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Though the books and our knowledge have immortalized them, they were humans too. English literature has a deep and interesting history. Proper nonfiction history books, not historical fiction, about any period, event, area or topic you like. We hope you enjoy and have fun exploring our history. Thats right, you didnt misread, here we have one thousand random and interesting facts about literally everything you could think of.
In celebration of book lovers day august 9th, weve compiled a list of 36 interesting facts about books. If you think you know it all, think again and read this book. A short history of nearly everything by bill bryson. The interesting bits by justin pollard, and 1227 facts to blow your socks off. Below is an infographic with some interesting and witty facts about the benefits of reading.
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History is messy stuff, but much of it is, in fact, not ugly. Did you know india has the largest postal network in the world and has a floating post office. Written by christine ro 30 mar 2018 readlisten scraping bottom. This book has some unusual and very interesting facts and stories. These facts will amaze you, and you will find that there are a lot of fun and interesting facts about history which most. Comic book facts 33 interesting facts about comic books. These interesting facts about history were never taught to you by your teachers and they probably never even knew. Welcome to the home of all thats cool and interesting when it comes to our fascinating world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the big book of american facts. While any student of history has learned about the likes of abraham lincoln and world war ii, how many of us know that lincoln was a champion wrestler or that franklin roosevelt okayed a plan to bomb the imperial japanese army. So bottom line, if youre a fan of trivia interesting facts or stories, youll love this book.
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