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Uncle John's Facts and Trivia
Uncle John Presents Necessary Numbers: An Everyday Guide to Sizes, Measures, and More
Do numbers leave you feeling -- well, numb? This compendium of fascinating data will bring figures to life while answering lots of questions you've wondered about. Discover which is higher in sodium: fast food french fries, the hamburger, or cherry pie; why it's Route 66, not Route 67; why you can't mail things second class; what the four extra digits on your zip code stand for; and much more.
258 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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January 1, 2020
Pretty nifty. It's 17 years old, so some of the stuff is outdated, like computer speeds and digital camera stuff. Made the connection that both the Richter and pH scales are logarithmic. Also know now that most houses are between 1,000 and 2,000 square feet. And further confirmed that American measuring systems (from weight to distance to volume to ship tonnage to shoe size) is terrible and outdated. Also, Egyptians loved the number 60.
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