1,227 Quite Interesting Facts To Blow Your Socks Off (2013)

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Author

John Lloyd

Genre

History & Biography

Rating

3.84 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

0393241033 (ISBN13: 9780393241037)

Language

English

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

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Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

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About book 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts To Blow Your Socks Off (2013)

Lots of interesting little facts, but would have liked more information about the background to some of the facts.No page numbers and slightly weird (all centred) formatting. Was expecting pictures of some sort of variety to the text. Then again, it only cost me 20p on sale on Amazon so can't really complain.Had seen lots of these facts on Twitter before, either QI tweets or retweeted by friends from fact tweeters.Very quick read. Glad I only paid 20p or I would have been disappointed. Captivating little compilation of (perhaps) useless information. Unlike so many books in this genre, these facts are verifiable and not made up to sensationalize. (Some of the items are so interesting I had to stop reading to google for more information.) Additionally, because most of the items on each page are creatively related, I couldn't stop reading until I reached the end. This was a delightful diversion.