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9780060539146 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, November 1, 2005), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The Imponderables series continues in a book filled with more interesting questions and phenomena and their equally fascinating answers and explanations, exploring such baffling puzzles as to why pianos have eighty-eight keys and why there is no light in the freezer.
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9780060169237, titled "How Does Aspirin Find a Headache?: An Imponderables Book" | Harpercollins, November 1, 1993, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Provides the answers to imponderables of everyday life, such as what Barney Rubble does for a living, why glue doesn'g get stuck in the bottle, and why pharmacists work on raised platforms
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9780060740948, titled "How Does Aspirin Find A Headache?: An Imponderables Book" | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, August 1, 2005), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The best-selling author of Do Penguins Have Knees?
9780060925581 | Reprint edition (Perennial, July 1, 1994), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Provides the answers to imponderables of everyday life, such as what Barney Rubble does for a living, why glue doesn't get stuck in the bottle, and why pharmacists work on raised platforms
The author of Do Penguins Have Knees? and Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? responds to the thousands of inquiries he receives, providing answers to such questions as 'Why is there no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones vitamins?' or 'What do they do with the caffeine left over from making decaffeinated coffee?' Originally published as When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth?. Reissue. 25,000 first printing.
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9780060762957 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, August 1, 2005), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The author of Do Penguins Have Knees?
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9780060740931 | Reissue edition (Perennial, March 1, 2005), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The author of Do Elephants Jump?
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9780060740924 | Reissue edition (Perennial, March 1, 2005), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: This compilation of arcane facts about everyday objects, practices, and traditions reveals how Teflon sticks to cookware, why the sides of aluminum foil are different, and other mysteries.
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9780060539139 | Harpercollins, November 1, 2004, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Offers interesting questions and phenomena and their equally fascinating answers and explanations, exploring such baffling puzzles as to why pianos have eighty-eight keys and why there is no light in the freezer.
A compendium of true answers to more than one hundred perplexing mysteries and puzzles explains why a mile is 5,280 feet, how the order of the alphabet was determined, why cats do not like to swim, and which fruits are in Juicy Fruit gum. Originally published as Imponderables. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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9780060751487 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 1, 2004), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A compendium of true answers to more than one hundred perplexing mysteries and puzzles explains why a mile is 5,280 feet, how the order of the alphabet was determined, why cats do not like to swim, and which fruits are in Juicy Fruit gum.
Offers facts, clues, and theories about the 'Great Mysteries of Everyday Life' that keep people puzzled and entertained, such as why we close our eyes when we kiss, why broccoli is not canned, why women prefer to shop more than men do, and much more. Reprint.
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9780425154519 | Berkley Pub Group, September 1, 1996, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Provides well-researched answers to life's little mysteries, sent in by the author's fans, such as why there is no canned broccoli
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9780399140846 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1995, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Provides well-researched answers to life's little mysteries, sent in by the author's fans, such as why there is no canned broccoli
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9780060169084 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1992, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The sixth collection of answers to ordinary puzzles, such as why orange juice tastes terrible after brushing your teeth
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9780060924324 | Reprint edition (Perennial, September 1, 1993), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: The author of Do Penguins Have Knees?
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9780060921118 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, August 1, 1991), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of intriguing imponderables of everyday life for which encyclopedias do not have the answers
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9780060161613, titled "When Do Fish Sleep: And Other Imponderables of Everyday Life" | Harpercollins, October 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The author draws on his store of unusual knowledge to respond to his readers' most challenging queries--such as Why are tennis balls fuzzy?
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9780060920111 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1990), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The author draws on his store of unusual knowledge to respond to his readers' most challenging queries--such as Why are tennis balls fuzzy?
Presents a collection of intriguing imponderables of everyday life for which encyclopedias do not have the answers
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9780060162931 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1990, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of intriguing imponderables of everyday life for which encyclopedias do not have the answers
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9780060160722 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1989, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Bestselling author and pop-culture pundit David Feldman demystifies our language's most curious cliches and quips.
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9780060916619 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1990, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: The author presents a thorough examination of the origin of words with peculiar and oddball histories as he traces the idiosyncrasies of the English language
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9780809245345 | Contemporary Books, November 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Discusses health screening for infertility, looks at treatment options, and suggests alternative options
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