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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader WISE UP! (eBook)

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$13.99 USD ($14.99 CAD)

  • Age range: 0 and up
  • Pages: 416 pp.
  • FormateBook
  • On Sale: October 1, 2012
  • ISBN 13: 9781607106739
Description

Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that’s a fact! With a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience, Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It’s organized into hundreds of topics—everything from sports and entertainment to word origins and science. Here are but a few of the facts awaiting you:

* More women than men talk to their cars.
* The melody for Nat King Cole’s 1954 hit “Smile” was composed by Charlie Chaplin.
* Acid rain was first identified and named in 1852.
* What is your buccal cavity? Your mouth.
* There are no skunks in Newfoundland.
* The average Super Bowl party has 18 people.
* When dropped in water, a fresh egg will sink; a stale one won’t.
* The average newborn baby spends 113 minutes a day crying.
* Pepper was so valuable during Elizabethan times that it was sold by the grain.
* Fossilized termite farts have been preserved in amber.
  And thousands more!