What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?: 200 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers
Author:   Andrew Thompson (Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Exeter Professor of Public Policy and Citizenship, School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Ulysses Press
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9781569758144


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   20 July 2010
Format:   Paperback
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What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?: 200 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers


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Discover the baffling, bizarre and utterly entertaining answers to all the questions you never thought to ask. This witty and compulsive collection of trivia will captivate and surprise you with its fun and funky revelations: -Why is New York called ""the Big Apple""? -How do people count cards at casinos? -What keeps the head on a glass of beer? -Why don't you ever see baby pigeons? -Why is getting married called tying the knot?

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Author:   Andrew Thompson (Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Exeter Professor of Public Policy and Citizenship, School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Ulysses Press
Imprint:   Ulysses Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781569758144


ISBN 10:   156975814
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   20 July 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Andrew Thompson practices law but his obsession with finding out the truth about aspects of the world that we take for granted has led him to accumulate a vast body of knowledge that he has at last distilled into book form.

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