{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-facts-9781578597208","title":"The Big Book of Facts","description":"\u003cb\u003eInformative and Fun! Trivial and Important! Fun Facts and Profound Facts! A treat of science and history facts and compelling stories that will inform and entertain!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e From astonishing, amazing and surprising science and history facts to the little-known stories hidden inside bigger science and historical events, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Big Book of Facts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating tour through the human body, the environment, atomic physics, and technology, as well as social, political, and cultural history. You'll learn about the world through absorbing stories and interesting tidbits such as ... \u003ci\u003e\u003cli\u003eBabies start laughing at just a few weeks old; there are ten discernible types of laughter; and laughter spurs our appetite for food. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThough Shakespeare mentioned Valentine's Day in \"Hamlet,\" sending paper cards to a beloved wasn't a fad until the eighteenth century, and by the 1840s, insulting Valentine cards also became common. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike fingerprints, every tongue on Earth has a unique print. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe U.S. Postal Service's history, the Pony Express, ... and the short-lived (but legal) practice of mailing children. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe prevalence of handwashing through history, the invention of toilet paper in the 1400s, and Sir John Harington's invention of the flushable toilet for Queen Elizabeth I. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThough they are all differently shaped by virtue of being an assembly of water droplets, there are ten basic kinds of clouds. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA basic and quick history of cash in America, including Alexander Hamilton and the Bank of the United States, Benjamin Franklin's efforts to thwart counterfeiting, $100,000 bills, and the fact that more than 85% of the world's money is digital only. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Government agencies in the U.S. and France both agree that the measure of a second is determined by how long it takes a cesium atom to vibrate just over nine billion times. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe history of children's games such as hide-and-seek, blindman's bluff, and jacks that date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd much, much more.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An absorbing guide to history and science, this feast of facts and compelling stories recounts the physics and science that control the universe and the revolutionary ideas, acts, and inventions that changed the world. Engrossing, engaging, and enlightening, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Big Book of Facts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a resource for discovering scientific principles, history-makers, and the fun oddities that make up our world. Wide-ranging and fact-filled with nearly 160 illustrations, this information-rich tome also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index for those scrambling for more information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Visible Ink Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578597208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 7.50w x 1.80d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terri Schlichenmeyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40423406993589,"sku":"9781578597208","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f1ad2a6b-ef42-4b8b-be2c-06440b816384.jpg?v=1625576952","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-big-book-of-facts-9781578597208","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}