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The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia Volume 3 The Crazy Stories Behind the World s Most Interesting Facts (Trivia Bill s General Knowledge) Bill O Neill LAK Publishing
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The Fun Knowledge Encyclopedia 3 The Crazy Stories Behind the World's Most Interesting Facts Trivia Bill's General Knowledge BILL O’NEILL Copyright © 2019 by LAK Publishing ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. DON’T FORGET YOUR FREE BOOKS GET THEM FOR FREE ON WWW.TRIVIABILL.COM Contents DON’T FORGET YOUR FREE BOOKS How Much is that Lipstick in the Window? Why is a Hedgehog Called a Hedgehog? Pass the Almost Silver Tableware Get Your Head Out of the Sand! So That is Why the Photocopier is Broken The Crocodile and its Tongue The Origins of Tea The Wastage of Food Imagine Being Buried on the Moon That Fossil Called Lucy Are Your Dentures Radioactive? Your Hot Room Could Be Making You Less Safe That Shark Doesn’t Have Cancer Check Out That Lazy Gorilla Open Wide to Sex You Is This Your Child? Why is it Upper and Lower Case? And the Wooden Oscar Goes To That is a Long Red Light The Otter with the Pocket Oh What a Pig! You are Not Exactly One in a Million You Cannot Snore and Dream at the Same Time Those Shoes Better Be Made for Walking That Coyote Can Really Hear Well That Hard-Working Mole Hate Cutting Onions? Drying Fruit is Not So Good Avoid Those Soda Fountains Watch Out For That Coconut Don’t Give the Bird an Avocado Well That was Lucky A Clever Way to Beat the Telemarketer Well That was a Miracle Find Be Careful About Winning the Lottery Colgate Might Not Be Popular in Argentina Why Did Pirates Love Earrings So Much? The Long-Distance Hamster Stop Drooling!! Getting Around the Equator The Blood-Soaked Temples Is That Why it’s Called Donkey Kong? They Think They are a Cow Why is there a Hole in a BIC Pen? George Clooney and South Park They Love a Big Statue How Long Did It Take Rubik to Solve His Puzzle? Getting High on Honey The Dutch Know How to Bury You Why is Your Shirt Collar So Dirty? A Double Ice Death I’ve Found Me! I’m Feeling Lucky is Not Lucky for Google Why Do Pizza Bases Have Indents? Why is it Called Footage? A Black Albino Animal? South Africa and Table Mountain Your Tongue is More Than Just a Tongue Strange Facts about Goldfish How Long Would It Take to Beat Bill Gates? Being Addicted to Facebook Why are Bananas Curved? Just Throw That Body Away Why is a Trailer Called a Trailer? Watch Out for the Dangerous Selfie Is There Anything Strange About this Sentence? The French and Surrender The Ice in Antarctica and Penguins Hewlett-Packard and its Name What Time Did the Earliest Alarm Clock Ring at? Don’t Die in Parliament Bugs Bunny and Carrots George W. Bush and the Cheerleader Watch Out for the Toilet Humans are Rare We Hear the Difference Between Water The Party for a Time-Traveller That’s One Way to Get it Back What Kills Over 2,000 Children Per Day? All of Hitler’s Family were Not Bad A Feathery Dinosaur? A Pawn is Not Just a Pawn What is the Oldest Joke in the World? These Animals Can Drown This is Not Good For A Spider Phobia What Does the X Mean in Xbox? That Famous Windows Backdrop What is the Hottest Planet in the Solar System? What is the Highest Mountain Known to Mankind? Well, That is Annoying When was the First 3D Film Created? Where Does the Term Quarantine Come From? Those Burning Eyes in a Pool There is a Fire Alarm for the Deaf Raining Diamonds You Did Have a Female Gladiator That Alligator is an Offensive Weapon You Must Speak Russian to be an Astronaut Marrying the Dead in China There are No Adverts on the BBC Where Does the Term ‘Buc