What the Fact?!
Every day is strange if you know your history.

This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:
  • The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)
  • The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)
  • The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)
  • That time the United States ran out of toilet paper (December 19, 1973)


Drawing on a range of subjects including politics, sports, the arts, pop culture, and more, each What the . . . fact offers daily or dip-in-and-out diversion, and an opportunity to learn something new and stranger every day.
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What the Fact?!
Every day is strange if you know your history.

This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:
  • The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)
  • The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)
  • The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)
  • That time the United States ran out of toilet paper (December 19, 1973)


Drawing on a range of subjects including politics, sports, the arts, pop culture, and more, each What the . . . fact offers daily or dip-in-and-out diversion, and an opportunity to learn something new and stranger every day.
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What the Fact?!

What the Fact?!

What the Fact?!

What the Fact?!

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Every day is strange if you know your history.

This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as:
  • The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960)
  • The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661)
  • The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909)
  • That time the United States ran out of toilet paper (December 19, 1973)


Drawing on a range of subjects including politics, sports, the arts, pop culture, and more, each What the . . . fact offers daily or dip-in-and-out diversion, and an opportunity to learn something new and stranger every day.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781452168555
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication date: 10/12/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Gabe Henry is a New York–based writer and former staff member of the New-York Historical Society. His writing interweaves history and humor to cover subjects including politics, sport, art, film, literature, and pop culture.
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