10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything: A Collection of Fascinating Historical, Scientific and Cultural Trivia about People, Places and Things

10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything: A Collection of Fascinating Historical, Scientific and Cultural Trivia about People, Places and Things

10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything: A Collection of Fascinating Historical, Scientific and Cultural Trivia about People, Places and Things

10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything: A Collection of Fascinating Historical, Scientific and Cultural Trivia about People, Places and Things

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Overview

A compendium of outrageous, hilarious or just plain shocking trivia about everything from history and politics to arts, religion, technology and much more.
 
For years, the Chicago Tribune’s “10 Things You Might Not Know” column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on universal topics that will appeal to everyone from sports fans to history buffs, foodies, and more.
 
Expertly researched and thoroughly entertaining, 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything contains a plethora of surprising trivia on numerous topics, with an especially close look into Chicago-area history and facts. For example, in Zion, Illinois it was once illegal to spit, eat oysters, wear tan-colored shoes, or whistle on Sundays.
 
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything will leave readers brighter, wittier, and curious to learn more about myriad subjects and stories they will never forget.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781572847996
Publisher: Agate
Publication date: 05/19/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 962,615
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Mark Jacob is the associate managing editor for metropolitan news at the Chicago Tribune and the coauthor of six books. He lives with his wife in Evanston, Illinois.

Stephan Benzkofer worked for the Chicago Tribune for nearly 20 years and coedited, with Mark Jacob, the paper’s popular feature column, 10 Things You Might Not Know. He is now the owner of Benzkofer Communications and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with his family.

Table of Contents

10 Things You Might Not Know About…

Arts/Culture 11

Best-sellers 12

Blonds 14

Bridges 16

Fictional Fathers 18

Modern Art 20

Music Festivals 22

Screenwriters 24

Stanleys 26

Teachers 28

TV Ads 30

Underwear 32

Unhinged 34

Leaks 36

Sports 39

Chicago's Ballparks 40

Chicago Bears 42

College Football 44

Sports Gambling 46

Olympics 48

Olympic Torch 50

Running 52

Stadiums 54

Chicago 57

Chicago Authors 58

Chicago City Council 60

Chicago Elections 62

Chicago Mayors Not Named Daley 64

Chicago Murders 66

The Outfit 68

Chicago Protests 70

Chicago Radio 72

North Side 74

South Side 76

West Side 78

Chicago's Northern Suburbs 80

Chicago's South Suburbs 82

Chicago Transit 84

Chicago's Western Suburbs 86

Lifestyle 89

Divorce 90

Gay Rights 92

Lovers 94

Marriage 96

Tipping 98

Class Warfare 100

Royal Weddings 102

Racism 104

Science/Technology 107

Color Green 108

Contraceptives 110

Elephants 112

Epidemics 114

Gasoline 116

Hair 118

Height 120

Hurricanes 122

Nobel Prize 124

Numbers 126

Robots 128

Skin Color 130

Snow 132

Space 134

TV Technology 136

Twins 138

Air Travel 140

Food/Leisure 143

Beer 144

Candy 146

Drunkenness 148

Eggs 150

Chicago Food 152

Ice Cream 154

Marijuana 156

Meat 158

Salt 160

Tomatoes 162

Toys 164

Turkey 166

Places 169

France 170

Iran 172

Ohio 174

Texas 176

Wisconsin 178

Iowa 180

Michigan 183

Politics 187

Dirty Politics 188

Election Day 190

G-8 192

Inaugurations 194

Lieutenant Governors 196

Philandering Politicians 198

Politicians' Kids 200

Republicans 202

Taxes 204

Third Parties 206

U.S. Supreme Court 208

Holidays & Religion 211

April Fools' Day 212

Atheists 214

Birthdays 216

December Holidays 218

Famous Evangelists 220

Halloween 222

Saints 224

Satan 226

Language 229

Acronyms 230

Double Talk 232

Middle Names 234

Punctuation 236

Speeches 238

Made-Up Words 240

History 241

Death Penalty 242

Desperadoes 244

Founding Fathers (And Mothers) 246

Summer of Love 248

Women at War 250

World War II 252

D-Day 254

People 257

Hugo Chavez 258

Dick Cheney 260

Rahm Emanuel 262

Dalai Lama 264

Kennedys 266

Michael Moore 268

Oprah 270

Sarah Palin 272

Elvis Presley 274

About the Authors 277

Acknowledgments 279

Sources 281

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