The Book of Origins
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The Book of Origins

Autor: Trevor Homer

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... Viac o knihe

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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.

  • Vydavateľstvo: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Rok vydania: 2007
  • Formát: Paperback
  • Rozmer: 203 x 135 mm
  • Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
  • ISBN: 9780452288324

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