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Truly Peculiar: Fantastic Facts That Are Stranger Than Fiction

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Another bestselling collection of astonishing explainers from The Economist

Our extraordinary world makes more (and sometimes less) sense when you wonder:

What's driving the international turkey-meat boom?

How does a cannonball determine a maritime boundary?

Where can you wed your mobile phone?

Why do septuagenarians have a better chance of summiting Mount Everest than ever?

The ever-keen minds of The Economist Explains solve all these riddles and more in their latest encyclopaedic excursion around the globe. Baffle your friends and colleagues with unconventional headscratchers that shed surprising light on science, culture, world affairs and more. From the underground trade in hair to Hollywood's role in the creation of the snow globe, Truly Peculiar takes a walk on the weird side.

Author: Standage Tom
Publisher: ECONOMIST BOOKS
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781788168960
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2021

Tom Standage is technology editor of The Economist and author of several highly acclaimed books, including The Victorian Internet, The Mechanical Turk and The Neptune File.

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