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    Knowledge: Stuff You Ought to Know

    By Ray Hamilton

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    You can never know too much stuff. For example:

    • Today, the people of earth take more photos in two minutes than they did in the whole of the nineteenth century.

    • When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris in 1911, one of the suspects was Pablo Picasso.

    • The surface area of Russia is larger than the surface area of Pluto.

    This outrageously informative book is packed full of fascinating nuggets of history, science, literature, technology, sports, geography, culture and miscellanea from every corner of the world – enough mind-blowing trivia to ensure you’re never short of a jaw-dropping conversation starter (or stopper) again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale Publishers Ltd
    Release dateOct 13, 2016
    ISBN9781783729524
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    Knowledge: Stuff You Ought to Know
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    Ray Hamilton

    Ray Hamilton is a freelance writer and editor, whose lifelong passions are travel, languages and history. He has edited books on a wide range of subjects, including politics, history, travel, sport, gangland violence and birdwatching! He previously pursued a varied career in government, the highlights of which included multilateral government negotiations in Paris and forays into sub-Saharan Africa.

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