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    101 Amazing Facts about Everything: Prepare to have your mind BLOWN!
    101 Amazing Facts about Everything: Prepare to have your mind BLOWN!
    101 Amazing Facts about Everything: Prepare to have your mind BLOWN!
    Audiobook28 minutes

    101 Amazing Facts about Everything: Prepare to have your mind BLOWN!

    Written by Jack Goldstein

    Narrated by Kent Harris

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    About this audiobook

    Which book holds the record for being the one most often stolen from shops? Why was President Andrew Jackson’s parrot ejected from his funeral? Why did a Brazilian Emperor not do anything to stop a military coup against his rule? And where are fifty per cent of all the world’s roundabouts found? In this fascinating audiobook, Kent Harris talks us through more than one hundred of his favourite facts, covering everything from animals to war, the corporate world, Hollywood and much more. WARNING: You should only listen to this book if you’re 100% prepared to have your mind BLOWN!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews UK
    Release dateJan 11, 2018
    ISBN9781785388477
    101 Amazing Facts about Everything: Prepare to have your mind BLOWN!

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      So many facts don't check out. This renders the book useless.