:Richard Zacks [Zacks, Richard]

THE PATRON SAINT OF TOOTHACHES The Middle Ages, while not known for many breakthroughs, did succeed in producing some of the most disgusting mouths in the history of the human ...
( Category: Medical April 17,2016 )
An Uncommon History of Common Things by Bethanne Patrick
epub |eng | 2015-09-15 | Author:Bethanne Patrick [Patrick, Bethanne]

Backyard * * * When humankind finally settled under a roof and had figured out how to bring things like light, air, and water inside, irony struck. Of course people ...
( Category: History March 15,2016 )
When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton
epub |eng | | Author:Giles Milton

2 Into the Monkey House The Bronx Zoo in New York attracted large crowds of visitors whenever newly acquired animals were first put on display. In previous years, it was ...
( Category: Germany March 12,2016 )
The Man's Book: The Essential Guide for the Modern Man by Thomas Fink
mobi |eng | 2009-05-05 | Author:Thomas Fink

45.3 ALES Ale, which is top-fermented, is a much older style of beer than lager, with complex roasted and fruity flavors and potentially higher ABV. There is an enormous range ...
( Category: Trivia & Fun Facts March 7,2016 )
Lost Worlds: What Have We Lost And Where Did It Go? by Bywater Michael
mobi |eng | 2012-09-19 | Author:Bywater, Michael [Bywater, Michael]

Melancholy (1) An excess of black bile, anatomized by Robert Burton, embraced by the swooning Romantics as evidence of their fine sensibilities, now fallen into disrepair, renamed as depression, wrongly ...
( Category: Travel March 5,2016 )
The Earth Chronicles Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Seven Books of The Earth Chronicles by Sitchin Zecharia
mobi |eng | 2009-03-26 | Author:Sitchin, Zecharia [Sitchin, Zecharia]

Ish.kur (= ‘He of the Mountains’): See Adad. Ishmael (= ‘El will hear’): Abraham’s son by Hagar, the handmaiden of his wife Sarah, conceived at Sarah’s own suggestion so that ...
( Category: Assyria, Babylonia & Sumer March 4,2016 )
Don't Know Much About Anything Else: Even More Things You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More! (Don't Know Much About Series) by Kenneth C. Davis
mobi |eng | 2008-08-26 | Author:Kenneth C. Davis

About the Publisher Australia HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd. 25 Ryde Road (PO Box 321) Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com.au Canada HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 55 Avenue Road, Suite 2900 Toronto, ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles January 22,2016 )
1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True by John Brown
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-06-25 | Author:John Brown [Brown, John]

MYTH510. | Puking will sober you up and help you avoid a hangover. Puking doesn't do anything to clear alcohol out of your system because most of it is already ...
( Category: Trivia December 26,2015 )
National Geographic Tales of the Weird by David Braun
epub |eng | 2012-10-22 | Author:David Braun [Braun, David]

All-Nighters Birds are known to handle sleep deprivation better than any other mammal. For example, pigeons can survive for months with only about 10 percent of their normal sleep time. ...
( Category: Trivia & Fun Facts November 30,2015 )
Did You Read That Review ? by Amazon Reviewers
epub |eng | 2014-11-17 | Author:Amazon Reviewers [Reviewers, Amazon]

Most Helpful Customer Reviews 306 of 340 people found the following review helpful Sigma 200–500-mm Telephoto Lens By Christopher A. Simmons “C. Alan Simmons Fine Home Building, Inc.”, February 19, ...
( Category: Parodies November 4,2015 )
How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? by David Feldman
epub |eng | 2009-10-13 | Author:David Feldman [Feldman, David]

If there is any reason why waiters might prefer cash, it might have to do with three letters—IRS. Obviously, tips put on credit cards leave a paper trail; increasingly, the ...
( Category: Trivia July 27,2015 )

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