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This, That and the Other - Softcover

Symons, M

 
9780552156479: This, That and the Other

Synopsis

All the facts from This Book, That Book and The Other Book updated in this giant paperback edition! Did you know that: a snail has about 25,000 teeth; Thomas Eddison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark; the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue; Jeremy Clarkson's mother made her fortune from Paddington Bear merchandise; Stalin's left food had webbed toes; and Jellyfish sometimes evaporate. Packed with more trivia and celebrity facts than ever before, "This, That and The Other" will tell you more completely useless information than than you ever dreamed possible...

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About the Author

Mitchell Symons was born in 1957 in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised man television formats. Currently, he writes a weekly column for the Sunday Express. As for that difficult third novel he mentioned in That Book and This Book, he's no closer to finishing it.

From the Back Cover

Mitch knows more totally useless things about useless subjects than anybody on earth Chris Tarrant All the weirdest and most extraordinary facts from Mitchell Symons bestsellers This Book, That Book and The Other Book brought together in a single, triviatastic compendium of completely useless information For example, did you know that: * a snail has about 25,000 teeth? * Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark? * the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue? * Stalin's left foot had webbed toes? * jellyfish sometimes evaporate? This, That and The Other packs more weird facts and celebrity trivia between its covers than any book has ever attempted before. It s addictive, it s hilarious and it s utterly bloody brilliant!

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