Did you know? Cats were once used to deliver mail in Belgium? The football huddle became popular after a deaf player began using it to prevent the other teams from reading his sign language? The average American eats 30 pounds of cheese in a year? A chicken in Colorado had its head cut off and managed to live for another two years!?!? If you didn't, your prayers have been answered. Start off with little-known facts about Aristotle and Barbie, and continue until you’ve discovered hidden gems about zombies, zippers, and more! Did you know that Levi Strauss did not plan to go into the blue jean business? He intended to sell canvas tents to miners in California but ended up using the fabric to make what the prospectors really needed—pants? Did you know that if Americans were to switch just 10 percent of their total mileage to scooters, we would consume 14 million gallons less fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 324 million pounds in just one day? Or that on May 15th, 1950, Coca-Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time magazine? The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia is a treasure trove for the curious.words : 54505

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Charlotte Lowe

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Place of publication not identified, 2011

United States, United States of America

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2011

New York, New York State, 2011

Includes bibliographical references.

<p><b>Improve your small talk and sharpen your conversational skills with this giant collection of ridiculously useless but endlessly fascinating facts.</b></p>
<p>Did you know that cats were once used to deliver mail in Belgium? That the “huddle” in football became popular after a deaf player began using it to prevent other teams from reading his sign language? That the average American eats 30 pounds of cheese in a year? Organized from A to Z, there are over 1,000 trivia tidbits for you to peruse.</p>
<p>Start off with little-known facts about Aristotle and Barbie, and continue until you’ve discovered hidden gems about zombies,<br>
zippers, and more! Did you know that Levi Strauss originally intended to sell canvas tents to miners in California but ended up using the fabric to make what the prospectors really needed—pants? Or that a chicken in Colorado had its head cut off and managed to live for another two years? Did you know that if Americans were to switch just 10 percent of their total mileage to scooters, we would consume 14 million gallons less fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 324 million pounds in just one day? Or that on May 15th, 1950, Coca-Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of <b>Time</b> magazine?</p>

Did you know that cats were once used to deliver mail in Belgium? That the "huddle" in football became popular after a deaf player began using it to prevent other teams from reading his sign language? That the average American eats 30 pounds of cheese in a year? Organized from A to Z, there are over 1,000 trivia tidbits for you to peruse. Start off with little?known facts about Aristotle and Barbie, and continue until you've discovered hidden gems about zombies, zippers, and more! Did you know that Levi Strauss originally intended to sell canvas tents to miners in California but ended up using the fabric to make what the prospectors really needed?pants? Or that a chicken in Colorado had its head cut off and managed to live for another two years? Did you know that if Americans were to switch just 10 percent of their total mileage to scooters, we would consume 14 million gallons less fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 324 million pounds in just one day? Or that on May 15th, 1950, Coca?Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time magazine? The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact?O?Pedia is a virtual treasure trove of useless fact fixes for the insatiably curious

Did you know? Cats were once used to deliver mail in Belgium? The football huddle became popular after a deaf player began using it to prevent the other teams from reading his sign language? The average American eats 30 pounds of cheese in a year? A chicken in Colorado had its head cut off and managed to live for another two years!?!? If you didn't, your prayers have been answered. Start off with little-known facts about Aristotle and Barbie, and continue until you’ve discovered hidden gems about zombies, zippers, and more! Did you know that Levi Strauss did not plan to go into the blue jean business? He intended to sell canvas tents to miners in California but ended up using the fabric to make what the prospectors really needed—pants? Did you know that if Americans were to switch just 10 percent of their total mileage to scooters, we would consume 14 million gallons less fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 324 million pounds in just one day? Or that on May 15th, 1950, Coca-Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time magazine? The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia is a treasure trove for the curious.
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"Improve your small talk and sharpen your conversation skills with this giant collection of ridiculously useless, but endlessly fascinating facts. Organized from A to Z, there are over 1000 trivia tidbits for you to peruse. Start off with little-known facts about absinthe and Barbie and continue until you ve discovered hidden gems about zombies, zippers, and more!"--Publisher's website.

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