{"product_id":"you-are-one-third-daffodil-and-other-facts-to-amaze-amuse-and-astound-paperback","title":"You Are One-Third Daffodil: And Other Facts to Amaze, Amuse, and Astound - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Nuttall\u003c\/b\u003e (Compiled by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you know that most toilets flush in E-flat? Or that American Airlines once saved $40,000 by removing a single olive from each salad served in first class? Well, now you will with this clever, fun, and occasionally shocking compendium of facts from around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized into witty categories, including \"Battle of the Sexes: Facts About Men and Women\" and \"The Past Is a Foreign Country: Facts About History,\" \u003ci\u003eYou Are One-third Daffodil\u003c\/i\u003e contains hundreds of weird and wacky facts, including: \u003cbr\u003e*In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.\u003cbr\u003e*The most expensive age of your life is thirty-four.\u003cbr\u003e*Cuba will lift its ban on toasters in 2010.\u003cbr\u003e*Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair.\u003cbr\u003e*The \"zip\" of zip code stands for \"zone improvement plan.\" \u003cbr\u003e*Counting up from zero, and excluding the word \"and,\" the first number to contain the letter \"a\" is one thousand.\u003cbr\u003e*There are an estimated 10,000 trillion ants on earth-roughly 1.6 million ants for each person. Their combined weight is equivalent to the weight of the entire human population.\u003cbr\u003e*In the Second World War, every Italian soldier in North Africa carried his own personal espresso machine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo go ahead, become the office Einstein (though did you know Einstein didn't learn to read until he was ten?) or the cocktail party trivia star with \u003ci\u003eYou Are One-third Daffodil\u003c\/i\u003e. The words \"did you know?\" will never sound the same again\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Nuttall compiled the In Fact column, upon which this book is based, for \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, a British magazine of politics and culture, between 2002 and 2008. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 7.56 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45757542432965,"sku":"9780767932462","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/v6N9YGU9729780767932462.webp?v=1770282882","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/you-are-one-third-daffodil-and-other-facts-to-amaze-amuse-and-astound-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}