Stuff You Missed in History Class: A Guide to History's Biggest Myths, Mysteries, and Marvels

HowStuffWorks.com

ISBN 10: 1492603082 / ISBN 13: 9781492603085

Published by Sourcebooks, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stuff You Missed in History Class: A Guide to History's Biggest Myths, Mysteries, and Marvels
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492603082
• ISBN 13: 9781492603085
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

The scoop on all the fun, bizarre, and scandalizing history your teachers never wanted you to know

From the hosts of HowStuffWorks.com’s popular podcast, Stuff You Missed in History Class, comes a crash course in world history. Featuring the best of HSW’s content and packed with quizzes, trivia, and more, this books explores the craziest scandals, myths, lies, and crimes the human record has to offer.

Discover:

• How medieval torture devices really worked

• Who invented pasta and hang gliders (Hint: It’s not the
Italians!)

• If the CIA tested LSD on unsuspecting Americans…and more!

About the Author

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS is the world’s #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.8 billion cumulative subscribers in 209 countries and territories. HowStuffWorks.com is one of Discovery’s leading websites, with over 60 million annual visitors. It features popular podcasts and blogs, including Stuff You Should Know, PopStuff, TechStuff, and many more.