More of the Straight Dope"Smart, saucy answers...the kind of book you'd buy as a goofy present for your wackiest friend--and then keep." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Since 1973, the redoubtable Cecil Adams has collected, corrected, inspected, and dissected thousands of reader's questions, reporting his sagacious findings in the popular weekly column, THE STRAIGHT DOPE. His first book amazed millions. Now he returns with another incomparable compendium of fantastic facts, insouciant information, and delicious data on every subject of import to personkind: Is it true Thanksgiving was invented by the editor of HARPER'S BIZARRE...? Why do your fingers wrinkle in the bathtub...? and hundreds more burning questions explained at last! |
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Page 54
... once a month- not at all if they were sickly . To cool the dread fever of lust , he prescribed a special vege- tarian diet , the centerpiece of which was " Graham bread , " made from whole wheat flour . Graham crackers , which Graham in ...
... once a month- not at all if they were sickly . To cool the dread fever of lust , he prescribed a special vege- tarian diet , the centerpiece of which was " Graham bread , " made from whole wheat flour . Graham crackers , which Graham in ...
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... once ! The stuff is ineradicable and you are stuck with a yard full of repulsive sil- very slime globules . I once entered the yard of a neighbor and found eight or ten slugs , impaled on a shish kebab skewer , writhing upright in her ...
... once ! The stuff is ineradicable and you are stuck with a yard full of repulsive sil- very slime globules . I once entered the yard of a neighbor and found eight or ten slugs , impaled on a shish kebab skewer , writhing upright in her ...
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... once in 1954 and again in 1979 , on charges of fraud . He was acquitted the first time - the prosecution's expert witness admitted it was possible Guido's Mota fuel really worked . But he wasn't as lucky the second time . A witness ...
... once in 1954 and again in 1979 , on charges of fraud . He was acquitted the first time - the prosecution's expert witness admitted it was possible Guido's Mota fuel really worked . But he wasn't as lucky the second time . A witness ...
Contents
Thats Entertainment? | 15 |
Food Stuff | 33 |
Urban Studies Revisited | 64 |
Copyright | |
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