num_pages: 793
description: Forget the brick walls, wishy-washy responses, and blank stares you have encountered in your quest for answers. Life's Imponderables TM is here for you!Discover WHY Mayors hand out keys to the city, WHY yawning is contagious, WHY donuts and bagels have holes, and WHY a blue ribbon is used to designate first prize.Experts in every field imaginable have generously shared their knowledge to put those endlessly perplexing questions to rest. Filled with enlightening facts and information, Life's Imponderables TM has the answers for anyone contemplating life's big mysteries.Organized in a question-and-answer format, Life's Imponderables TM provides answers to the most nagging questions that have been haunting the human race. In addition, this informative book offers more than 150 amusing illustrations and a section on "frustables" — a list of frustrating ImponderablesTM for which readers provide the answers.Whether you want to settle arguments about why the English drive on the left, or are just curious about the origins behind dry cleaning, how chocolate bunny rabbits became an Easter icon, and why Oreos are called "Oreos," Life's Imponderables TM is a must-have!About the AuthorDavid Feldman is the best-selling author of the Imponderable series — Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?, When Do Fish Sleep?, Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?, Do Penguins Have Knees? How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? and When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth — as well as Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? and How To Win at Just About Everything. He has a master's degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and consults and lectures on the media. He resides in New York City.
language: English
title: Life's Imponderables: The Answers to Civilization's Most Perplexing Questions: Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? When Do Fish Sleep? Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?
titlecomplete: Life's Imponderables: The Answers to Civilization's Most Perplexing Questions: Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? When Do Fish Sleep? Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?
genres: Reference, Humor, Trivia, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 93
publisher: FisicalBook