The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume 2 The Crazy Stories Behind the World s Most Interesting Facts (Trivia Bill s General Knowledge) Bill O Neill LAK Publishing

DON’T FORGET YOUR FREE BOOKS......Page 4 Introduction......Page 16 Humans Didn’t Invent Glue......Page 17 The Angel’s Share......Page 18 A Haircut and Some Bloodletting Please......Page 19 Romeo, Romeo, Where’s My Balcony?......Page 20 Penicillin and the Dodgy Fruit......Page 21 Hip-Hop and a Power Shortage......Page 22 But He Doesn’t Have a Monocle?......Page 24 Hello, Clarice......Page 26 Liquid Nitrogen Can’t Freeze You......Page 27 Explosives Cannot Be Detonated by Shooting Them......Page 28 Buried in a Pringles Can......Page 30 The Furby Spy?......Page 31 Have You Ever Wondered?......Page 32 So That’s Why He was the Unabomber?......Page 33 Petunia Egeo......Page 34 McDonald’s in Blue?......Page 35 The Alternative 7 Dwarves......Page 37 Shaggy has a Real Name......Page 38 So, That’s Where Duffel Bags Come From?......Page 39 Barbie and Weight Loss Advice......Page 40 Orange Does Have a Word That Rhymes......Page 41 Saddam Hussein and Detroit......Page 42 Lobster Wasn’t Always a Delicacy......Page 43 The Origins of Crayola......Page 44 Failure to Predict the Future......Page 45 An Offer You Could Refuse......Page 46 Commercials and Football Don’t Mix......Page 47 The Hollywood Sign Never Used to Say That......Page 48 A Billionaire from Books......Page 49 A Fun Weekend for a Husband and Wife......Page 50 Swearing Does Help......Page 52 The Tale of Two Italians......Page 53 Go to Ireland to Give Blood......Page 54 Why Did Yeltsin and Clinton Laugh?......Page 55 Be Glad We Don’t Say Hello Like It......Page 56 A Clean Shave......Page 57 Quite an Odd Job......Page 58 Can You Trust a Doctor?......Page 59 Nutella and Rations......Page 60 How Much on an Engagement Ring?......Page 61 But Women Can’t Do That!!!......Page 62 That’s a Lot of Blood Vessels......Page 63 We All Eat the Same Chicken......Page 64 If You Want to Write a Novel…......Page 65 Surviving Not One But Two Bombs......Page 66 George Lazenby Wasn’t Actually an Actor......Page 67 New Yorkers are More Dangerous than Sharks......Page 68 The Spanking Slapper......Page 69 Why Do the Sun and Moon Look the Same Size?......Page 70 Be Glad Humans Don’t Do this Act......Page 71 Cheese for Money......Page 72 Why St Patrick’s Day is So Boozy......Page 73 Wizard Wizard......Page 74 Smoked Bacon in War......Page 75 Decisions, Decisions......Page 76 That’s a Bit Rich......Page 78 Poor Mary......Page 79 Hands Up for the Dummy......Page 80 Do Shakespeare in its Real Voice......Page 81 Stephen Hawking Keeps on Going......Page 82 Mountain Dew and Mice......Page 83 What a Bright Spark......Page 84 Well, That’s a Dead Cert......Page 85 Well, this is Unfriendly......Page 86 Twister isn’t a Game......Page 87 Imagine Terminator without Arnie......Page 88 Now, That is Ambidextrous......Page 89 Could You Believe there are Initials on the Moon?......Page 90 Do You Want Coffee in the Office?......Page 91 Poor Kitty......Page 92 You Can Still Duel......Page 93 Pointing the Direction......Page 94 Beer as a Soft Drink?......Page 95 Snow is Like Magic for Most......Page 96 A Psycho Melon......Page 97 A Different Olympic Games......Page 98 Don’t Stop that Sneeze......Page 99 Your Shoes Better Be Made for Walking......Page 100 Can You Really Trust a Raisin?......Page 101 Is it Me or am I Shorter?......Page 102 That is a Big Yawn......Page 103 Somebody Give Him a Fright......Page 104 Do You Want to Breathe in the Subway?......Page 105 Well, That’s a Clean Giraffe......Page 106 Pope John Paul II and Basketball......Page 107 Fortune Cookies aren’t Chinese......Page 108 That Flea is for the High Jump......Page 109 If Only the Names Had Stayed......Page 110 Watch Out for the Deadly Coconuts......Page 111 What are the Chances?......Page 112 Your Eyes......Page 113 And You Sleep on it......Page 114 Colonial Africa......Page 115 I Can See but Can’t Think......Page 116 Heroin Used to be Trademarked......Page 117 That’s a Lot of Bites......Page 118 Watch Out when Left-Handed......Page 119 How Fast to Become a Millionaire?......Page 120 How to Understand Statues Involving a Horse......Page 121 That is a Long Tapeworm......Page 122 That is a Heavy Gut......Page 123 Pubic Hair Causes Damage......Page 124 Sticky Chewing Gum?......Page 125 What a Fart Bubble......Page 126 We Shed a Lot......Page 127 Is Sherlock Holmes Real?......Page 128 The Irish Population and the Potato Famine......Page 129 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch......Page 130 Are You Related to Genghis Khan?......Page 131 Twins Born Days Apart?......Page 132 Pac-Man and Pizza......Page 133 Humans and Bananas......Page 134 A Plague of Dancing?......Page 135 Why Airplane Food Isn’t So Good......Page 136 Graffiti is Older than You Think......Page 137 Fergie was Sally......Page 138 How Much is that Art?......Page 139 Land the Plane Now......Page 140 Eating from the Toilet......Page 141 What’s the Time in Las Vegas?......Page 142 Where Did the Island Go?......Page 143 It’s Nippy on Christmas Island......Page 144 Don’t Venture to Snake Island......Page 145 That is a Big Family......Page 146 A Kangaroo Looks Happy......Page 147 Would You Like Some Cheese?......Page 148 That’s More Than Just a Step......Page 150 The Village with No Roads......Page 151 Imagine Having Blue Skin......Page 152 The Red Ice......Page 153 Cross-Border Opera......Page 154 Well, That’s a Different Toothpaste......Page 155 A Gecko is the Real Spiderman......Page 156 A Long Time to Hold Your Breath......Page 157 Kiss My Donkey......Page 158 Your Perfect Nap Time......Page 159 Corn is the Global Product......Page 160 That Fruit Looks Like an Ant......Page 161 That is One Hungry Komodo Dragon......Page 162 The Rule of Thumb Concept......Page 163 The English-Speaking Chinese......Page 164 Well, That Didn’t Take Long......Page 165 Happy Birthday to All of You......Page 166 Getting Fat on Stamps......Page 167 Urine Trouble Now Pussycat......Page 168 You are Always Quite Close to the Sea in England......Page 169 That Shrimp Packs a Punch......Page 170 That Pigeon Loves its Art......Page 171 Chicken Tikka Masala is Not Indian......Page 172 As Drunk as a Chimp......Page 173 Firefox isn’t a Fox......Page 174 Google and Their Goats......Page 175 A Terrifying Crocodile......Page 176 Is Bill Gates a Traitor?......Page 177 The Queen of Swans......Page 178 Not All Bats are Blind......Page 179 This Fight Stinks!......Page 180 That Sentence is for the Dogs......Page 181 A Cat Doesn’t Have a Sweet Tooth......Page 182 The Surfing Duck......Page 183 That STD Has a Buzz about it......Page 184 The British and Their Tea......Page 185 South Korea and the Turd......Page 186 Men and Makeup......Page 187 The Plastic Surgery Capital of the World......Page 188 Your Brain is Faster than You Think......Page 189 That is a Lot of DNA......Page 190 You Really Have a Filthy Mouth......Page 191 Tasting Faster than We Can See......Page 192 The Whales with an Accent......Page 193 The Cube Poop......Page 194 How to Keep Flies Away From You......Page 195 The King with the Most Children......Page 196 Where Do Your Organs Come From?......Page 197 Where Do Your Muscles Come From?......Page 198 The Male Tank and the Female Tank......Page 199 The Role of the Messenger Dog......Page 200 Which War Claimed the Most American Lives?......Page 201 Who Lost the Most Men in WW2?......Page 202 How Did Egypt Get its Name?......Page 203 The Problem with the Shortest Day of the Year......Page 204 The Most Expensive Olympic Games Ever......Page 205 Who Invented Champagne?......Page 206 That is One Big Wedding......Page 207 What is the Largest Snowman Ever Built?......Page 208 Who was the First American Serial Killer?......Page 209 The Sociopathic Family......Page 210 How Many Cars Exist on Earth?......Page 211 Use Your Head when Opening Your Car......Page 212 Keep Her Feet Warm......Page 213 Why is Snow White in Color?......Page 214 What is the New Car Smell?......Page 215 What were the Youngest and Oldest Soldiers in the American Civil War?......Page 216 How the SS Took Items from Jews and Hid Them......Page 217 The Monarch Butterfly Knows What It Likes......Page 218 Why is it 007?......Page 219 Anybody for Strawberries and Cream?......Page 220 Who Used to Have Harrods Close Their Doors?......Page 221 Who is the Real Robin Hood?......Page 222 Imagine Writing this as Your Address......Page 223 Where Does Halloween Come From?......Page 225 Why Do You Cross One Finger?......Page 226 What is Your Personal Bubble?......Page 227 What are Non-Contact and High-Contact Cultures?......Page 228 Do You Pacify with Your Behavior?......Page 229 How Old is Your Greenhouse?......Page 230 What Caused a Tulip Craze?......Page 231 What Makes You More Attractive?......Page 232 Where Does the Term ‘Cosmetic’ Come From?......Page 233 How Big is Avon in Brazil?......Page 234 Would You Do This to Remove Freckles?......Page 235 What is the Most Popular Fruit in the World?......Page 236 Who was Responsible for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?......Page 237 Why Does Lamborghini Have Such Strange Names?......Page 238 Your Nails Say It All......Page 239 Bleeding for Beauty......Page 240 What is the Face Platter?......Page 241 Does Your Lipstick Represent Social Standing?......Page 242 Who was the First Person to Die in a Car Accident in the United States?......Page 244 Would You Visit the Poison Garden?......Page 245 A Fig Might Not Be Vegan......Page 246 What Terms are Fruits and Vegetables?......Page 247 How Many Copies of the Bible are Sold Each Year?......Page 248 How Big a Problem was the Black Death?......Page 249 Do You Know Why Italy is Called Italy?......Page 250 Bodies as Missiles......Page 251 How Does Eyeshadow Glimmer?......Page 252 What is the Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded?......Page 253 How Old is Caffeine?......Page 254 You Don’t Actually Need Caffeine to Start the Day......Page 255 That Cure has a Bad Smell......Page 256 What is the Worst Political Slogan Ever?......Page 258 Introducing the Hornet Bomb......Page 259 Where Does Money Come From?......Page 260 The Eagle on the Silver Dollar......Page 261 Which Drug is Most Widely Used?......Page 262 How Many Deaths Do People Believe Happened in the Bible?......Page 263 What is the Bloodiest Battle in History?......Page 264 Keeping People Out of the Vatican......Page 265 Soda and Getting Older......Page 266 Watch Out, Your Soda is on Fire......Page 267 How Many Types of Tea Do You Believe Exists?......Page 268 What is the Difference in Water Usage Between Africa and the United States?......Page 269 How Long Does It Take for a Plastic Bottle to Decompose?......Page 270 How Much More Expensive is Bottled Water Compared to Tap Water?......Page 271 What is the Complete Name of Pablo Picasso?......Page 272 Was Cocaine Ever Sold on the Open Market?......Page 273 What are the Origins of Chess?......Page 274 The Meaning of the Himalayas......Page 275 What are the Roots of Modern Day Vegetarianism?......Page 276 How Much Money was Lost on Black Tuesday?......Page 277 Walt Disney and Menstruation......Page 278 How Many Tampons Will a Woman Use in Her Lifetime?......Page 279 Would a Wolf Make a Good Guard Dog?......Page 280 What is the Legend of the Black Eyes on a Panda?......Page 281 What is the Fastest Bear in the World?......Page 282 A Guinea Pig is Not a Pig......Page 283 Why Does Rudolph Have a Red Nose?......Page 284 Mistletoe Might Not Be as Nice as You Think......Page 285 DON’T FORGET YOUR FREE BOOKS......Page 286 MORE BOOKS BY BILL O’NEILL......Page 288