Title
Your Pinkie Is More Powerful Than Your Thumb: And 333 Other Surprising Facts That Will Make You Wealthier, Healthier and Smarter Than Everyone Else - Paperback
by Mark Di Vincenzo (Author)
Mark Di Vincenzo, the New York Times bestselling author of Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, brings us another book of fascinating, eminently useful facts certain to make you healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Readers of Schott's Miscellany and other compendiums of helpful information will delight--and profit--from these little known tidbits about health, money, food, death, bugs, politics, history, geography, and more or less everything under the sun.
What surprising truths are hiding in plain sight?
- Counterintuitive Facts: Find out why counting sheep doesn't work, how bad bosses can actually hurt your heart, and why your pinkie is responsible for half your hand strength.
- Surprising Science: Uncover the science behind why some male fish also produce female eggs, how geckos are inspiring a new kind of super-adhesive, and what your dreams really say about your body--not your mind.
- Weird History: Learn what newly declassified documents reveal about Hitler's dinner habits and why archaeologists now believe Neanderthals wore makeup and jewelry.
- Health and Money Tips: Get practical, evidence-based advice, from the real reason you can't touch your toes to how much someone actually paid for a cow named Missy ($1.2 million).
Front Jacket
Why are recessions not all bad? (pg. 51)
Which Major League Baseball team keeps its baseballs in a humidor--and why? (pg. 123)
Why is 300 cents more than 3 dollars? (pg. 49)
Mark Di Vincenzo, author of the New York Times bestseller Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, returns with more fascinating facts! Do you know:
(1) what percentage of doctors in China smoke?
(2) which is the most dangerous day of the year to drive a car?
(3) whether a heart can literally break?
(4) how much investors paid for a Canadian cow named Missy?
Within these pages you'll find tips and facts that will save you money, help you live healthier, and make you the most interesting person to talk to at any party.
--New Jersey magazineBack Jacket
Why are recessions not all bad? (pg. 51)
Which Major League Baseball team keeps its baseballs in a humidor--and why? (pg. 123)
Why is 300 cents more than 3 dollars? (pg. 49)
Mark Di Vincenzo, author of the New York Times bestseller Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, returns with more fascinating facts! Do you know:
(1) what percentage of doctors in China smoke?
(2) which is the most dangerous day of the year to drive a car?
(3) whether a heart can literally break?
(4) how much investors paid for a Canadian cow named Missy?
Within these pages you'll find tips and facts that will save you money, help you live healthier, and make you the most interesting person to talk to at any party.
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by Mark Di Vincenzo (Author)
Mark Di Vincenzo, the New York Times bestselling author of Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, brings us another book of fascinating, eminently useful facts certain to make you healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Readers of Schott's Miscellany and other compendiums of helpful information will delight--and profit--from these little known tidbits about health, money, food, death, bugs, politics, history, geography, and more or less everything under the sun.
What surprising truths are hiding in plain sight?
- Counterintuitive Facts: Find out why counting sheep doesn't work, how bad bosses can actually hurt your heart, and why your pinkie is responsible for half your hand strength.
- Surprising Science: Uncover the science behind why some male fish also produce female eggs, how geckos are inspiring a new kind of super-adhesive, and what your dreams really say about your body--not your mind.
- Weird History: Learn what newly declassified documents reveal about Hitler's dinner habits and why archaeologists now believe Neanderthals wore makeup and jewelry.
- Health and Money Tips: Get practical, evidence-based advice, from the real reason you can't touch your toes to how much someone actually paid for a cow named Missy ($1.2 million).
Front Jacket
Why are recessions not all bad? (pg. 51)
Which Major League Baseball team keeps its baseballs in a humidor--and why? (pg. 123)
Why is 300 cents more than 3 dollars? (pg. 49)
Mark Di Vincenzo, author of the New York Times bestseller Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, returns with more fascinating facts! Do you know:
(1) what percentage of doctors in China smoke?
(2) which is the most dangerous day of the year to drive a car?
(3) whether a heart can literally break?
(4) how much investors paid for a Canadian cow named Missy?
Within these pages you'll find tips and facts that will save you money, help you live healthier, and make you the most interesting person to talk to at any party.
--New Jersey magazineBack Jacket
Why are recessions not all bad? (pg. 51)
Which Major League Baseball team keeps its baseballs in a humidor--and why? (pg. 123)
Why is 300 cents more than 3 dollars? (pg. 49)
Mark Di Vincenzo, author of the New York Times bestseller Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, returns with more fascinating facts! Do you know:
(1) what percentage of doctors in China smoke?
(2) which is the most dangerous day of the year to drive a car?
(3) whether a heart can literally break?
(4) how much investors paid for a Canadian cow named Missy?
Within these pages you'll find tips and facts that will save you money, help you live healthier, and make you the most interesting person to talk to at any party.
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