Prepared to get lost perusing page after page of unusual facts, enthralling stories, and amusing anecdotes because The Book of Extraordinary Facts will keep you busy for hours!
- Learn about the strange collaboration between surrealist painter Salvador Dal and comedy icon Harpo Marx.
- Read about what it was like to live during the London Blitz, and debunk popular urban legends.
- Get lassoed into facts about fascinating wedding customs around the world, and discover the reason behind one of the deadliest fires in American history.
- What Hollywood star used her twin sister as her body double in a film?
- How do card sharks mark a deck?
- Where in California can you find the world s oldest living tree?
- Which U.S. president spent some pre-politics time as a male model?