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The Pedants Return
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Quick Overview
How many times have you encountered an extraordinary 'fact' in your everyday life that's led you to think, 'That can't possibly be true!'? Or you've heard something highly improbable and completely dismissed the chances of it being in the least bit authentic? In The Pedant's Return a great many doubts will be dispelled, as a range of surprising statements that sound as though they couldn't possibly be genuine, are, through careful and committed research, revealed to be 100 per cent correct.
In The Pedant’s Revolt you learned that you were wrong about everything you thought was right. Now the Pedant returns—with a twist. The Pedant’s Return is an addictive collection of outlandish assertions that are so absurd…they must be true. Prepare to discover that you’re wrong about, well, even the things you think are wrong .
Apple seeds are poisonous? An electric eel can actually electrocute you? The “S” in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything? Everyone knows those are old wives’ tales…or are they? Luckily the Pedant has returned to rescue you from your ignorance and to explain to you
•Eating too many carrots can turn you orange
•Bone china contains actual bones
•Men have a higher pain threshold than women
•Charles Darwin married his first cousin
•A beer shortage caused the Pilgrims’ early landing at Plymouth
•Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, had a genital piercing
•A citizen’s arrest is legal
From the entertainment industry to the Bible, food and drink to medical matters, royalty to birds and insects, The Pedant’s Return sets the record straight about everything you thought you knew. Prepare to be fascinated—and flabbergasted—at just how wrong you’ve been all along!
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| Author | Andrea Barham |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Michael O'Mara Books |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2006 |
| ISBN | 9781843172161 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Good |
| Dustjacket Condition | Very Good |
| Comments | Pages yellowed. |
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