The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume 3 The Crazy Stories Behind the World s Most Interesting Facts (Trivia Bill s General Knowledge) Bill O Neill LAK Publishing

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The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume 3 The Crazy Stories Behind the World s Most Interesting Facts (Trivia Bill s General Knowledge) Bill O Neill LAK Publishing DON’T FORGET YOUR FREE BOOKS......Page 4 How Much is that Lipstick in the Window?......Page 15 Why is a Hedgehog Called a Hedgehog?......Page 16 Pass the Almost Silver Tableware......Page 18 Get Your Head Out of the Sand!......Page 19 So That is Why the Photocopier is Broken......Page 20 The Crocodile and its Tongue......Page 21 The Origins of Tea......Page 22 The Wastage of Food......Page 23 Imagine Being Buried on the Moon......Page 24 That Fossil Called Lucy......Page 26 Are Your Dentures Radioactive?......Page 27 Your Hot Room Could Be Making You Less Safe......Page 28 That Shark Doesn’t Have Cancer......Page 29 Check Out That Lazy Gorilla......Page 30 Open Wide to Sex You......Page 31 Is This Your Child?......Page 32 Why is it Upper and Lower Case?......Page 33 And the Wooden Oscar Goes To......Page 34 That is a Long Red Light......Page 35 The Otter with the Pocket......Page 36 Oh What a Pig!......Page 37 You are Not Exactly One in a Million......Page 38 You Cannot Snore and Dream at the Same Time......Page 39 Those Shoes Better Be Made for Walking......Page 40 That Coyote Can Really Hear Well......Page 41 That Hard-Working Mole......Page 42 Hate Cutting Onions?......Page 43 Drying Fruit is Not So Good......Page 44 Avoid Those Soda Fountains......Page 45 Watch Out For That Coconut......Page 46 Don’t Give the Bird an Avocado......Page 47 Well That was Lucky......Page 48 A Clever Way to Beat the Telemarketer......Page 49 Well That was a Miracle Find......Page 50 Be Careful About Winning the Lottery......Page 51 Colgate Might Not Be Popular in Argentina......Page 52 Why Did Pirates Love Earrings So Much?......Page 53 The Long-Distance Hamster......Page 55 Stop Drooling!!......Page 56 Getting Around the Equator......Page 57 The Blood-Soaked Temples......Page 58 Is That Why it’s Called Donkey Kong?......Page 59 They Think They are a Cow......Page 60 Why is there a Hole in a BIC Pen?......Page 61 George Clooney and South Park......Page 62 They Love a Big Statue......Page 63 How Long Did It Take Rubik to Solve His Puzzle?......Page 64 Getting High on Honey......Page 65 The Dutch Know How to Bury You......Page 66 Why is Your Shirt Collar So Dirty?......Page 67 A Double Ice Death......Page 68 I’ve Found Me!......Page 69 I’m Feeling Lucky is Not Lucky for Google......Page 70 Why Do Pizza Bases Have Indents?......Page 71 Why is it Called Footage?......Page 72 A Black Albino Animal?......Page 73 South Africa and Table Mountain......Page 74 Your Tongue is More Than Just a Tongue......Page 76 Strange Facts about Goldfish......Page 77 How Long Would It Take to Beat Bill Gates?......Page 79 Being Addicted to Facebook......Page 80 Why are Bananas Curved?......Page 81 Just Throw That Body Away......Page 82 Why is a Trailer Called a Trailer?......Page 83 Watch Out for the Dangerous Selfie......Page 84 Is There Anything Strange About this Sentence?......Page 85 The French and Surrender......Page 86 The Ice in Antarctica and Penguins......Page 87 Hewlett-Packard and its Name......Page 88 What Time Did the Earliest Alarm Clock Ring at?......Page 89 Don’t Die in Parliament......Page 90 Bugs Bunny and Carrots......Page 91 George W. Bush and the Cheerleader......Page 92 Watch Out for the Toilet......Page 93 Humans are Rare......Page 94 We Hear the Difference Between Water......Page 95 The Party for a Time-Traveller......Page 96 That’s One Way to Get it Back......Page 97 What Kills Over 2,000 Children Per Day?......Page 98 All of Hitler’s Family were Not Bad......Page 99 A Feathery Dinosaur?......Page 100 A Pawn is Not Just a Pawn......Page 101 What is the Oldest Joke in the World?......Page 102 These Animals Can Drown......Page 103 This is Not Good For A Spider Phobia......Page 104 What Does the X Mean in Xbox?......Page 105 That Famous Windows Backdrop......Page 106 What is the Hottest Planet in the Solar System?......Page 107 What is the Highest Mountain Known to Mankind?......Page 108 Well, That is Annoying......Page 109 When was the First 3D Film Created?......Page 110 Where Does the Term Quarantine Come From?......Page 111 Those Burning Eyes in a Pool......Page 112 There is a Fire Alarm for the Deaf......Page 113 Raining Diamonds......Page 114 You Did Have a Female Gladiator......Page 115 That Alligator is an Offensive Weapon......Page 116 You Must Speak Russian to be an Astronaut......Page 117 Marrying the Dead in China......Page 118 There are No Adverts on the BBC......Page 119 Where Does the Term ‘Bucks’ Stem from?......Page 120 The Beatle Attacked by the Beetle......Page 121 A Pigeon as a Sign of Love?......Page 122 How ‘The Sims’ was Born......Page 123 How Old is Malaria?......Page 124 Have You Seen Our Nuclear Missile?......Page 125 That Banana Flavoring Tastes Nothing Like Banana!......Page 126 What a National Animal......Page 127 The Cat Mayor......Page 128 Oh the Poor Sloth......Page 129 Avoid that Polar Bear Meat......Page 130 How About this Strange Festival?......Page 131 Why Do Moths Love Your Lights?......Page 132 Lobster was Never Always Posh Food......Page 133 The Un-Fact of the Mandrake Plant......Page 134 The Strange Case of Jim Sullivan......Page 135 Why Dog Collars Have Spikes......Page 136 The Surgeon and the Video Game......Page 137 The Blind Man that Communicates Like a Bat......Page 138 What is Cool About the Word ‘Almost’?......Page 139 The Mark of Lightening......Page 140 The Term ‘Deadline’......Page 141 The Mystery of North Sentinel Island......Page 142 The Crop Circles of the Sea......Page 143 The Population of Mars......Page 144 Mammoths and the Egyptians......Page 145 Well, That’s What They Promised......Page 146 The Queen in World War II?......Page 147 Food in the War......Page 148 Oh Those Insane Asylums......Page 149 That is a Long Documentary......Page 150 Look at the Drunk Corgi......Page 151 This Stew was Past its Sell By Date......Page 152 How About this Smooth Conman?......Page 153 They Like a Bar in Wisconsin......Page 154 Those NASCAR Wives......Page 155 John Lennon and the Astrologer......Page 156 Maybe Read the Terms and Conditions......Page 157 Einstein was a Plumber?......Page 158 That is Just Fake Water......Page 159 That is a Scary Buddha......Page 160 Perfect Shoes for Being Drunk......Page 161 That is a Bad Celebration......Page 162 Eating Your Boogers is Healthy?......Page 163 Why are Pasture Eggs Better?......Page 164 Just Wait a Moment......Page 165 Who was the First American Woman to Become President?......Page 166 The Town of Mirrors......Page 167 Edison and His Soup......Page 168 How Many Japanese are Willing to Fight for the Country?......Page 169 The Whistle Telephone......Page 170 The 2000-Year-Old Graffiti......Page 171 Why is it the Dashboard?......Page 172 What is the Biggest Snake Ever Recovered?......Page 173 What is the Worst Bomb Detector Ever?......Page 174 The Painting Monkey......Page 175 Be Careful of Your Laundry......Page 176 There is a Japanese Philosophy About Broken Items......Page 177 A Flight in Helium Balloons......Page 178 Do You Expect them to be Afraid of Water?......Page 179 Which Country Drinks the Most Wine?......Page 180 What is the Difference with a Paralympic Medal?......Page 181 Arrest that Coconut......Page 182 Why is it a Soap Opera?......Page 183 That is One Way to Win a Case......Page 184 What is the Code in the Matrix Movies?......Page 185 Is this Ironic?......Page 186 The Idea of Sea Silk......Page 187 The Dog is Not the Favourite in Iceland......Page 188 Is this the Most Unlucky then Lucky then Unlucky Man Ever?......Page 189 The Spider that Survives Under the Water......Page 190 Hitler and the Tax Man......Page 191 Is Paris Not Quite What You Thought?......Page 192 Newton Pushed Things Too Far......Page 193 A Reverse Conversion......Page 194 Acting a Bit too Close to Home......Page 195 Lincoln and the Duel......Page 196 The Gay Army?......Page 197 Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?......Page 198 Dealing with The Knowledge......Page 199 Is This the Longest War Ever?......Page 200 Well That’s a Coincidence......Page 201 Waiting to Hear Something......Page 202 A Long Time on a Flag Pole......Page 203 Oh that Cigarette......Page 204 The Husband Storage Option......Page 205 He is a She?......Page 206 The Flying Bathtub......Page 207 That is a Long Time in Jail......Page 208 Why Do We Want to Squeeze Cute Things?......Page 209 Who Invented French Fries?......Page 211 That is a Lot of Sick Police......Page 212 Napoleon and the Buttons......Page 213 The Custom-Built DeLorean......Page 214 That Toe is the Sign of Beauty......Page 215 Carrie is Alive......Page 216 The Oldest Beer in Town......Page 217 Name-Calling Hitler......Page 218 Oh That Italian Olive Oil......Page 219 Did He Have the Key to Success?......Page 220 Do You Want to Be a Vase Polisher?......Page 221 Could Your Dreams Be Telling You Something?......Page 223 Getting to Grips with Food......Page 224 Some Marines are Lucky......Page 226 Smelling a Violet......Page 227 Cheating at Chess......Page 228 The Poo Bomb......Page 229 Why Does Italian Sound So Nice?......Page 230 Is Smile Mask Syndrome Real?......Page 231 Well That Should Fix it......Page 232 Can You Wear a T-Shirt in Antarctica?......Page 233 Why Do Some People Hate Clowns?......Page 234 The Romans and Chinese Silk......Page 235 That is a War Crime......Page 236 Everest Just Wouldn’t Work......Page 237 Name-Calling does Work......Page 238 Who is the Most Famous Person in the United Kingdom?......Page 239 Have I Met You Before?......Page 240 Schizophrenia and Culture......Page 241 How Does the Sewing Machine Work?......Page 242 When was it Called the First World War?......Page 243 Suspended for That?......Page 244 Where Do You Live?......Page 245 That’s One Way to Make Money......Page 246 Taking Being a Vegan too Far......Page 247 Milk has the Power......Page 248 It Might Not Be What You Hoped......Page 249 It Seems We are Fast......Page 250 The Flamingo is Rather Hardy......Page 251 Fire Might Not Have Been the Best Idea......Page 252 Gasoline is Not Gasoline......Page 253 The Origins of the Sandwich......Page 254 That is a Lot of Books......Page 255 This is Scary About Soda......Page 256 Racism Didn’t Exist in Roman Times......Page 257 Look Out for the Dead Pigeon......Page 258 You Missed the Olympics......Page 259 This is How to Stop a Mosquito......Page 260 Out of the Olympics for Using Drugs......Page 261 A Different Way to Tackle Speeding......Page 262 That is a Tough Dog......Page 263 That Doctor is a Thief......Page 264 How Old is the Selfie?......Page 265 Just what is Unsportsmanlike?......Page 266 It Seems a Fair Request......Page 267 But He’s Not Actually Indian......Page 268 But Will it Stop a Lion?......Page 269 What Happens with Sunburn?......Page 270 You Kidnapped Who?......Page 271 Is that a Dove on His Head?......Page 272 Donald Against Mickey.......Page 273 Feeling Washed Up?......Page 274 Delivered by Camel......Page 275 What a Showoff......Page 276 John Lennon was Unhappy with His Father......Page 277 Now that is a Special Nanny......Page 278 An Unusual Punishment......Page 279 That is a Bad Typo......Page 280 It’s Just Not English......Page 281