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Glad You Asked

Fun facts with NPR radio host Michael Feldman!

Glad You Asked is a wildly entertaining book that provides answers to whacky questions such as:

Which Central Asian game is played with a headless goat?
Which bank relies on peer pressure as collateral for loans?
Which fitness champion walked barefoot to work carrying a 40-pound bag of sand and preached the virtues of nudity and sleeping on the floor?
The monks of which world religion cover their mouths with cloth to prevent them from ingesting insects and violating their belief in non-violence?

In Glad You Asked, you'll find many facts and ideas, some novel, some essential but all interesting, culled by Encyclopaedia Britannica editors and presented in a descriptive and accessible manner. The results are names, dates, facts, events, phrases, and ideas everyone will want to have in their arsenal of knowledge. This book also features a lively commentary by Michael Feldman, host of Whad'Ya Know as heard on Public Radio.

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