10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything

A collection of fascinating historical, scientific, and cultural facts about people, places, and things

By Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer

Copyright 2012 by the Chicago Tribune.

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Chicago Tribune

Tony W. Hunter, Publisher

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Gerould W. Kern, Editor

R. Bruce Dold, Editorial Page Editor

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Jane Hirt, Managing Editor

Joycelyn Winnecke, Associate Editor

Peter Kendall, Deputy Managing Editor

Ebook edition 1.1 October 2012

ISBN-10 1-57284-407-8

ISBN-13 978-1-57284-407-0

This book was created from the Chicago Tribune’s popular feature “10 Things You Might Not Know” by Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer.

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