The Handbook Of Strange But True Facts
by Clifford Sawhney
There are many strange but true facts that we hear or read about without actual registering the unusual context. And there are other facts that we may never have even heard about. Did you know:
* There is an annual ghost mela held in Madhya Pradesh?
* Switzerland attracts the most suicide tourists?
* Sicily is seen upside down from an Italian village?
* A new Japanese jeans actually slows down ageing?
* In ancient time, iron cost more then gold?
* Silver can destroy 650 disease-causing bacteria?
* That Mahavira wasn't really the founder of Jainism?
* The words 'lakh' and 'crore' do not exist in English?
* There's a fruit that "smells like shit but tastes like heaven'?
* The banana could be extinct in 10 years?
* There is a plant that goes searching for water?
* The Puffer Fish contains a poison that is 500 times deadlier then cyanide, yet it's a delicacy in Japan?
Strong But True Fact uncovers the latest unusual facts to amuse, amaze and enthral you, and also boost you current affairs and general knowledge. Through this plethora of strange but true fact, readers will learn a lot about India and the world's unusual past, present and future. This is a book you will never be able to put down until you read its contents from cover to cover.
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