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Pick at these engrossing facts one at a time, or binge on them by section to get a larger picture of the numbers that make up the world

The world is full of fascinating facts and statistics, but presented without context and in no particular order they can be overwhelming. By interpreting the world around us through numbers, you can break the most amazing and revealing of facts down to their bare bones. For example, did you know that the average eyelash lasts five months? That 400 quarter-pound hamburgers can be made out of one cow? Or that the average human will grow 590 miles of hair in their lifetime? Ordered in easily digestible sections such as "Around the World," "the USA," "Money," "Religion," and "History," navigate an ordered path through a noisy world of information overload.

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Mitchell Symons was a principal writer of early editions of Trivial Pursuit and has written more than 60 books, including That Book of Perfectly Useless Information, The Book of More Perfectly Useless Information, and Where Do Nudists Keep Their Hankies?
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“suited for short bursts of fun reading and would do well in the circulating collections of public libraries.”  —Booklist

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  • PublisherMichael O'Mara
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 1782430601
  • ISBN 13 9781782430605
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages256
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