Now I Know
eBook - ePub

Now I Know

The Revealing Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Now I Know

The Revealing Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts

About this book

Covering 100 outrageous topics, Now I Know is the ultimate challenge for any know-it-all who thinks they have nothing left to learn. Praise for the Webby Award-winning newsletter: "I eagerly read Now I Know every day. It's always fresh, always a surprise, and always interesting!" —Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia?Did you know that there are actually twenty-seven letters in the alphabet, or that the US had a plan to invade Canada? And what actually happened to the flags left on the moon?Even if you think you have a handle on all thing's trivia, you're guaranteed a big surprise with Now I Know. From uncovering what happens to lost luggage to New York City's plan to crack down on crime by banning pinball, this book will challenge your knowledge of the fascinating stories behind the world's greatest facts.

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Information

Publisher
Adams Media
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781440563621
eBook ISBN
9781440563638
Topic
History
Subtopic
History Reference
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. And, the Twenty-Seventh Letter of the Alphabet
  6. OMG WTF IQ
  7. OMG, Prime Minister
  8. Major Fraud
  9. Bat Bomb
  10. Beating the Bomb
  11. Beating the Odds
  12. Turning Yellow Into Gold
  13. Sable’s Stable
  14. The Money Pit
  15. The Halifax Tragedy
  16. Wash Out
  17. Everyone’s Tea Time
  18. Deep in the Heart of Wartime
  19. The Sentence of One Hand Clapping
  20. The Man with the Golden Arm
  21. De Grote Donorshow
  22. Donor
  23. Pain in the Red
  24. Red Light, Green Light
  25. Fandemonium
  26. Fans and Peanuts
  27. Killing Charlotte Braun
  28. Lunch and a Murder
  29. The Passion of the Money-Laundering Extortionist
  30. Stolen Smile
  31. Unvandalism
  32. Dissolving Medals
  33. A City Fit for a King
  34. Cola Enforcement Agency
  35. Mr. Acid
  36. High and Outside
  37. Performance Enhancing Injuries
  38. Wood Medalist
  39. Out of Sync
  40. To Kill a Sparrow
  41. The Cobra Effect
  42. The Aptly Named Snake Island
  43. Where the Bodies Go
  44. Slaying the Silver Ball
  45. The Free City of Tri-Insula
  46. The North in the South
  47. Where the Bags Go
  48. Finding the Titanic
  49. The Two Soviets Who Saved the World
  50. Blame Cuba
  51. Invading Canada
  52. The Pig War
  53. Bacon of the Sea
  54. McLibel
  55. McHotDogs
  56. Potato Parties
  57. Fire Horse Women
  58. Pumpkin Saving Time
  59. Trick of Treats
  60. One-Armed Bandits
  61. The Zong
  62. The Overwater Railroad
  63. Rats!
  64. The Assault of Amagansett
  65. War Games
  66. Missile Mail
  67. Space Mail
  68. Star-Spangled Moon Banners
  69. Marooned on the Moon
  70. D-Day’s Doomed Dry Run
  71. If Day
  72. Unhip to Be Square
  73. Limonana
  74. A Date with Destiny
  75. Super Seed Bank
  76. Thou Shalt Not Die
  77. Norwegian Wood
  78. A Festivus for the Peruvians
  79. Ice Cream, You Scream
  80. Put on a Happy Face
  81. The Perfect Crime Scene
  82. The Usual Suspects
  83. Pruning Up
  84. Temporary Blindness
  85. The Bird is the Word
  86. A Princely Meal Fit For a Pauper
  87. The Greatest Thing Since
  88. Color by Number
  89. Orange Goes Green
  90. Gone Bananas
  91. Radioactive Red
  92. Bull’s Eyes
  93. Blood Falls
  94. Leaving Marks
  95. No Man’s Land
  96. Garbage City
  97. The Trash Collectors
  98. Pork Project
  99. The Great Syrup Caper
  100. Oil Baron
  101. Onion Ring
  102. Lift Off
  103. Skyscraper Caper
  104. To Infinity and Beyond
  105. Copyright