What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?

Andrew Thompson (Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Exeter Professor of Public Policy and Citizenship, School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh)

ISBN 10: 156975814X / ISBN 13: 9781569758144

Published by Ulysses Press, CA, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?
• Publisher: Ulysses Press, CA
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156975814X
• ISBN 13: 9781569758144
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 240 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Discover the baffling, bizarre and utterly entertaining answers behind all the questions you've always wanted to ask

This witty and compulsive collection of trivia will captivate and surprise you with its fun and funky revelations:

•Why is New York called "the Big Apple"?
•How do people count cards at casinos?
•What keeps the head on a glass of beer?
•Why don't you ever see baby pigeons?
•Why is getting married called tying the knot?

About the Author

Andrew Thompson practices law but his obsession with finding out the truth about aspects of the world that we take for granted has led him to accumulate a vast body of knowledge that he has at last distilled into book form.