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True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History: 500 Preposterous Facts They Definitely Didn’t Teach You in School

True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History: 500 Preposterous Facts They Definitely Didn’t Teach You in School

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Turkeys were once worshipped as gods by the Mayans, forks were seen as sacrilegious in 11th-century Italy, Pope Gregory IV declared a war on cats, President Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the longest war in history lasted from 1651 to 1986 between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 13 February 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus


Turkeys were once worshipped as gods by the Mayans.

Forks were seen as sacrilegious in 11th-century Italy.

Pope Gregory IV once declared a war on cats.

President Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.

The longest war in history lasted from 1651 to 1986, between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly. There were no casualties.

Put your game face on and prove once and for all that you are the real history know-it-all! Gather your friends and family round and get ready to learn some crazy trivia they definitely didn't teach you in history class.

Weight: 226g
Dimension: 138 x 198 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781400340873

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