Publisher's Synopsis
Did you know that Northern Issue invented "splinter-free" toilet paper in the 1930s and that up until then it was common to find splinters in toilet rolls? Did you know that Superman had a pet monkey named Beppo? Or that a bedbug can consume its body weight in blood in five minutes? Did you know that a survey of 1,400 Oscars speeches showed that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was thanked more frequently than God? Did you know that George Washington was a direct descendant of Duncan I of Scotland, best remembered for his murder at the hands of Shakespeare's Macbeth? Or that Wat Misaka, a 5'7" guard of Japanese descent, was the first non-white player in the NBA? So…now you know.
