101 Creepy, Weird, Scary, Interesting, and Outright Cool Facts
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Tyler Backhause
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Who doesn't love facts and random bits of information? "I did not know that" or "Teach me something I don't know!" are commonly heard phrases among people today. Along with this, the most powerful driving force behind our random browsing of the Internet or social media is the pursuit of new information. This brings me to the reason why I wrote 101 Creepy, Weird, Scary, Interesting, and Outright Cool Facts.
Here are some categories you will receive facts from in this book:
- Plants and nature
- Computers and technology
- History
- Science, math and space
- Urban legends
Did you know that sea cucumbers are a class of invertebrate marine animals that inhabit almost every sea in the world? Their bodies can regenerate at an exceptionally fast rate, which allows them to regrow organs that were completely lost. As such, they have developed a defensive mechanism where they throw out their intestines - and sometimes even more internal organs - when they are attacked by predators. This is just one of the facts listed in this book, so if you're ready for me, start listening now.
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Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British best seller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more, The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting.
- De A. Hawkbird en 12-07-08
De: John Mitchinson, y otros
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The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia
- The Crazy Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts - Trivia Bill's General Knowledge, Volume 1
- De: Bill O'Neill
- Narrado por: Rob Maxwell
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Are you the trivia buff in your friend group? Maybe you're just always hoping to learn more random facts to keep up your sleeve. Whether you're a regular trivia fanatic or someone looking for a fun audiobook to listen to, this audiobook goes beyond the scope of general knowledge into some of the most interesting facts and intriguing trivia tidbits out there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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this book is awesome!
- De TinkerMel en 09-27-17
De: Bill O'Neill
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The Complete (Short) Guide to Absolutely Everything
- Adventures in Math and Science
- De: Adam Rutherford, Hannah Fry
- Narrado por: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 61
Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide listeners through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Humour and understandability.
- De Chris B en 09-08-24
De: Adam Rutherford, y otros
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You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News
- Shocking but Utterly True Facts
- De: Cracked.com
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,099
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,095
You're going to wish you never got this audiobook. Some facts are too terrifying to teach in school. Unfortunately, Cracked.com is more than happy to fill you in. Think you're going to choose whether or not to buy this book? Scientists say your brain secretly makes all your decisions 10 seconds before you even know what they are.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Buenas fabulas de humor
- De Cynthia en 10-27-14
De: Cracked.com
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The Second Book of General Ignorance
- Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong
- De: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another busload of mistakes and misunderstandings. Here is a new collection of simple, perfectly obvious questions you'll be quite certain you know the answers to. Whether it's history, science, sports, geography, literature, language, medicine, the classics, or common wisdom, you'll be astonished to discover that everything you thought you knew is still hopelessly wrong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's all stuff from QI
- De Bonnie Kennedy en 04-07-21
De: John Lloyd, y otros
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Superlative
- The Biology of Extremes
- De: Matthew D. LaPlante
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
The world's largest land mammal could help us end cancer. The fastest bird is showing us how to solve a century-old engineering mystery. The oldest tree is giving us insights into climate change. The loudest whale is offering clues about the impact of solar storms. For a long time, scientists ignored superlative life forms as outliers. Increasingly, though, researchers are coming to see great value in studying plants and animals that exist on the outermost edges of the bell curve.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating survey of amazing biology
- De Nerd's-eye view en 12-06-19
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- A New History of a Lost World
- De: Steve Brusatte
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,486
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In this stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years, Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering 10 new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork - masterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"The Rise of the Scientists Who Study Dinosaurs"
- De Daniel Powell en 09-16-18
De: Steve Brusatte
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28,054
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21,214
Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science. Although he doesn't know anything about the subject (at first), he is eager to learn, and takes information that he gets from the world's leading experts and explains it to us in a way that makes it exciting and relevant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Only Book I reread imediatley after reading
- De Andrew en 11-09-09
De: Bill Bryson
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Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You
- A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World
- De: Dan Riskin
- Narrado por: Dan Riskin
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
It may be a wonderful world, but as Dan Riskin explains, it's also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are trying to eat us, poison us, use our bodies as their homes, or have us spread their eggs. In Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You, Riskin is our guide through the natural world at its most gloriously ruthless. Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just a bunch of random animal behaviors.
- De Goddess en 05-18-23
De: Dan Riskin
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Now I Know
- The Revealing Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts
- De: Dan Lewis
- Narrado por: Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 814
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 722
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 718
Did you know that there are actually 27 letters in the alphabet, or that the U.S. had a plan to invade Canada? And what actually happened to the flags left on the moon? Even if you think you have a handle on all things trivia, you're guaranteed a big surprise with Now I Know. From uncovering what happens to lost luggage to New York City's plan to crack down on crime by banning pinball, this book will challenge your knowledge of the fascinating stories behind the world's greatest facts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Scientifically inaccurate
- De Sara en 12-04-20
De: Dan Lewis
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Cannibalism
- De: Bill Schutt
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 252
Eating one's own kind is a completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans. Throughout history we have engaged in cannibalism for reasons related to famine, burial rites, and medicine. Cannibalism has also been used as a form of terrorism and as the ultimate expression of filial piety. With unexpected wit and a wealth of knowledge, Bill Schutt takes us on a tour of the field, exploring exciting new avenues of research and investigating questions like why so many fish eat their offspring and some amphibians consume their mothers' skin.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ruined it at the end
- De Kimberly Ames en 12-07-17
De: Bill Schutt
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Tomorrowland
- Our Journey From Science Fiction to Science Fact
- De: Steven Kotler
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 430
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New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact...and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide listeners on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Covers a lot of different topics in many industries
- De ErnieA en 06-27-15
De: Steven Kotler
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The Lives of a Cell
- Notes of a Biology Watcher
- De: Lewis Thomas
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 4 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
In The Lives of a Cell, Dr. Lewis Thomas opens up to the listener a universe of knowledge and perception that is perhaps not wholly unfamiliar to the research scientist; but the world he explores is also one of men and women, of complex interrelationships, old ironies, peculiar powers, and intricate languages that give identity to the alienated and direction to the dependent. This remarkable work offers a subtle, bold vision of humankind and the world around us - a sense of what gives life - from a writer who seems to draw grace and strength from the very substance of his subject.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So enlightening and enjoyable!
- De Flora en 03-15-18
De: Lewis Thomas
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The Disappearing Spoon
- And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
- De: Sam Kean
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,876
Reporter Sam Kean reveals the periodic table as it’s never been seen before. Not only is it one of man's crowning scientific achievements, it's also a treasure trove of stories of passion, adventure, betrayal, and obsession. The infectious tales and astounding details in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Great Narration, But...
- De Henny Button en 09-18-10
De: Sam Kean
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When Humans Nearly Vanished
- The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano
- De: Donald R. Prothero
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 108
Some 73,000 years ago, the Mount Toba supervolcano in toda's Indonesia erupted, releasing the energy of a million tons of explosives. So much ash and debris was injected into the stratosphere that it partially blocked the sun's radiation and caused global temperatures to drop for a decade. In this book, Donald R. Prothero presents the controversial argument that the Toba catastrophe nearly wiped out the human race, leaving only about a thousand to ten thousand breeding pairs of humans worldwide.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A very special book
- De Scott Fitzsimmons en 02-02-19
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Ask a Historian
- 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
- De: Greg Jenner
- Narrado por: Dan Schreiber, Greg Jenner, Janina Ramirez, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through history from the Stone Age to the Swinging Sixties, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts and historical characters from the past. From ancient joke books, African empires and the invention of meringues, to mummies, mirrors and menstrual pads—Ask A Historian is a deliciously amusing and informative smorgasbord of historical curiosities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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best bonus content ever!
- De Matthew K Wendelken en 03-24-22
De: Greg Jenner
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The Kingdom of Speech
- De: Tom Wolfe
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 288
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech - not evolution - is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Takedown of a pseudointellectual bully!
- De Wayne en 09-01-16
De: Tom Wolfe
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The Science of Discworld
- A Novel
- De: Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
- Narrado por: Michael Fenton Stevens, Stephen Briggs
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 736
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 651
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 651
Not just another science audiobook and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard’s-eye view of our world that will forever change how you look at the universe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not the best Pratchett, but gets there in the end
- De Rachel en 07-30-14
De: Terry Pratchett, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre 101 Creepy, Weird, Scary, Interesting, and Outright Cool Facts
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- Book Box
- 04-04-16
Fact is the book was great
This is for anyone that loves trivia about "stuff". Well read - good pace . Would be great for road trip discussions.
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- K.R.T.
- 03-02-16
Fun Listen!
This one was a lot of fun to listen to. Great facts, many of which I'd never heard before. Kept me entertained the entire time. Definitely made my commute more enjoyable. Picked a good narrator. Definitely recommend!
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- B.
- 07-25-16
The title says it all!
If you're interested in the creepy, weird, scary and your vocabulary has more words tha eeeeww, wow, an oh my! Then this is for you!
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