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Intriguing stories revealed by cell phone yakkers and eavesdroppers across the globe. You will be charmed by touching romantic connections; lose yourself in wild lost-and-found escapades; cheer at poignant, lifesaving 911 calls—and then howl with laughter at pranksters’ antics, absurd customer...

A useful and fascinating guide to rankings, classifications, and hierarchies that make up our world -- from the Richter Scale to the classification of wine to the Jedi Order. Sure to be classified as more informative and useful than Schott's Miscellany, but easily just as much fun, CALL TO...

Atlas Obscura meets 1001 Facts to Scare the Sh*t Out of You in this serious survey of the most bizarre, creepy, and sometimes hilarious customs from cultures around the world. Every culture handles life differently. From the “blackening of the bride” in Scotland and the custom of not looking...

I Blame Me is an attempt to show that when we fail and blame other people we are being dishonest. Each person fails because of their own weaknesses which if acknowledged by they themselves results in personal freedom and success. How? They change and change brings positive results. If you think other...

A visual adventure, turning each page, new worlds are revealed, mixing tropical environments, textures, colors, insects and Brazilian landscapes.

At the age of eight, I recall entering the classroom and my nose would raise or stand out from my face. As I would turn my head, my nose would get bigger and my hearing would be heighten and I could tell if someone was talking about me. At some point this was happening a lot. So one day, I told the...

The Story of a Special Day:March 29!The special occasion gift they'll never throw away — much better than a card, and for a comparable price!...What happened in history?...Who was born?...Who died?What happened on *your* special day?From celebrations around the world...

The Story of a Special Day: March 7March 7 is the anniversary of the World War II Battle of Remagen...... The day Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone... The day the police attacked 600 civil rights marchers in Selma on “Bloody Sunday”… The day the Kepler...

The story of a special day:March 27!The special occasion gift they'll never throw away — much better than a card!What happened on your special day?On March 27, learn…...What happened in history?...Who was born?...Who died?What happened on *your* special...

Asshole – This is the greatest drinking game ever created, respect it, and it will bring you great pleasure, in more ways than one. The true beauty of the game is that it can be a casual social game that you can play all night.  There are several ways to play this game; our goal is...

This compendium of mind-blowing facts about the human body will help you achieve mastermind status in no time. Why are modern humans larger than people who lived 500 years ago? Can people spontaneously combust? How many organs could you live without? In Who Knew? Human Anatomy, you’ll learn...

¿Sabías que la palabra “trabajo” proviene del término latino tripalium, que designaba el caballete utilizado para torturar y azotar a los acusados? Sorprendente, ¿verdad? ¿O que un kilogramo de plomo y uno de paja puestos en dos básculas iguales no van a marcar lo mismo? Y es que,...

Unemployed Angels is an unorthodox approach to an age old conversation of the existence of angels, and their role in our day to day lives. The author, Quincia Clay, offers her own experiences and victories, as well as others' experiences, when encountered with angelic intervention; each encounter...

Pushmepullyous - an astonishing new breed of word magic, a collection incorporating numerous instances from the remarkable world of... BACKWARDS-FACING SPELLING RHYMES or REVERSE-RHYME SPELLINGS ‘Pushmepullyous’ are rhymes with a difference - the alphabet letters themselves are involved...