the revealing stories from behind even more of the world's most interesting facts Lewis, Dan creator author. text handbook mau Avon, MA Avon Media c2013 2014 monographic eng

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271 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm "Contains 100 anecdotes of trivia ranging from science, sports, to pop culture"--Provided by publisher. Stolen empire -- Saved by the wind -- Bummer and Lazarus -- The emperor -- The odyssey -- General order number eleven -- Inkosheration -- Texas's last last meal -- Prison pink -- The case of the missing magenta -- Invisible pink -- Triple play -- Checkmate -- Make your own rebates -- Pennies from everywhere -- May-L -- Every month they're hustlin' -- Neither rain nor sleet nor 140,000 potholes -- Cannonball run -- Life in the fast lane -- To collect and serve -- Holy Toledo -- The war of Marble Hill -- Reverse cartography -- A perfectly cromulent word -- The chart topper -- The very bad egg -- Worthy of Gryffindor -- Blue Man Group -- Mister Beer Belly -- Liquor, sicker -- Vodka and cola -- Outside the union -- The hollow nickel -- Acoustic kitty -- Dogmatic catastrophes -- Going to the dogs -- Eggplants, rice, duck meat, and dog food -- The most fowl of penthouses -- A quacky Christmas tradition -- Here comes Santa Claus -- The wrong arms to bear -- Bearing arms -- Flushed away -- Man not overboard -- Sharpen for drugs -- Tobacco to school -- Panda diplomacy -- The madman in the White House -- Cold water war. Dan Lewis. Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc Curiosities and wonders AG105 .L529 2014 031.02 9781440582158 (paperback) 1440582157 (paperback) 9781440563621(paperback) 2014026184 DLC 140922 20191016131804.0 18312111 eng