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Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers book cover by Bill McLain
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Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers

by Bill McLain

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Paperback · 320 pages HarperCollins · 2000

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Do Fish Drink Water?

Is it true that elephants are afraid of mice?

How much gold does the United States store in Fort Knox?

Why do I get a headache when I eat ice cream too fast?

How did the "seventh inning stretch" originate?

As the official webmaster for Xerox, Bill McLain was surprised by the kinds of questions he was receiving, like whether people born blind can see in their dreams and why rabbits are associated with Easter. McLain began to answer each and every question—attracting national attention from MSNBC, CNN, and People—and the result, collected in Do Fish Drink Water?, is a surprising, funny, and informative collection of facts. McLain's answers can often be as wild as the questions and prompt entertaining anecdotes about where he found them. McLain explains how magnets are made, what caused the Great Depression of 1922, and even explains why cats purr. Also included is an extensive list of websites where he conducts research, offering an informative guide to making the most of the Internet.



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Publisher
HarperCollins
Author
Bill McLain
Format
Paperback
Published
Oct 24, 2000
ISBN-13
9780688179083
ISBN-10
0688179088
Pages
320
Carton quantity
40 copies
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