463 Hard to Believe Facts: Better Explained, Counterintuitive and Fun Trivia

by Nayden Kostov

Award-winning 2020 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal
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‘A fun mix of facts that will surprise and amuse you.’ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

This book is full of fun and verified facts, presented in an accessible manner that I hope will provide you with hours of entertainment. My objective has been to provide you with a lifetime supply of icebreakers and points of discussion. Amaze your friends and family by telling them that all the planets in our Solar System could fit in the distance between Earth and the Moon or that flamingos can drink boiling water.

Following the success of my site RaiseYourBrain, I decided to collect the best trivia gems and present you with a fact compendium suitable for a wide audience. This is the product of years of sifting through history and references books on a myriad of subjects as well as searching the Internet and paying attention to the news.

These facts are a result of years of sifting through history and reference books, as well as searching the Internet and researching the news. Each fact is suitable for nearly any age – the “spiciest” entries are separated by their own chapter but still use clean language!

Become a trivia whiz with even more facts in the Hard to Believe Facts series!

Genres: Nonfiction, Trivia, Reference

222 pages, Paperback

Published April 24, 2021

About the author

Born in Bulgaria, I have lived in places like Germany, Belgium and Iraq, before settling down with my family in Luxembourg. With varied interests, I have always suffered from an insatiable appetite for facts stemming from an unrestrainable intellectual curiosity. It has certainly influenced my academic background and career: after acquiring Master degrees in Greek Philology, German and English Translation, I graduated in Crisis Management and Diplomacy and, most recently, undertook an MBA.

My career has been equally broad and diverse, swinging from that of an army paratrooper and a military intelligence analyst; through to that of a civil servant with the European Commission, and presently, that of a clerk, performing purely financial tasks in a major bank. Member of MENSA.

Reviews

[Erin]

Interesting mix of trivia facts, many of which I hadn't heard before. Facts were arranged into logical groups which I appreciated. A source I will definitely refer back to when creating trivia nights for work.

Appreciated the author's note at the end that explained his process of verifying the facts. I can feel confident that these are genuine and not made up.

*copy won through GoodReads giveaway in exchange for an honest review*

[Lily]

I love trivia and finding out information on a variety of things. I learned a lot of things from this book. I recommend it.

[Addy]

I won this in a Goodreads giveaway and it's a great book. Easy to digest facts broken up by categories, and a very entertaining quick read.

[Keely]

I do enjoy reading facts. This book had many I didn't know and some I did. This book can be a quick read, but you can also take your time with it.
This is the sort of book you can revisit again and probably end up being surprised by some of the facts again. I feel like I would read this again, when I feel like I have forgotten most of the facts.

[Steve Maxwell]

I love trivia!! More fun facts. I'm now ready to tackle Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...ok, maybe not.

[Nush]

very interesting

A really good book with lots of very interesting facts. I have definitely learnt a few new things reading this book.

[Manoj Lakra]

Extremley astnoshing facts

there are some facts which i have did'nt heard yet.
after getting through this book i felt like now im aware of many things
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[Bob Cantrell]

Just the facts

Trivia is an interesting reading pastime for all of us. Now there is some good trivia books and then there are some bad trivia books. This one was for me one of the good ones. Now some of the facts I knew, but there were several I didn't know. So that is what for me makes a good trivia book the new pieces of information that I discover along with the older pieces that are known to me. Are The facts hard to believe not really to a true can of trivia, but that doesn't make them any less enjoyable to read and that is what counts.

[Ana]

This was an interesting book filled with many fun facts. I loved reading a few facts everyday to learn something new. Many of the facts in the book were interesting, and I hadn't know about before. The book is set up where there is a myth and afterwards comes the fact, correcting the myth. If you like learning random facts about different topics, then this book is for you!

[DAB-E]

This book is full of fun and interesting facts. Some of my favorites include: The Speghetti Tree, The First song sung in space, the ingredients in Mac Donald's French Fries, Gummy Bears, Sloths, lady bugs, planting trees to help lessen crimes, and twins born in 2 different countries.

This definitely contains a lot of trivia and conversation starters.

[Kalee]

great for passing time

Very enjoyable and interesting. So many great conversation starters, very educational. Found myself googling more on the various topics brought up to find out more. Don’t have a photographic memory, but found many facts stuck with me as so many are hard to believe.

[Rosanne V]

Great facts for trivia

This is my second book that I've read from this author and I wished I could memorize all the great facts. I like the organization of the facts. Some facts seem to be repeated but I didn't really go back to confirm that.

I highly recommend this book even for conversation starters or conversation gaps. It's a great resource.

[Karen Slora]

Interesting, and surprising facts. Great if you want to be a Master of Trivia. . Free drinks for everyone on Trivia Night

[Kelsey Rhodes]

4.25/5 stars! This book was exactly what it looked like. 463 fun, weird, crazy, and unbelievable facts. This would be a super fun book for kids in a classroom or to pass around during a road trip. I thought it was silly and a good time.

[Becky Stanley]

Quick read with lots of fun, interesting trivia. Easy to read just a tidbit or two at a time, for a mini-break during the day.

*Thanks to Goodreads for providing me with a free copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

[Henry Wortmann]

No boredom here.

True, no boredom. Like to broaden your knowledge, or just enjoy learning about obscure places, persons, or just things in general, this book is or you. Makes a nice passing time read when you feel up to feeling a bit brighter.

[Melissa]

I found this an interesting and enjoyable read. It is great to pick up for a couple minutes here and there to learn something. I did appreciate that at certain points the author explained the information surrounding the fact to give more background and information.

[Tom Walsh]

This is half interesting and half bathroom humor. I appreciate the forme, but skipped over the latter.

[Zaid]

Very interesting, good read!

[John Jackse]

Great facts book

Tons of interesting facts from a variety of topics. The best ones were about counties name origins and about misc people

[Nancy]

I highlighted quite a bit while reading this book. So many fascinating facts and an easy read.

[Jmsheppard]

Trivia

This was an interesting read about different subjects. I would read another like it. Some subjects were more interesting than others.

[Beverly]

Won a Kindle copy through Goodreads. What a wealth of information in one book. Interesting read.

[Mike B]

Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not without the drawings. I think I read every Ripley's book ever printed. So of course I enjoyed this.

[Catrina]

great read

I enjoyed the facts given in this book. I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn and grow their knowledge.

[kc]

I enjoy his trivia books so much. Not only educational, it these facts are conversation starters.

[jyweniverel]

I didn’t know, but I do now.

There are tons of things I didn’t know. I don’t know how they found them all, but it is really hard to believe some of these.

[Daniella]

Ok kinda hard to believe that I had never heard any of these facts before!

[Twinkle]

For my purposes, finding trivia facts to MC a competition, I found many facts to cite. However, there were a lot of things that didn't help. Interesting read.

[Michelle Kssili]

Interesting facts

I learned things I did not know. They say "knowledge is power" . I totally agree. Looking forward to reading next book.