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Title Page
EPIGRAPH, FOREWORD, PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
STAGES OF SLEEP
THIRTY SONGS CONTAINING RADIO IN THE TITLE
TWENTY-ONE MOTTOES
VICE PRESIDENTS
THE MARX BROTHERS
TWELVE MEN TO WALK ON THE MOON
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
PRECIPITATION INTENSITY GUIDE
DOCTOR FELL
TYPES OF ADZE
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
NAMING OF DINOSAURS
ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
THE TWELVE MONTHS
TEN TOASTS
WODEHOUSE MOGULS
COUNTRIES SHARING BORDERS WITH GREATEST NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES
SAID OF DON KING
POSTISMS
THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
POETS LAUREATE
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
FORTUNE-TELLING TECHNIQUES
EIGHT MAXIMS OF STRATEGY
WORLD’S TEN BIGGEST EMPLOYERS
THE FAMOUS FIVE
SAILS ON A STANDARD THREE-MASTED SHIP
DEFINITIONS IN LYING
FABERGÉ EGGS
TEN ROCK ’N’ ROLL GRAVES
SHIPBOARD WATCHES
THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE
NEWSPAPER SLOGANS
ESSENTIAL MINERALS AND AMINO ACIDS
REPTILES OF THE ANTARCTIC
ROYAL BYNAMES
THE NINE WORTHIES
KAL 007
POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF OCEANIA
THE BEAUFORT SCALE
BEACHCOMBING
LA MARSEILLAISE
FRENCH REPUBLICS
MORSE CODE
NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH OF BUDDHISM
CATHOLIC CHURCH ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
SOME AMERICAN POLITICIANS WHO BECAME THE BASES FOR FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
TWO POLITICAL HANDSHAKES
FIELD SPORTS SLANG
WIVES OF HENRY VIII
HINTS TO GOLFERS
ALLITERATIVE ACROSTIC
NOT WRITTEN BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
POLYHEDRA
DISEASES NAMED FOR THEIR DISCOVERERS
BENFORD’S LAW
NOTEWORTHY CATS AND THEIR OWNERS
CLOSEST STARS TO EARTH
YIDDISH PUTDOWNS
PHOBIAS
PARRHESIA
THE FANTASTIC FOUR
FOREIGN WORDS FOR LEADER
TWENTY- SIX POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS
TYPES OF ANXIETY
POPULAR KNOTS
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
THE GREAT EASTERN
CHARACTERS IN LANGUAGE
FIFTEEN CREATURES IN SPACE
DEFUNCT US NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAMS
ARMY SLANG ABBREVIATIONS
ORIGAMI SWAN
UNGSROMANS
ORIGINS OF OZ
SPEEDS OF LIGHT
SUICIDE NOTES
AUSTRALIAN BIG THINGS
THE WARREN BUFFETT WAY
DAMPER WHEN CAMPING
THE GANG OF FOUR
VITAMINS
OHM’S LAW
FOURTEEN MAJOR NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS
GOVERNMENTS
WHY THE ANTARCTIC IS COLDER THAN THE ARCTIC
SOME POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES
THE THREE INVESTIGATORS
HOW TO MEASURE A CHILD’S FEET FOR SHOES
SOME STATEMENTS OF DEFIANCE
FATES OF NOTORIOUS OUTLAWS
GERMAN CHANCELLORS
SOME AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS
TOP TEN NOVELS
ANDREWS SISTERS
KEY STOCK MARKET INDICES
TRAITOR BROADCASTERS
HOW ORGANISMS ASSOCIATE
PARENTS’ DAYS
WATER DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH
MARK TWAIN
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
HARMONIC SERIES
CATCHPHRASES FROM THE GOON SHOW
NAMING ICEBERGS
ROMAN EXCLAMATIONS
SANTA’S REINDEER
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS
PI
SOME ELEPHANT FACTS
TEMPERATURE CONVERSION
THE MERCALLI SCALE
PRINCIPLES OF KOSHER WINE-MAKING
APPELLATIONS FOR MARGARET THATCHER
QUALITIES OF OBJECTS
221B BAKER STREET
STURGEON’S LAW
PHAR LAP
REFLECTIVENESS OF PAINT
RECEIVED IDEAS
BANKNOTES
COMETS AND THEIR PERIOD OF ORBIT AROUND EARTH
SOME REMARKS OF NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
NICKNAMES OF AFRICAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS
THE SEVEN BRIDGES OF KONIGSBERG
THE FIVE BASIC BALLET POSITIONS
MNEMONICS
THE FUJITA SCALE
SAINTS
PHRENOLOGY
SOME ELVIS PRESLEY STATISTICS
SOME REMARKS OF RONALD REAGAN
EUPHEMISMS FOR DYING
GOLDWYNISMS
VARIETIES OF CLUBFOOT
TEN PEOPLE BEST KNOWN FOR A COMMON EXPRESSION
FIVE FORCES
GUITARISTS
THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA
WORLD’S TEN TALLEST MOUNTAINS
NUMERICAL PREFIXES
PERSONALITIES OF SYBIL
HUSBANDS OF ZSA ZSA GABOR
WEAPONS OF THE BRADY GANG
POEMS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
SOME QUILT DESIGNS
DEATHS IN LONDON SEPTEMBER 12–19, 1665
DEMONYMS
WORLD’S GREATEST DEPTHS
UNUSUAL CHESS OPENINGS
SUPERHEROES
GEOLOGICAL TIME
BED NAMES AND SIZES
MUSICAL TONE, PROPERTIES
ISMS
THE TORINO SCALE
LABORS OF HERCULES
THIRTY-TWO TEETH
HOW TO FOLD A BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER FOR EASY READING
SPACE MUSIC
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
FIVE RIVERS OF THE UNDERWORLD
CONTINENTS IN ORDER OF SIZE
FOUNDATION DATES FOR WORLD AIRLINES
LOGICAL FALLACIES
ANTONOMASIA
IDIOTS, MORONS, IMBECILES, CRETINS
DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
FIVE KEY TEXTS OF THE OCCULT
NORSE GODS
SONGS WITH TELEVISION/TV IN THE TITLE
HOW TO OPEN AN OYSTER
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS, FICTION
LATIN PALINDROMES
SAID OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
TURKISH FLIRTATION PHRASES
THREE MUSKETEERS
ALICE IN WONDERLAND SYNDROME
G’S
JAPANESE DUMPING PHRASES
PHILANTHROPIC ENTERPRISES OF ANDREW CARNEGIE
STAGES IN A BULLFIGHT
WINSTON CHURCHILL, CODE NAMES
BLANKETING A STRETCHER
SOME SYSTEMS OF VINE TRAINING, VITICULTURE
ROMAN NUMERALS
DECATHLON EVENTS
CAESAR SALAD
MEMORABLE COUNTRY SONG TITLES
SOME EARLY CHINESE INVENTIONS
WEDDING TOASTS
SEVEN DWARFS
THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY
UNUSUAL MEASURES
SOME AVERAGE PH VALUES
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
TEN TITLED CRICKETERS
ANAGRAMS FOR TEN PRESIDENTS
PHONETIC ALPHABETS
METABASIS
HOW TO KEEP A SLAVE
SEVENTEEN DETECTIVE SIDEKICKS
TWENTY SONGS FEATURING PHILOSOPHERS IN THEIR TITLES
CHILDHOOD DISEASES
COLLECTIVE NOUNS, ANIMALS
TESTING AN EGG’S FRESHNESS
BURNS
MOLDINGS
WORKS OF JOSEPH HAYDN
FAT CONTENT IN KFC
GANDHI’S SEVEN DEADLY SINS
ALPHABET MINUTE
INDEX
VIEWS ON BOOK REVIEWING
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR
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