The Straight Dope Tells All - Softcover

Adams, Cecil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345420071 ISBN 13: 9780345420077

Verlag: Ballantine Books, 1998

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Book by Cecil Adams

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A witty, irreverent, and carefully researched compendium of oddball trivia answers such popular conundrums as how Teflon itself sticks to the pan, who invented the happy face design, and why kamikaze pilots bothered to wear helmets. Original.

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For the past twenty-five years, in his books and weekly newspaper column, world-history genius Cecil Adams has been patiently explaining to the Teeming Millions how the world works. He answered questions such as how do porcupines mate, what exactly does Barney Rubble do for a living, and where is Einstein's brain? His answers changed your life. Or at least settled a bet with a loved one. But surely, you are thinking, all the salient facts of the universe have been ascertained by now. Ha! Get a load of the mysteries The Master explores in this landmark volume: If Teflon is such a nonsticky substance, how do they get it to stick to the pan? Is the Great Cabal implanting microchips in our brains? Do fluorescent lights cause cataracts? What do Scotsmen wear under those kilts? Can some people extinguish street lamps by force of their bodily emanations? Is the U.S. government really hiding alien spaceships?

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• Verlag: Ballantine Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0345420071
• ISBN 13: 9780345420077
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288