Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers Paperback - 2000
by Bill McLain
As the official Webmaster for Xerox, Bill McLain was surprised by the kinds of questions he was receiving, questions like whether people born blind can see in their dreams and why rabbits are associated with Easter. McLain soon began to answer each every question he received, and the result is this surprising, funny, and informative collection of facts.
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Is it true that elephants are afraid of mice?
How much gold does the United States store in Fort Knox?
Why do I get a headache when I eat ice cream too fast?
How did the "seventh inning stretch" originate?
As the official webmaster for Xerox, Bill McLain was surprised by the kinds of questions he was receiving, like whether people born blind can see in their dreams and why rabbits are associated with Easter. McLain began to answer each and every question--attracting national attention from MSNBC, CNN, and People--and the result, collected in Do Fish Drink Water?, is a surprising, funny, and informative collection of facts. McLain's answers can often be as wild as the questions and prompt entertaining anecdotes about where he found them. McLain explains how magnets are made, what caused the Great Depression of 1922, and even explains why cats purr. Also included is an extensive list of websites where he conducts research, offering an informative guide to making the most of the Internet.
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- Title Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers
- Author Bill McLain
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-10-24
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780688179083 / 0688179088
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.36 x 0.72 in (20.22 x 13.61 x 1.83 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Questions and answers
- Dewey Decimal Code 031
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