Fun

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Fun facts, but some well known facts. I did not buy this book for well known facts. Worth buying at a low price.

Rating 2201 Facts

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This book is very interesting, I rate this book very high for anyone interested in events and triva.

Facts

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This was one of the cutest books I had ever read. It was educational and quite interesting. It was full of those things that you are curious about but too embarrassed to ask. I have really enjoyed it and have recommended it to several people.

Worthless knowledge is good for me! :)

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I enjoyed reading this book although I wish they had one more up to date. I learned a lot of fascinating facts.

Many facts, but many factoids, too.

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When I read this book years ago, I found the information therein just as the title states: fascinating. But upon further perusing of this work, I began to notice incorrect information presented as fact. For example, the deer botfly does NOT fly at the stated high speed; that fanciful notion came from a quote by etymologist Charles H. T. Townsend. His absurd estimation was proven false by Irving Langmuir.

I've also found information in this book that contradicts "facts" elsewhere in the book. And the statistics cited from years ago are often out of date and inaccurate. I recommend this title only if you are willing to verify some of its information against other sources and have a keen ability to distinguish between fact and fascinating fiction -- however plausible it might seem.