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Book of Origins
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Everything—from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)—has an origin, but often it’s not what we expect. A few things you may not have known: • Gandhi was married at age thirteen! • Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China until the 1990s when they were advertised as “Genuine American Fortune Cookies.” • Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin (which they had held since 1897) as part of the reparations Germany was forced to pay after World War I. • The original idea for the electric chair came from an American dentist. For aspiring mindblowers and wanna-be know-it-alls, The Book of Origins is a treasure trove of trivia and fascinating facts guaranteed to entertain and enlighten.
- Alaotsikko
- Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the People We Know, the Languages We Speak, and the Things We Use
- Kirjailija
- Trevor Homer
- ISBN
- 9781101041925
- Kieli
- englanti
- Julkaisupäivä
- 29.5.2007
- Kustantaja
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Formaatti
- Epub - Adobe DRM
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- Lukulaite
- Tietokone
