Notes
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1. Olivia Putnal, “7 Things You Didn’t Know Were Invented by Kids,” Woman’s Day, www.womansday.com/life/7-things-you-didnt-know-were-invented-by-kids-107168.
2. “Ancient Rome for Kids,” www.rome.mrdonn.org/.
3. “Ancient Greeks: Growing Up in Greece,” BBC, Primary History, www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/growing_up_in_greece/#item-article-02.
4. To learn the history of hair and the permanent wave, see “20th Century Hairstyles” at http://thehistoryofthehairsworld.com/hair_20th_century.html.
5. “What was the first television program that featured a toilet?” www.toiletmuseum.com/faq.html.
2
1. “What was the longest chess game in history?” Chess.com, http://blog.chess.com/kboyer309/what-was-the-longest-chess-game-in-history.
2. “Monopoly Turns 75,” The Game Aisle, December 28, 2010, www.thegameaisle.com/monopoly-turns-75ish/.
3. W.H. Wilkinson, “Chinese Origin of Playing Cards,” Games Museum, The American Anthropologist, Volume VIII, January 1895, www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Wilkinson/Wilkinson.html.
4. Russ Rowlet, A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictO.html.
5. “Jump Rope Facts,” Fundex, www.fundexgames.com/jumprope-facts.php.
3
1. “20 World Geography Facts That Might Surprise You,” BootsnAll, www.bootsnall.com/articles/08-04/20-world-geography-facts-that-might-surprise-you.html.
2. “Amsterdam Facts – Fun and Amazing Amsterdam Information,” www.amsterdam-advisor.com/amsterdam-facts.html.
3. “Interesting Facts About Japan,” www.facts-about-japan.com/interesting.html.
4. “The Full Name of Bangkok,” Into Asia, www.into-asia.com/bangkok/introduction/fullname.php.
5. Pierre, “Fluctuat Nec Mergitur, a Motto Literally Encrusted Everywhere,” May 2, 2012, http://blog.paris-on-demand.com/2012/05/02/fluctuat-nec-mergitur-a-motto-literally-encrusted-everywhere/.
4
1. “Animal Group/Collective Names,” Dictionary.com, http://dictionary.reference.com/writing/styleguide/animal.html.
2. “Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus, “National Geographic, http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cheetah/.
3. Catherine Lasky, She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head, Hyperion, 1997. You might also enjoy reading a complaint written by George Bernard Shaw to The Times; see www.lettersofnote.com/2012/05/spectacle-sickened-me.html.
5
1. “Egyptian Wigs” King Tut, “Ancient Egyptians,” www.king-tut.org.uk/ancient-egyptians/egyptian-wigs.htm.
2. “Sumerian,” Ancient Scripts, www.ancientscripts.com/sumerian.html.
3. “The Last Will & Testament of William Shakespeare,” www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-the-will.htm.
6
1. Scott Kessman, “Garlic Repels Vampires, Fleas, and Ticks,” http://voices.yahoo.com/garlic-repels-vampires-mosquitos-ticks-48447.html.
2. Oxford English Dictionary, http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/is-a-banana-a-fruit-or-a-herb.
3. “20 Random Facts About William Shakespeare,” Stafford Festival Shakespeare, www.staffordfestivalshakespeare.co.uk/shakespeare-facts.html.
4. “Onion Fun Facts,” Metro Trails, www.metrotrails.org/Metrotrails/Onion.html.
7
1. “The Story of Jack Foley,” www.marblehead.net/foley/jack.html.
2. “Reconsidering Earliest-Known Recording,” NPR audio story, All Things Considered, June 1, 2009, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104797243.
3. Michael Jasney and Cara Horowitz, “Deepsea Conservation: The Costs of Seismic Exploration,” TerraNature, March 2, 2005, www.terranature.org/oceanNoise.htm.
8
1. “Concrete poetry,” Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_poetry.
2. Emily Allen, “Admiral Lord Fisher to Churchill: OMG,” WinstonChurchill.org, www.winstonchurchill.org/support/the-churchill-centre/publications/chartwell-bulletin/2012/50-aug/1526-admiral-lord-fisher-to-churchill-omg.
3. “Birth and Death of William Shakespeare Celebrated,” “This Day in History,” History.com, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-and-death-of-william-shakespeare-celebrated.
4. Kenneth M. Price and Ed Folsom, “About Walt Whitman,” “Modern American Poetry,” 1998, www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/whitman/bio.htm.
9
1. “Interesting Tornado Facts,” Tornado Facts.com, http://tornado-facts.com/interesting-tornado-facts/.
2. “Strange and Interesting Facts About the Civil War,” Company E Second.com, www.coe2ndwis.com/civiliancorner/strangefacts.html.
3. “War of 1812 Fun Facts,” Washington Post, KidsPost, www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/war-of-1812-fun-facts/2012/06/07/gJQACvgcNV_story.html.
4. “50 Interesting Facts About the Great Depression,” RandomHistory.com, Random Facts, http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/04/12_great-depression.html.
10
1. “77 Interesting Facts About Weddings,” RandomHistory.com, Random Facts, http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-weddings.html.
2. “Purple, Green, and Gold: What’s the Story?” www.mardigrasneworleans.com/mgcolors.html.
3. “The Athletes: Amateurs or Pros?” The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games, Penn Museum, www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicathletes.shtml.
11
1. Maura Judkis, “Edgar Allan Poe ‘toaster’ tradition is no more,” The Style Blog, Washington Post, January 19, 2012, www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/edgar-allan-poe-toaster-tradition-is-no-more/2012/01/19/gIQAOQUBBQ_blog.html.
2. “Fact or Fiction?” American Ostrich Association, http://ostriches.org/factor.html#head.
3. “Top 15 Amazing Facts About the Human Body,” Listverse, June 10, 2008, http://listverse.com/2008/06/10/top-15-amazing-facts-about-the-human-body/.
4. Timothy Sexton, “Facts About the Eiffel Tower in France,” Travel, USA Today, http://traveltips.usatoday.com/eiffel-tower-france-3542.html.
12
1. Diane Mapes, “Real-life plot twists of famous authors,” CNN.com, Living, http://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/09/25/mf.plot.twists/.
2. Craig Wilson, “Classic Novel Gone with the Wind Turns 75” USAToday.com, Books, June 1, 2011, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2011-05-31-gone-with-the-wind-margaret-mitchell_n.htm.
3. David Astor, “8 Fascinating Facts You Didn’t Know About Famous Authors,” The Blog, Huffington Post, June 30, 2011, www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-astor/famous-author-facts_b_886301.html#s299923&title=A_Whale_of.
13
1. “Top 10 Accidental Inventions,” Science, Science Discovery, http://science.discovery.com/brink/top-ten/accidental-inventions/inventions-01.html.
2. “Potato Chips,” The Great Idea Finder, www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/potatochips.htm.
3. “Whoops, The 10 Greatest (Accidental) Inventions of All Time,” Gizmodo, http://gizmodo.com/5620910/whoops-the-10-greatest-accidental-inventions-of-all-time.
14
1. Kristen Sturt, “15 Fun Facts About Grandparents,” Food & Leisure, Grandparents.com, www.grandparents.com/food-and-leisure/did-you-know/fun-facts-grandparents-day.
2. “10 Fun Facts About Children,” www.10-facts-about.com/Children/id/22.
3. Jackie Kass, “Top Ten Fun Facts About Mother’s Day,” Examiner.com, May 8, 2011, www.examiner.com/article/top-10-fun-facts-about-mother-s-day.
15
1. “Top Ten Unusual Phobias,” Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/top-10-unusual-phobias-vol-1/ergophobia.html.
2. “Unusual Facts About the Human Body,” How Stuff Works, Discovery Fit & Health, http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/parts/16-unusual-facts-about-the-human-body3.htm.
3. “Unusual Facts About the Human Body,” How Stuff Works, Discovery Fit & Health, http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/parts/16-unusual-facts-about-the-human-body13.htm.
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1. “Cats in Ancient Egypt,” Ancient Egypt Online, http://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/cat.html.
2. This and the preceding four epitaphs are from “Famous Literary and Historical Epitaphs,” Carson-Newman College, Dr. Wheeler’s Website, http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/epitaphs.html.
3. Jessica, “The Paris Dog Cemetery: World’s First Pet Cemetery,” Why Go Paris, September 30, 2008, www.parislogue.com/planning-a-trip/the-paris-dog-cemetery-worlds-first-pet-cemetery.html.
4. Richard S. Chang, “In Samoa, Drivers Switch to Left Side of the Road,” Wheels (blog), New York Times, September 8, 2009, http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/in-samoa-drivers-switch-to-left-side-of-the-road/.