The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume 3 The Crazy Stories Behind the World s Most Interesting Facts (Trivia Bill s General Knowledge) Bill O Neill LAK Publishing

DON’T FORGET YOUR FREE BOOKS......Page 4
How Much is that Lipstick in the Window?......Page 15
Why is a Hedgehog Called a Hedgehog?......Page 16
Pass the Almost Silver Tableware......Page 18
Get Your Head Out of the Sand!......Page 19
So That is Why the Photocopier is Broken......Page 20
The Crocodile and its Tongue......Page 21
The Origins of Tea......Page 22
The Wastage of Food......Page 23
Imagine Being Buried on the Moon......Page 24
That Fossil Called Lucy......Page 26
Are Your Dentures Radioactive?......Page 27
Your Hot Room Could Be Making You Less Safe......Page 28
That Shark Doesn’t Have Cancer......Page 29
Check Out That Lazy Gorilla......Page 30
Open Wide to Sex You......Page 31
Is This Your Child?......Page 32
Why is it Upper and Lower Case?......Page 33
And the Wooden Oscar Goes To......Page 34
That is a Long Red Light......Page 35
The Otter with the Pocket......Page 36
Oh What a Pig!......Page 37
You are Not Exactly One in a Million......Page 38
You Cannot Snore and Dream at the Same Time......Page 39
Those Shoes Better Be Made for Walking......Page 40
That Coyote Can Really Hear Well......Page 41
That Hard-Working Mole......Page 42
Hate Cutting Onions?......Page 43
Drying Fruit is Not So Good......Page 44
Avoid Those Soda Fountains......Page 45
Watch Out For That Coconut......Page 46
Don’t Give the Bird an Avocado......Page 47
Well That was Lucky......Page 48
A Clever Way to Beat the Telemarketer......Page 49
Well That was a Miracle Find......Page 50
Be Careful About Winning the Lottery......Page 51
Colgate Might Not Be Popular in Argentina......Page 52
Why Did Pirates Love Earrings So Much?......Page 53
The Long-Distance Hamster......Page 55
Stop Drooling!!......Page 56
Getting Around the Equator......Page 57
The Blood-Soaked Temples......Page 58
Is That Why it’s Called Donkey Kong?......Page 59
They Think They are a Cow......Page 60
Why is there a Hole in a BIC Pen?......Page 61
George Clooney and South Park......Page 62
They Love a Big Statue......Page 63
How Long Did It Take Rubik to Solve His Puzzle?......Page 64
Getting High on Honey......Page 65
The Dutch Know How to Bury You......Page 66
Why is Your Shirt Collar So Dirty?......Page 67
A Double Ice Death......Page 68
I’ve Found Me!......Page 69
I’m Feeling Lucky is Not Lucky for Google......Page 70
Why Do Pizza Bases Have Indents?......Page 71
Why is it Called Footage?......Page 72
A Black Albino Animal?......Page 73
South Africa and Table Mountain......Page 74
Your Tongue is More Than Just a Tongue......Page 76
Strange Facts about Goldfish......Page 77
How Long Would It Take to Beat Bill Gates?......Page 79
Being Addicted to Facebook......Page 80
Why are Bananas Curved?......Page 81
Just Throw That Body Away......Page 82
Why is a Trailer Called a Trailer?......Page 83
Watch Out for the Dangerous Selfie......Page 84
Is There Anything Strange About this Sentence?......Page 85
The French and Surrender......Page 86
The Ice in Antarctica and Penguins......Page 87
Hewlett-Packard and its Name......Page 88
What Time Did the Earliest Alarm Clock Ring at?......Page 89
Don’t Die in Parliament......Page 90
Bugs Bunny and Carrots......Page 91
George W. Bush and the Cheerleader......Page 92
Watch Out for the Toilet......Page 93
Humans are Rare......Page 94
We Hear the Difference Between Water......Page 95
The Party for a Time-Traveller......Page 96
That’s One Way to Get it Back......Page 97
What Kills Over 2,000 Children Per Day?......Page 98
All of Hitler’s Family were Not Bad......Page 99
A Feathery Dinosaur?......Page 100
A Pawn is Not Just a Pawn......Page 101
What is the Oldest Joke in the World?......Page 102
These Animals Can Drown......Page 103
This is Not Good For A Spider Phobia......Page 104
What Does the X Mean in Xbox?......Page 105
That Famous Windows Backdrop......Page 106
What is the Hottest Planet in the Solar System?......Page 107
What is the Highest Mountain Known to Mankind?......Page 108
Well, That is Annoying......Page 109
When was the First 3D Film Created?......Page 110
Where Does the Term Quarantine Come From?......Page 111
Those Burning Eyes in a Pool......Page 112
There is a Fire Alarm for the Deaf......Page 113
Raining Diamonds......Page 114
You Did Have a Female Gladiator......Page 115
That Alligator is an Offensive Weapon......Page 116
You Must Speak Russian to be an Astronaut......Page 117
Marrying the Dead in China......Page 118
There are No Adverts on the BBC......Page 119
Where Does the Term ‘Bucks’ Stem from?......Page 120
The Beatle Attacked by the Beetle......Page 121
A Pigeon as a Sign of Love?......Page 122
How ‘The Sims’ was Born......Page 123
How Old is Malaria?......Page 124
Have You Seen Our Nuclear Missile?......Page 125
That Banana Flavoring Tastes Nothing Like Banana!......Page 126
What a National Animal......Page 127
The Cat Mayor......Page 128
Oh the Poor Sloth......Page 129
Avoid that Polar Bear Meat......Page 130
How About this Strange Festival?......Page 131
Why Do Moths Love Your Lights?......Page 132
Lobster was Never Always Posh Food......Page 133
The Un-Fact of the Mandrake Plant......Page 134
The Strange Case of Jim Sullivan......Page 135
Why Dog Collars Have Spikes......Page 136
The Surgeon and the Video Game......Page 137
The Blind Man that Communicates Like a Bat......Page 138
What is Cool About the Word ‘Almost’?......Page 139
The Mark of Lightening......Page 140
The Term ‘Deadline’......Page 141
The Mystery of North Sentinel Island......Page 142
The Crop Circles of the Sea......Page 143
The Population of Mars......Page 144
Mammoths and the Egyptians......Page 145
Well, That’s What They Promised......Page 146
The Queen in World War II?......Page 147
Food in the War......Page 148
Oh Those Insane Asylums......Page 149
That is a Long Documentary......Page 150
Look at the Drunk Corgi......Page 151
This Stew was Past its Sell By Date......Page 152
How About this Smooth Conman?......Page 153
They Like a Bar in Wisconsin......Page 154
Those NASCAR Wives......Page 155
John Lennon and the Astrologer......Page 156
Maybe Read the Terms and Conditions......Page 157
Einstein was a Plumber?......Page 158
That is Just Fake Water......Page 159
That is a Scary Buddha......Page 160
Perfect Shoes for Being Drunk......Page 161
That is a Bad Celebration......Page 162
Eating Your Boogers is Healthy?......Page 163
Why are Pasture Eggs Better?......Page 164
Just Wait a Moment......Page 165
Who was the First American Woman to Become President?......Page 166
The Town of Mirrors......Page 167
Edison and His Soup......Page 168
How Many Japanese are Willing to Fight for the Country?......Page 169
The Whistle Telephone......Page 170
The 2000-Year-Old Graffiti......Page 171
Why is it the Dashboard?......Page 172
What is the Biggest Snake Ever Recovered?......Page 173
What is the Worst Bomb Detector Ever?......Page 174
The Painting Monkey......Page 175
Be Careful of Your Laundry......Page 176
There is a Japanese Philosophy About Broken Items......Page 177
A Flight in Helium Balloons......Page 178
Do You Expect them to be Afraid of Water?......Page 179
Which Country Drinks the Most Wine?......Page 180
What is the Difference with a Paralympic Medal?......Page 181
Arrest that Coconut......Page 182
Why is it a Soap Opera?......Page 183
That is One Way to Win a Case......Page 184
What is the Code in the Matrix Movies?......Page 185
Is this Ironic?......Page 186
The Idea of Sea Silk......Page 187
The Dog is Not the Favourite in Iceland......Page 188
Is this the Most Unlucky then Lucky then Unlucky Man Ever?......Page 189
The Spider that Survives Under the Water......Page 190
Hitler and the Tax Man......Page 191
Is Paris Not Quite What You Thought?......Page 192
Newton Pushed Things Too Far......Page 193
A Reverse Conversion......Page 194
Acting a Bit too Close to Home......Page 195
Lincoln and the Duel......Page 196
The Gay Army?......Page 197
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?......Page 198
Dealing with The Knowledge......Page 199
Is This the Longest War Ever?......Page 200
Well That’s a Coincidence......Page 201
Waiting to Hear Something......Page 202
A Long Time on a Flag Pole......Page 203
Oh that Cigarette......Page 204
The Husband Storage Option......Page 205
He is a She?......Page 206
The Flying Bathtub......Page 207
That is a Long Time in Jail......Page 208
Why Do We Want to Squeeze Cute Things?......Page 209
Who Invented French Fries?......Page 211
That is a Lot of Sick Police......Page 212
Napoleon and the Buttons......Page 213
The Custom-Built DeLorean......Page 214
That Toe is the Sign of Beauty......Page 215
Carrie is Alive......Page 216
The Oldest Beer in Town......Page 217
Name-Calling Hitler......Page 218
Oh That Italian Olive Oil......Page 219
Did He Have the Key to Success?......Page 220
Do You Want to Be a Vase Polisher?......Page 221
Could Your Dreams Be Telling You Something?......Page 223
Getting to Grips with Food......Page 224
Some Marines are Lucky......Page 226
Smelling a Violet......Page 227
Cheating at Chess......Page 228
The Poo Bomb......Page 229
Why Does Italian Sound So Nice?......Page 230
Is Smile Mask Syndrome Real?......Page 231
Well That Should Fix it......Page 232
Can You Wear a T-Shirt in Antarctica?......Page 233
Why Do Some People Hate Clowns?......Page 234
The Romans and Chinese Silk......Page 235
That is a War Crime......Page 236
Everest Just Wouldn’t Work......Page 237
Name-Calling does Work......Page 238
Who is the Most Famous Person in the United Kingdom?......Page 239
Have I Met You Before?......Page 240
Schizophrenia and Culture......Page 241
How Does the Sewing Machine Work?......Page 242
When was it Called the First World War?......Page 243
Suspended for That?......Page 244
Where Do You Live?......Page 245
That’s One Way to Make Money......Page 246
Taking Being a Vegan too Far......Page 247
Milk has the Power......Page 248
It Might Not Be What You Hoped......Page 249
It Seems We are Fast......Page 250
The Flamingo is Rather Hardy......Page 251
Fire Might Not Have Been the Best Idea......Page 252
Gasoline is Not Gasoline......Page 253
The Origins of the Sandwich......Page 254
That is a Lot of Books......Page 255
This is Scary About Soda......Page 256
Racism Didn’t Exist in Roman Times......Page 257
Look Out for the Dead Pigeon......Page 258
You Missed the Olympics......Page 259
This is How to Stop a Mosquito......Page 260
Out of the Olympics for Using Drugs......Page 261
A Different Way to Tackle Speeding......Page 262
That is a Tough Dog......Page 263
That Doctor is a Thief......Page 264
How Old is the Selfie?......Page 265
Just what is Unsportsmanlike?......Page 266
It Seems a Fair Request......Page 267
But He’s Not Actually Indian......Page 268
But Will it Stop a Lion?......Page 269
What Happens with Sunburn?......Page 270
You Kidnapped Who?......Page 271
Is that a Dove on His Head?......Page 272
Donald Against Mickey.......Page 273
Feeling Washed Up?......Page 274
Delivered by Camel......Page 275
What a Showoff......Page 276
John Lennon was Unhappy with His Father......Page 277
Now that is a Special Nanny......Page 278
An Unusual Punishment......Page 279
That is a Bad Typo......Page 280
It’s Just Not English......Page 281