The United States of Strange
The United States of Strange

Author: Eric Grzymkowski

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-06-18

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1440536201

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Things Weird Sure, you probably know that George Washington was our first president and that Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered America in 1492, but did you know that there are more plastic flamingos in the United States than there are real ones and that Disneyland employees were not permitted to wear their own underwear while dressing in character until 2001? Behind the portrait of America that history classes, news reports, and boring documentaries have painted lies a strange and perplexing country that you couldn't imagine even in your wildest dreams. Featuring 1,001 shocking facts, this book reveals all the secrets and weirdness that you never knew about the United States. From the thirty-two(!) bathrooms in the White House to the fact that a single U.S.–made hamburger may contain meat from 100 different cows, these wacky tidbits will guarantee that you'll never look at this nation the same way again!

Ripley's Believe It Or Not Frog Oddities & Trivia
Ripley's Believe It Or Not Frog Oddities & Trivia

Author: Tim O'Brien

Publisher: Ripley Entertainment Incorporated

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781893951334

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Here is a fun armchair journey through the rapidly shrinking world of amphibians. Frogs and other amphibians are rapidly going extinct. It is believed that 500 of the 6,000 known species will become extinct within the next 10 years. This book is loaded with original Ripley's Believe It or Not! cartoons, and fun to-the-point facts and trivia about amphibians that will both educate and amuse the reader. Created in 2008 to celebrate the Year of the Frog, all proceeds from this book will be going to various world-wide frog foundations for study and research.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not: Completely Awesome
Ripley's Believe It Or Not: Completely Awesome

Author: Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Publisher: Ripley Publishing

Published: 2014-03-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609911010

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Completely Awesome is sure to thrill anyone who enjoys learning about the world of the extraordinary. The 384 pages of this book are packed with captivating facts, implausible feats, and far-fetched yet completely true stories. Readers will learn about a man who gargles molten lead, shoes made from elephant dung, a real-life invisibility coat, and the world’s scariest airplane runways.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Author: Mary Packard

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780681024793

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Test your knowledge of the bizarre by taking the wild quizzes and Ripley's "Brain Busters" throughout the book.

The Rotarian
The Rotarian

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1975-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

A Van Beuren Production
A Van Beuren Production

Author: Hal Erickson

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-10-15

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1476680272

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Prolific American film producer Amedee J. Van Beuren (1879-1938) did not start out in the film industry. After a decade spent in business and advertising, Van Beuren turned his intellect and creativity towards acquiring a foothold in film and began building his empire. He is best known to animation fans for his bizarre cartoons of the 1920s and 1930s, featuring such zanies as Molly Moo Cow, Cubby Bear and Tom and Jerry (not the cat-and-mouse duo). But the majority of the 1,499 films produced by Van Beuren between 1918 and 1937 were live-action short subjects--travelogues, comedies, musicals, sports reels and more. His roster of star performers included Bert Lahr, Shemp Howard, Ethel Waters and (indirectly) Charlie Chaplin. Van Beuren also made several feature films starring legendary big-game hunter Frank Buck, and a 12-episode serial headlining horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr. Capped by a complete list of his films, this engrossing chronicle of Amedee Van Beuren's vast output is the first all-inclusive history of one of moviedom's most successful and least-known filmmakers.