Pros: Excellent read with a ton of information. Short articles that doesn't bore reader. Cons: Give me more more more...
Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things is a book chock full of interesting tidbits on the origins of... well just about everything. I have used this book as a reference for my Nursery Rhymes web site (history of nursery rhymes) and as a book ...
Pros: very, very interesting and informative Cons: a few more illustrations needed to break up the dense text
Have you ever wondered where silly putty came from? How about the slinky? Did you ever wonder how poinsettias came to be associated with Christmas? Or how long has ketchup been around? These answers and many others are answered in this fascinating...
If you enjoy trivia and unusual facts, then Charles Panati's
Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, is the perfect
book. I have read other trivia books and I can say without
hesitation that Mr. Panati produces the best of the genre....
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