Within the pages of "Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts are many hours of entertaining and informative reading--little-known facts that will make you exclaim, time and again, "I didn't know that!" Here are some of the intriguing facts you will find in this book: -Emperor Caligula appointed his favorite horse as a consul of Rome. -Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing. -For distances of up to 150 feet, an alligator can outrace a man. -In 1896, two men rowed across the Atlantic. -The number of possible ways of playing just the first four moves on each side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000. -Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital. |
| Publisher: | Gramercy Books |
| ISBN: | 0517065037 |
| EAN: | 9780517065037 |
| Dimensions: | 23.47 x 16.26 x 3.30 centimetres (0.61 kg) |