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The Big Fat Book of Interesting Stories - Quizzical Tales for Inquisitive Minds: Tickle your Mind with the Greatest Collection of Utterly Random and Futile yet Totally Awesome Stories about Everything

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About the Book

Are you looking to expand your knowledge to completely random, utterly thought-provoking, thoroughly funny anecdotes?


Would you like to initiate the most stimulating conversations of the evening with mind-blowing stories?


With The Big Fat Book of Interesting Stories you will always have at your disposal fun facts and trivia to tease your mind and amaze your friends and family!


Sink to depth of the ocean with Violet Jessop, dance in the ballet that caused a riot, and fly away in a lawn chair! Stories have the power to transport us to places and times unknown: these stories will bring you to the craziest times in history and the silliest places on earth.


This is not just a compilation of dry facts; the funny and tragical, heart-melting and mind-boggling stories in this book are written with great care to details, historical context, and most importantly terrible puns!

Just a few things you will discover in this book:

- The funniest and most terrible little-known facts of history

- Why London stank so bad in 1858

- How a baboon ran a railway

- How a fashion craze was born out of tar

- Contemporary nuggets: unbelievable stories that are unfolding right now!

- Why you can't escape paying taxes (even during a zombie apocalypse!)

- Discover the country that you can rent on Airbnb (read all about it on page 76)

- The stories of heroes and villains forgotten by history

- The exciting life of a pirate queen

- The silly tales behind great (and not-so great) discoveries

- How a bagel won a war (learn more about it on page 128)

- The spy story behind the creepiest doll

- The gripping adventures of the men and women who survived the most harrowing conditions

- How to survive a plane crash and a sinking boat

- ...and much much more!


Satisfy your most unquenchable thirst for completely useless, yet totally funny tales of adventures, misfortunes, and happy accidents!


What are you waiting for?

Get a copy of The Big Fat Book of Interesting Stories and get ready for the wildest, oddest, funniest stories about science, history, food, animals, and much more!

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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781801255769
  • Publisher: Andrea d'Urso
  • Publisher Imprint: Charlie Creative Lab
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 162
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 203 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1801255768
  • Publisher Date: 02 Dec 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 335 gr

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