1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013].
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013].
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xi, 334 pages ; 19 cm.
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English
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Includes index.
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First published in Great Britain in 2012 by Faber and Faber under the title 1,227 QI facts to blow your socks off.
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Did you know? Cows moo in regional accents. The international dialing code for Russia is 007. The water in the mouth of a blue whale weighs more than its body. Pants are responsible for twice as many accidents as chain saws. Saddam Hussein's bunker was designed by the grandson of the woman who built Hitler's bunker. Heroin was originally sold as cough medicine. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off is a trove of the strangest, funniest, and most improbable tidbits of knowledge--all painstakingly researched and distilled to a brilliant and shocking clarity.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lloyd, J., Mitchinson, J., & Harkin, J. (2013). 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off (First American edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lloyd, John, 1951-, John Mitchinson and James Harkin. 2013. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lloyd, John, 1951-, John Mitchinson and James Harkin. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lloyd, John, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin. 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off First American edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
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