Now I Know: The Soviets Invaded Wisconsin?!

...And 99 More Interesting Facts, Plus the Amazing Stories Behind Them

Dan Lewis

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2019
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781507210161
• Subtopic: History Reference
• Index: History

A brand-new collection of fascinating facts spanning history and sports to science and pop culture that will have you proudly stating, “Now I know!”

Did you know that a measles outbreak led to the assigning of phone numbers? How about the fact that pirates are the reason we don’t use the metric system in the United States? Or that there’s actually a reason why stepping on a LEGO hurts so damn much?

Now I Know: Soviets Invaded Wisconsin?! is the ultimate challenge for even the biggest trivia buff. From the time a tomato plant stood up to a volcano to Portland’s great garbage battle of 2002, this book will put your general knowledge to the test and explain the most fascinating stories behind the world’s greatest facts.

Based on the very popular newsletter, you are guaranteed to learn something new despite how much you already think you know. Covering 100 topics, Now I Know: Soviets Invaded Wisconsin?! will surprise any know-it-all who thinks they have nothing new to learn.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Introduction
• The Digit Disease
• At “Whatever” Cost
• 8-6-7-5-3-0-Mine
• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Chalupas
• The Greatest Soccer Player Who Never Was
• Bleeding Packer Green
• Soviets in Dairyland
• Peace and Love Win Out
• A New Meaning to Recycling
• A Spy’s Doody
• Sold Out by…Poop?
• The Replacements
• H&R Blocked Shots
• Franklin’s Interest
• No Copying the Queen
• The Yolk’s on You
• The Great Atlantic Egg Debate
• Love Means Nothing in Tennis
• A Little Color Goes a Long Way
• Color Your Feelings
• Son of a Brick!
• Take Two of These and Call the Snake Mortician in the Morning
• Behold the Paratrooping Rodent
• Dam If You Do, Dam If You Don’t
• The Secret Life of F.D.C. Willard
• When There Are Taxes to Pay, the Cats Won’t Play
• The Cruller Crusaders
• Calling In the B Team
• Manhattan’s Invisible Wall
• When the Law Steps in, Sometimes Maps Make Less Sense
• When Trash Goes Down the Tubes
• The President’s Secret Train Station
• Skirting the Rules
• To Boldly Go Where No Couple Has Gone Before
• The Negro Motorist Green Book
• We’re (Not) All Ears
• A Working Woman’s Day Off
• Maybe You Should Listen to Your Mother
• A Political Knockout
• When You Can’t Win the Vote, Win at the Bar
• Harry Potter 2.0?
• From a Cluck to a Click
• Modern-Day Canaries in the Coal Mines
• Chicken Nugget Fuel
• Blowing Broccoli-Flavored Bubbles
• Burger Math
• Feathers, Lead, and Gold
• Don’t Try This at Home…or Anywhere Else
• The Prize Is in the Details
• Do Not Skip This Under Penalty of Law
• Children of the Box
• Lifting the Old Ball and Chain
• The Siege of Weinsberg
• Unlikely Allies
• Spuds Away!
• The White Glove Treatment
• A Smoke Break for Nonsmokers
• At Least They’re High in K
• Urine Trouble
• You Don’t Know What You’re Swimming In
• Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
• Superman to the Rescue
• Kryptonite and the KKK
• A Reverse Aphrodisiac
• Operation Cornflakes
• Canada’s Fruit Machine
• The “Not My Fault” Button
• Who’s Sorry Now?
• Ham Takes to the Skies
• The Gimli Glider
• Pirating Measurements
• The Bills Go Marching, Two by Two
• Sprinting for Office
• The Senator Rests
• A Bestselling Ghost Writer
• A Ghastly Witness
• Judging a Judge by His Cover
• The Biggest Names in Showbiz
• A Warranted Mistake
• Broaster Prince versus Burger King
• There’s No Place Like McDonald’s
• Dear Leader, Thanks for the Fruit
• Wax In, Wax Out
• Blue Ear
• Air Plane
• Headless Potato
• Not the Toys You’re Looking For
• You Better Not Shout, I’m Telling You Why
• It Was a Wonderful Life…Eventually
• And the Oscar Doesn’t Go To…
• Oscar de la Rental
• A Kernel of History
• At Least the Popcorn Is Free
• Admit Four
• Catching Up on Your Zs
• A Declaration of Independenze
• Born in July…or August?
• February 30
• The Metric System versus Time
• Time to Go to Jail
• About the Author
• Copyright