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The 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 Wo…
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  • ISBN-10: 0452288320
  • ISBN-13: 9780452288324
  • Formatas: 13.7 x 20.4 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Kalba: Anglų

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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.
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  • Autorius: Trevor Homer
  • Leidėjas:
  • ISBN-10: 0452288320
  • ISBN-13: 9780452288324
  • Formatas: 13.7 x 20.4 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Kalba: Anglų

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.

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