Hmm...I Did Not Know That, 1,000 random & interesting facts on a variety of subjects

by A.P. Holiday

Did you know that there are one million earthworms in an acre of soil, or that an average American eats 10 pounds of marshmallows in a year? Did you know that the act of yawning and stretching at the same time is known as pandiculation?

These facts, and hundreds more in a wide variety of subjects including history, science, sports, music and more, make Hmm...I Did Not Know That a must read for trivia buffs and fact fanatics.

Genres: Nonfiction, Trivia

84 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 11, 2011

Reviews

[Eloise Vanbrabant]

This book was a quick and easy read with cool facts, but they weren’t explained which I thought was quite annoying.

[Timothy]

interesting

Full of interesting facts. It seemed that 1000 wasn’t enough. Another volume is needed. I enjoyed reading trough this book.

[Matthew Fleming]

There are indeed 1,000 facts here. Whether they're random or not could be debated (the majority of them have a huge American bias), and perhaps only a third are 'interesting', but it was a fun Christmas present, and I've enjoyed reading this to my son... the facts that aren't about sex and drugs, that is!

[Lisa Howells]

1,000 Random &Interesting Facts

A generally good collection of facts, but frustratingly not categorised in any particular order. Another point to note was that on researching a number of facts, there were quite obvious spelling errors.

[Randolph Rossi]

Some of These Facts Are Unbelievable!

This book was a good interlude between the full length books that I was reading concurrently. I wouldn’t have paid for this book and I only read It because it was part of my Kindle Unlimited Subscription.

[Jennifer O’Sullivan-Stalvey]

title true to name

I love filling my brain with pointless facts since I’ve started frequenting trivia nights at bars. This book truly had more obscure facts than most. About 80% of the book were indeed things I didn’t know.

[Dan Stern]

i found this book to be very informative and interesting! i enjoyed the lighthearted and informal style of the book! would recommend this book to other readers!

[Helen]

Interesting facts

Lots of interesting and unusual facts. Mainly American. Can be enjoyed by anyone. Great for passing the time on a journey.

[Nicole]

I found this book really interesting and fun to read.

[John M]

It may be best to pass on this one.

The book is out of date on many many topics. The passages on presidents and their quirks I found interesting. Buy it cheap if possible.

[Ellie]

Need editor

Some of the facts were interesting, but there was a lot of misspelled information and names. It did not seem like it was edited very well.

[Douglas Reedy]

A fun un read.

This book was a fun and entertaining read. Entertaining for adults and children alike. Trivia on all subjects and genre.

[John Jackse]

Wonderful Book

Very interesting facts that I did not have an idea about. I would give it a shot. Well worth the time

[Paul Triller]

A bit of afternoon distraction

[Joseph Inzirillo]

An interesting and short read that literally gives you 1000 random facts that you may or may not know. Highly intriguing.

[Kerry Mangan]

a good source of anecdotes and trivia.

[Maddie White]

I now know a lot about John Wilkes Booth and bank robberies in 2009

[Simon Rybalov]

Exactly as advertized

A collection of various interesting facts. Nothing momentous. For some facts it would be nice if the year for which the fact is true was given.

[Rowan MacBean]

I question the veracity of some of the facts stated in this book* but it was a lot of fun to share some of the more interesting things with my parents as I read.


*The book claims the average American eats ten pounds of marshmallow per year. However, it's estimated that Americans buy 90 million pounds of marshmallow per year, and the population of the U.S. is something around 310 million. The math doesn't work.

[Jeff]

Interesting throwaway reading if not 100% accurate.

[Therese Bockholt]

Fascinating facts...kept my tutoring students engaged for 20 or more minutes.

[Jacob Bembry]

Mindless trivia. Good way to fill time while waiting at a doctor's office or something.

[Roderick]

Nice fast read filled with random obscure factoids.....just the type of stuff I love hehehe