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The book of origins - discover the amazing origins of the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the people we know, the languages we speak, and the things we use
The book of origins - discover the amazing origins of the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the people we know, the languages we speak, and the things we use
Author
Trevor Homer
Trevor Homer
format
Paperback / softback
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Plume
Plume
Language
English
English
UK Publication Date
20070529
20070529
Description
Everything-from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)-has an origin, but often it's not what we expect. A few things you may not have known:
Gandhi was married at age thirteen!
Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China until the 1990s when they were advertised as "Genuine American Fortune Cookies."
Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin (which they had held since 1897) as part of the reparations Germany was forced to pay after World War I.
The original idea for the electric chair came from an American dentist.
For aspiring
mindblowers and wanna-be know-it-alls, The Book of Origins is a treasure trove of trivia and fascinating facts guaranteed to entertain and enlighten.
Gandhi was married at age thirteen!
Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China until the 1990s when they were advertised as "Genuine American Fortune Cookies."
Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin (which they had held since 1897) as part of the reparations Germany was forced to pay after World War I.
The original idea for the electric chair came from an American dentist.
For aspiring
mindblowers and wanna-be know-it-alls, The Book of Origins is a treasure trove of trivia and fascinating facts guaranteed to entertain and enlighten.
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