false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174256164m/373180.jpg 373180 1 Some people -- like me -- enjoy reading books containing lists of peculiar or droll facts. Such books are arguably the precursor of much of the net. But if you find yourself away from your WWW browser, and feel the need to snarf oddities even when offline, you'll be glad to know there's a book in which you can learn that: <UL> <LI>the average American's vocabulary contains 10,000 words <LI>there are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script <LI>in downtown Lima, Peru, there is a brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh </UL> and, being a poet, my personal favorite from this book is that: <UL> <LI>one can see the stars during the day from the bottom of a well. </UL> Fascinating! 363097 12 12 1988 2201 Fascinating Facts: 2 Vols. in One total:23|5:10|4:3|3:8|2:2|1:0| 23 90 27 6 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 16:42:25 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:39:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 28 12:23:34 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 12:23:52 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Feb 08 23:15:17 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 23:16:36 -0800 2009 5 5 0 false false Tue Feb 26 09:52:12 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 15:47:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1986 Sun Sep 16 16:28:45 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 18:52:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 19:34:14 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 19:34:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 07:37:25 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 07:37:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 09:29:22 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:29:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 29 17:34:13 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 17:34:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 09:03:24 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 09:03:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 14:10:28 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:10:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 15:33:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 15:33:24 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jun 16 15:37:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 15:37:53 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 28 13:07:50 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:53:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 19:37:47 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 19:37:47 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Aug 14 20:40:48 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 20:41:01 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Aug 13 12:09:18 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 12:09:18 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jun 30 17:20:35 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 17:20:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 13 02:09:44 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 02:09:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 13 03:13:25 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 03:13:40 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=373180