Curiosities & Wonders

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In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in t...

From The Duo Behind The Massively Successful And Award-winning Podcast Stuff You Should Know Comes An Unexpected Look At Things You Thought You Knew. Josh C...

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The Holocaust Chronicle, Written And Fact-checked By Top Scholars, Recounts The Long, Complex, Anguishing Story Of The Most Terrible Crime Of The 20th Centu...

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Guinness World Records 2013 is crammed with new and updated records, and never-before-seen photography. Meet the new shortest living man and a slam-dunking...

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The all-new 2004 edition of the Guinness World Records book contains more than 700 new records, 10 full-page feature spreads, and the most photographs in a...

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The information miners at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have unearthed a priceless collection of surprising, amazing, headscratching, and hilarious art...

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the All New 7th Title In The Successful Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Annual Series. A Compendium Of Incredible Bizarre Facts, Stories, Interviews And Fea...

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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: everything you never knew you never knew about every country on Earth. A scientist by training and an explorer by passion, D...

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From the shortest siblings to the longest beard, from the smallest jet engine to the largest tug-of-war tournament—if a world record has been created or s...

Giant beetle robots, a man who paints with his tongue, a tightrope-walking dog, and a tornado made of fire are just a few of the things readers will find wi...

Why are golf assistants called caddies? Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? Why is football played on a "gridiron," and a...

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