Which people rub fried onions over their bodies because they find the smell so attractive? In what European country is it legal to marry someone dead? Which island’s biggest export is bird poo? And where in the world do you need a passport to puke? The king of freaky trivia, Mitchell Symons, works his magic yet again in this deliciously daft book of strange geographical facts!

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781862307582

Publisher

Red Fox

Date published

March 3rd, 2011

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Mitchell Symons

Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express.

His children’s books include How to Avoid a Wombat’s Bum and Do Igloos Have Loos? and are packed with jaw-dropping, eyebrow-raising facts and figures. They’ve also won not one but two Blue Peter badges for Best Book with Facts!