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Interesting Stories For Curious People: A Collection of Fascinating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Just About Anything Else You Can Think of

Interesting Stories For Curious People: A Collection of Fascinating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Just About Anything Else You Can Think of

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  • Author：Bill O'Neill
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Summary

Want to impress your buddies at the bar？

Need to think of something interesting to do at the next family gathering？

Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history， science， true crime， and the paranormal？

Pick up Interesting Stories for Curious People， the ultimate guide book for a plethora of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics。 A quick read packed with information from cover to cover。

Here you will find out:

How did a Frenchman successfully use a spontaneous combustion defense during a murder trial？ How did a German teenager help end the Cold War？ Why did some really smart guys think foam houses would be the wave of the future？ What is a chupacabra and why are there two of them？ Did Cleopatra really die from a snake bite？ You'll be glued to the pages of this book reading interesting fact after interesting fact as Interesting Stories for Curious People brings you the in-depth knowledge of some things you may have heard about and always wondered， but now will learn the truth。 You'll finally be able to separate fact from fiction and will be surprised to learn that some of the things you've been told， even by your teachers， was just plain wrong！


Whether you are a trivia maven or just a person who likes to learn new things， you'll learn something new and find yourself entertained as you discover some of the most fascination criminals， ghost stories， strange habits of historical figures， and just weird things that are a part of our world。 So open this book and your mind and see another side of things that you may not know existed。

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Reviews

Carol ，

Nothing memorable in this book。 An easy read with short chapters， but not a page-turner。

William ，

Ok so here is my advice。 If you come across this book for free somewhere pick it up， enjoy an hour or two of reading fun facts and then leave it for someone else to find and read for free。 But don’t pay money for information largely available for free on the internet…sorry Bill。 Also Bill if you read this comment， you might want to make sure whatever company your using to publish your books manages to spell Leonard Nimoy’s name correctly。 He’s an American icon after all。

Taryn Brenner ，

Good book It was pretty good。 Some of it was boring but that’s not uncommon in a book with such a wide range of different topics。 I really enjoyed it for the most part though。

Shannon Pinto ，

Enjoy it very much！Interesting stories， all unique。 Enjoyed them so much I was left wanting more。 I hope there will be more editions

Just a Girl Fighting Censorship ，

I thought this would be good to read before bed， and it was。。。because it was so boring it put me straight to sleep。 It is such a random collection I can't see it being read anywhere else， except maybe the toilet。 I thought this would be good to read before bed， and it was。。。because it was so boring it put me straight to sleep。 It is such a random collection I can't see it being read anywhere else， except maybe the toilet。 。。。more

Jr ，

Interesting stories indeedPretty good book to read with interesting stories about many subjects and people。 Stories never too long to read so it's a quick entertaining time。 Interesting stories indeedPretty good book to read with interesting stories about many subjects and people。 Stories never too long to read so it's a quick entertaining time。 。。。more

Shellock Holmes ，

Needed photos I would have given this 5 stars but I spent more than half the reading time searching for pictures of the different subjects

Glenn Short ，

Interesting facts This was an enjoyable read。 The individual stories are short so you can’t get bogged down。 I knew a few of them but most of the stories were new to me。 This book provided additional details to familiar stories。

Michael ，

An insteresting book， I definitly learned lots， some of the topics however， were rather inappropriate。 All in all though， a pretty good book。

John Powell ，

Outstanding

Gabriel Cohen ，

Wish i could give half stars （3。5）。 easy read， some interesting stories and facts in there。 not organized very well and a lot of errors throughout but overall enjoyable and fun to read。

Ben ，

Truly interesting stories， only they are as told by your boring older relative。 Dad jokes and mansplaining abound。 This author's writing style just really wasn't for me。 Apologies to those who really enjoyed it。 Truly interesting stories， only they are as told by your boring older relative。 Dad jokes and mansplaining abound。 This author's writing style just really wasn't for me。 Apologies to those who really enjoyed it。 。。。more

Tanesha ，

Awesome BookI enjoyed all of the random facts and stayed entertained the whole book。 I recommend it to anyone that loves trivia。

Phillip ，

This seemed like it would be interesting， but the there are 69 chapters in a 5 and 1/2 hour book。 Each "story" is around 5 minutes。 They really don't go into enough detail to make it interesting， they are all like teasers with a little bit of facts。 I would have rather had a third of the stories with about 4 times the details so I would feel like I learned something。 The production quality isn't that good either。 They read the table of contents for like 6 minutes。 They also repeated a story in 2 This seemed like it would be interesting， but the there are 69 chapters in a 5 and 1/2 hour book。 Each "story" is around 5 minutes。 They really don't go into enough detail to make it interesting， they are all like teasers with a little bit of facts。 I would have rather had a third of the stories with about 4 times the details so I would feel like I learned something。 The production quality isn't that good either。 They read the table of contents for like 6 minutes。 They also repeated a story in 2 chapters， so the editor either screwed up， or they didn't record one of the chapters and just tossed one of the ones already read in there in hopes no one would notice。 。。。more

Julie Pettit ，

Nothing new or fascinating。

Sean James ，

Some good factsThere was some good facts in this book and it is worth a read。 The majority of the stories underwritten in great detail and seem a bit rushed but overall I learnt some new things。P。S。 To Bill O'Neill。。。。。。the War of 1812 wasn't an American victory but a stalemate that was ended with the Treaty of Ghent。 Some good factsThere was some good facts in this book and it is worth a read。 The majority of the stories underwritten in great detail and seem a bit rushed but overall I learnt some new things。P。S。 To Bill O'Neill。。。。。。the War of 1812 wasn't an American victory but a stalemate that was ended with the Treaty of Ghent。 。。。more

Angel Serrano ，

Historias breves curiosas sobre la ciencia， personajes históricos， famosos deportistas， políticos， etc。 Centrado sobre todo en los Estados Unidos y con gran atención a los extraterrestres y a los mitos urbanos， el autor utiliza el humor para desmitificar sus temas。

George Bastedo IV ，

This was basically a book full of clickbait articles。 Some of them were genuinely interesting， but many were either not particularly believable， left without a satisfying conclusion （e。g。 "It will always remain a mystery。"）， or sometimes not something that I remotely wanted to know about （sometimes because it was uninteresting， or gruesome， etc。） There were also many typographical errors scattered throughout the book。 This was basically a book full of clickbait articles。 Some of them were genuinely interesting， but many were either not particularly believable， left without a satisfying conclusion （e。g。 "It will always remain a mystery。"）， or sometimes not something that I remotely wanted to know about （sometimes because it was uninteresting， or gruesome， etc。） There were also many typographical errors scattered throughout the book。 。。。more

Katie ，

Quite random， but interesting！ You'll learn new stuff！ Very random assortment of short explanations on things from coins to people to how phrases were coined。 You could read 1 "chapter" a day as a coffee table book w this。 There doesn't seem to be any order to the stories。 I enjoyed learning a few things while others were kind of a "meh who cares， not me" story but I did enjoy the quippy narrative and wide spread of random stories Quite random， but interesting！ You'll learn new stuff！ Very random assortment of short explanations on things from coins to people to how phrases were coined。 You could read 1 "chapter" a day as a coffee table book w this。 There doesn't seem to be any order to the stories。 I enjoyed learning a few things while others were kind of a "meh who cares， not me" story but I did enjoy the quippy narrative and wide spread of random stories 。。。more

Laura Egendorf ，

There were a lot of interesting facts in this book。 However， too many of the stories ended with speculation instead of a conclusion。 I felt the book could have done with a little more editing。

Scott09g ，

A collection of short， quick， easy-to-read and mostly interesting random facts。 Nothing super mindblowing， but still fun to read。 This would be a good one to keep on the back of your toilet。

Heidi Bishop ，

Meh， there is nothing in here that I couldn’t have “googled。”

Charlie ，

Got this book thinking it was a kid book because it was in the kids section on Amazon。 ITS NOT A KIDS BOOK includes serial killers and people skinned and buried alive。

Pamela Mason ，

THIS IS A CURIOUS 🧩 PUZZLE BOOK229 PAGES THAT'S CURIOUS CUTE CUTE BOOK THIS BOOK COVERS NOT ONLY CURIOSITY BUT NOSENESS AND GUESSING ON PEOPLE AND CIRCUMSTANCES I FEEL TEENS AND ADULTS FIND EDUCATIONAL TO SAY THE MOST EASY BREEZY THOUGHT PROVOKING READ！？！NO SYMBOLS OR HANDDRAWN CHARACTERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS GOT ALOT OF GREAT ARTISTS TAKE USE OF THIER TALENTSEVERY ONE HAVE A NICE ST。 PATRICKS DAY THIS IS A CURIOUS 🧩 PUZZLE BOOK229 PAGES THAT'S CURIOUS CUTE CUTE BOOK THIS BOOK COVERS NOT ONLY CURIOSITY BUT NOSENESS AND GUESSING ON PEOPLE AND CIRCUMSTANCES I FEEL TEENS AND ADULTS FIND EDUCATIONAL TO SAY THE MOST EASY BREEZY THOUGHT PROVOKING READ！？！NO SYMBOLS OR HANDDRAWN CHARACTERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS GOT ALOT OF GREAT ARTISTS TAKE USE OF THIER TALENTSEVERY ONE HAVE A NICE ST。 PATRICKS DAY 。。。more

David Burns ，

A great random sampling of many intriguing stories。 My moderate rating is due more to the fact that I want greater substance right now。 This book fits nicely into a category of a series of books called "The Intellectual Devotional"。 In that series， I find each page on another great subject and I keep it near the "porcelain chair" so that my time there is well spent for at least two reasons。 This genre' is very suitable for people in a hurry。 Nearing 80， I am learning to slow down， read more deep A great random sampling of many intriguing stories。 My moderate rating is due more to the fact that I want greater substance right now。 This book fits nicely into a category of a series of books called "The Intellectual Devotional"。 In that series， I find each page on another great subject and I keep it near the "porcelain chair" so that my time there is well spent for at least two reasons。 This genre' is very suitable for people in a hurry。 Nearing 80， I am learning to slow down， read more deeply and enjoy all new knowledge fully。 This book did not fill that niche but I may come back to is another day， and no， I did not finish it。 。。。more

Colin Parfitt ，

An odd mix of facts， rumours and interesting tidbits。There’s no cohesion or connection between the stories which would have improved this immensely。

John ，

Perfect for bedtime or tabletop reading when time is limited。 Short chapters allow the reader to stop at logical breaks。

Grant Ross ，

This was OK。 I did learn a few facts that were quite interesting from this book。 Like about the sailing rocks。 However， most of the stories were only a couple of pages long and felt like brief overviews。 Rather than anything well researched。 There were some times where it was quite obvious that the author was trying to spin a slip of the tongue into a paranormal anomaly which was frustrating。 And then there were the attempts at humour which were flat and uninventive at best。

Hubdiggity ，

If the quality of this writing truly reflects Bill O'Neill's writing skills， I am horrified。 If the style is intentionally dumbed down for the average human， then I am disappointed in humanity。 And most frighteningly， I've read numerous reviews that actually use the phrase "well-written。" Well-written like a C+ high school student？ Well-written like someone who puts a typo in the title of their own upcoming book？ （No joke， my copy teases the free-gift of "Moive Trivia。"） While a handful of the t If the quality of this writing truly reflects Bill O'Neill's writing skills， I am horrified。 If the style is intentionally dumbed down for the average human， then I am disappointed in humanity。 And most frighteningly， I've read numerous reviews that actually use the phrase "well-written。" Well-written like a C+ high school student？ Well-written like someone who puts a typo in the title of their own upcoming book？ （No joke， my copy teases the free-gift of "Moive Trivia。"） While a handful of the topics were interesting， like the real-life basis of Robinson Crusoe， the stories are more a launching point for me to go look it up and get the real truth than actual useful stories unto themselves。 They are neither factual nor comically slanted; they are just a sloppy hybrid of the two like that unfunny kid who keeps trying to tell jokes but doesn't seem to grasp what qualifies as humor。 Redeeming quality: short。。。 and the off-hand usage of the phrase "dropping a deuce" as if it should pass as legitimate prose。 。。。more

John Jackse ，

Fun facts from around the world I real quick read。 Very interesting。 Facts from everywhere。 A real page turner。 But a lot of fun too。 Check it out

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