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You Are One-Third Daffodil: And Other Facts to Amaze, Amuse, and Astound
Did you know that most toilets flush in E-flat? Or that American Airlines once saved $40,000 by removing a single olive from each salad served in first class? Well, now you will with this clever, fun, and occasionally shocking compendium of facts from around the world.
Organized into witty categories, including “Battle of the Facts About Men and Women” and “The Past Is a Foreign Facts About History,” You Are One-third Daffodil contains hundreds of weird and wacky facts,
*In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
*The most expensive age of your life is thirty-four.
*Cuba will lift its ban on toasters in 2010.
*Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair.
*The “zip” of zip code stands for “zone improvement plan.”
*Counting up from zero, and excluding the word “and,” the first number to contain the letter “a” is one thousand.
*There are an estimated 10,000 trillion ants on earth–roughly 1.6 million ants for each person. Their combined weight is equivalent to the weight of the entire human population.
*In the Second World War, every Italian soldier in North Africa carried his own personal espresso machine.
So go ahead, become the office Einstein (though did you know Einstein didn’t learn to read until he was ten?) or the cocktail party trivia star with You Are One-third Daffodil . The words “did you know?” will never sound the same again!
Organized into witty categories, including “Battle of the Facts About Men and Women” and “The Past Is a Foreign Facts About History,” You Are One-third Daffodil contains hundreds of weird and wacky facts,
*In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
*The most expensive age of your life is thirty-four.
*Cuba will lift its ban on toasters in 2010.
*Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair.
*The “zip” of zip code stands for “zone improvement plan.”
*Counting up from zero, and excluding the word “and,” the first number to contain the letter “a” is one thousand.
*There are an estimated 10,000 trillion ants on earth–roughly 1.6 million ants for each person. Their combined weight is equivalent to the weight of the entire human population.
*In the Second World War, every Italian soldier in North Africa carried his own personal espresso machine.
So go ahead, become the office Einstein (though did you know Einstein didn’t learn to read until he was ten?) or the cocktail party trivia star with You Are One-third Daffodil . The words “did you know?” will never sound the same again!
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208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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December 30, 2019
Had lots of bits of interesting trivia. Enjoyed that it was put into funnily titled sections.
November 20, 2025
Cool and fun informational tidbits, many probably outdated as this was written in 2008.
February 23, 2010
The collective noun for owls is "parliament."
In Paraguay, dueling is legal if both participants are registered blood donors.
It is possible to donate half a liver.
A third of patent applications in America in 1905 were related to the bicycle.
The most expensive age of your life is thirty-four.
Seven of America's nine founding fathers denied the divinity of Jesus.
The average ratio between the actual length of a meandering river and its length as the crow flies is pi.
A billion seconds ago, it was 1977.
In Paraguay, dueling is legal if both participants are registered blood donors.
It is possible to donate half a liver.
A third of patent applications in America in 1905 were related to the bicycle.
The most expensive age of your life is thirty-four.
Seven of America's nine founding fathers denied the divinity of Jesus.
The average ratio between the actual length of a meandering river and its length as the crow flies is pi.
A billion seconds ago, it was 1977.
March 13, 2010
The book has entertaining facts but some of the statistics are outdated, referencing articles from 8 years ago. However, there is plenty of data that stands on its own. Like: Vietnam is the second largest producer of coffee in the world, after Brazil. It produces twenty times as much as Uganda. Red Bull is illegal in Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. One-third of all houses in Ireland were built in the last decade.
January 20, 2011
My kids really enjoyed reading this book. The facts are rather interesting, but some of them I happened to know weren't quite accurate... anyway, it's just a long list of moderately interesting and somewhat reliable factoids. Nice to have around to pick up every once in a while but not exactly a page-turner.
May 7, 2010
This book is a fun and fast read.
However, not all of the facts were that amazing or amusing to me. As I read, I marked facts that I thought were interesting enough to share with people. Looking back on my markings, I only liked about 20-30% of the book.
However, not all of the facts were that amazing or amusing to me. As I read, I marked facts that I thought were interesting enough to share with people. Looking back on my markings, I only liked about 20-30% of the book.
September 12, 2010
Appealing though not always rigorously sourced. It turns out that most toilets don't flush in E-flat.
December 31, 2013
Cute book of quirky facts. Fast read. Interesting stats. Good for fans of odd and random facts, Jeopardy!, or Trivial Pursuit.
January 4, 2010
Silly but fun. There's at least one or two facts in each chapter you just want to share.
January 18, 2011
My family is going to quickly regret buying me this the more I spout random facts at them, but I just find it SO FASCINATING!
September 8, 2010
Amusing, quick read. I love random fact books.
July 17, 2010
This is a great collection of interesting, hilarious and sometimes frightening bits of trivia.
February 21, 2012
I quit because the facts weren't terribly interesting...
September 26, 2011
Pretty fun little fact book, would definitely recommend it to any fan of trivia.
February 23, 2014
Eh. Anyone could put this together. Not impressed.
March 10, 2015
The facts in this book really do ma amuse and astound. Lots of fun to read, and even if you've already read it 100 times, you'll still learn something new.
July 12, 2015
I learned a lot of interesting facts from this book.
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