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BEYOND BELIEVABLE: An Excessive Volume of Mind-blowing Facts, Funny True Stories, and Insanely Interesting Information for People Who Know Too Much: TWO BOOKS IN ONE
Beyond Believable: An Excessive Volume of Mind-blowing Facts, Funny True Stories, and Insanely Interesting Information for People Who Know Too Much is not your average book. It’s a thrilling adventure into the world of the bizarre and the unknown.
With TWO BOOKS IN ONE, Better Than Balderdash and Untypical Tales, you will be transported into a world of crazy, weird, and fascinating facts that will make you the life of the party!
Book one, Better Than Balderdash, will keep you on the edge of your seat with a collection of stories that sound too weird to be true. Did you know that the shortest war ever recorded lasted only 38 minutes? Or that a woman once survived falling out of an airplane without a parachute? Or that there is an island in Japan that is overrun by friendly bunnies? Get ready to discover some of the most insane and true facts in the world!
Book two, Untypical Tales, is a collection of extraordinary stories that will challenge your understanding of the world. From Switzerland's strange rules about guinea pigs to the birth of the potato chip, you'll be amazed at the weird and wonderful world we live in.
With both books in one, Beyond Believable offers an extensive volume of fascinating facts and unbelievable true stories. The book is the perfect gift for anyone who loves trivia, or for those looking for something to spice up a long road trip or boring afternoon at home.
So, get ready for a fun-filled journey beyond your wildest imagination, where reality is stranger than fiction. With Beyond Believable , you will become the ultimate master of trivial knowledge, and never be lost for conversation starters again!
With TWO BOOKS IN ONE, Better Than Balderdash and Untypical Tales, you will be transported into a world of crazy, weird, and fascinating facts that will make you the life of the party!
Book one, Better Than Balderdash, will keep you on the edge of your seat with a collection of stories that sound too weird to be true. Did you know that the shortest war ever recorded lasted only 38 minutes? Or that a woman once survived falling out of an airplane without a parachute? Or that there is an island in Japan that is overrun by friendly bunnies? Get ready to discover some of the most insane and true facts in the world!
Book two, Untypical Tales, is a collection of extraordinary stories that will challenge your understanding of the world. From Switzerland's strange rules about guinea pigs to the birth of the potato chip, you'll be amazed at the weird and wonderful world we live in.
With both books in one, Beyond Believable offers an extensive volume of fascinating facts and unbelievable true stories. The book is the perfect gift for anyone who loves trivia, or for those looking for something to spice up a long road trip or boring afternoon at home.
So, get ready for a fun-filled journey beyond your wildest imagination, where reality is stranger than fiction. With Beyond Believable , you will become the ultimate master of trivial knowledge, and never be lost for conversation starters again!
233 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2022
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About the author
Owen Janssen
11 books3 followersI am a teacher and educator with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. My love of learning was instilled in me by my father who was a professor in the educational system in Holland, my birthplace.
My family immigrated to the United States when I was just two-years-old. Myself and my family traveled the world during my formative years. This exposure to various backgrounds and cultures helped me amass a great deal of inspiration for all of my authored books, including Better Than Balderdash.
I have spent the last twenty-six years teaching elementary education and shaping young minds.
My family immigrated to the United States when I was just two-years-old. Myself and my family traveled the world during my formative years. This exposure to various backgrounds and cultures helped me amass a great deal of inspiration for all of my authored books, including Better Than Balderdash.
I have spent the last twenty-six years teaching elementary education and shaping young minds.
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February 13, 2023
Loved it I always enjoy reading about facts of the world it’s so interesting, a book for all ages
January 27, 2026
A Twofer of Mostly Modern Trivia
Beyond Believable is an omnibus collection of the books Better Than Balderdash and Untypical Tales.
Both books basically share the same trivia format with each trivia fact having a title and then a small blurb (sometimes with puns) to provide readers in most cases with more information although there were a few that were rather vague.
Out of the two there are seven chapters for Balderdash and as with many of b these books some facts could clearly fit more than one category. I would give this book a 3-stars.
Untypical Tales would receive a 2-stars. It had five parts with no actual organization in any of the parts like the first book's pop culture, world history, science and nature, etc. The first part had no quote at the start but all the other sections did have quotes based around knowledge afterwards. Furthermore the short stories were the same format as the first book but also had more grammatical issues whether missing words, punctuation or even having some weird infactuals like claiming Mary Shelley's husband was her dad without correcting that if he knew that was wrong or stating witches were the sidekicks of witches instead of cats. To me it was very lucky this was the last book since it would have dropped my star rating for the other.
Also the book does include quite a bunch of facts that were found in Better Than Balderdash so it was almost a repeat read.
The book does have some illustrative aspects but it is all generic and more representative than actual.
If you're looking for some trivia books that are a bit more modern and child-friendly than you may want to take a look into these even with all of the one's issues.
Beyond Believable is an omnibus collection of the books Better Than Balderdash and Untypical Tales.
Both books basically share the same trivia format with each trivia fact having a title and then a small blurb (sometimes with puns) to provide readers in most cases with more information although there were a few that were rather vague.
Out of the two there are seven chapters for Balderdash and as with many of b these books some facts could clearly fit more than one category. I would give this book a 3-stars.
Untypical Tales would receive a 2-stars. It had five parts with no actual organization in any of the parts like the first book's pop culture, world history, science and nature, etc. The first part had no quote at the start but all the other sections did have quotes based around knowledge afterwards. Furthermore the short stories were the same format as the first book but also had more grammatical issues whether missing words, punctuation or even having some weird infactuals like claiming Mary Shelley's husband was her dad without correcting that if he knew that was wrong or stating witches were the sidekicks of witches instead of cats. To me it was very lucky this was the last book since it would have dropped my star rating for the other.
Also the book does include quite a bunch of facts that were found in Better Than Balderdash so it was almost a repeat read.
The book does have some illustrative aspects but it is all generic and more representative than actual.
If you're looking for some trivia books that are a bit more modern and child-friendly than you may want to take a look into these even with all of the one's issues.
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