Review of
Strange
As It Seems No. 1, by John Hix
Four out of five stars
While it is
larger than most, this book is another in the sequence of books that contain
images of very unusual facts along with a short explanatory caption. Such books
work very well as entertaining distractors as it is possible to read them a
page at a time with no continuity problems. They are excellent stimulators of
the type of conversation that begins with, “Did you know . . . ?”
The facts cover
the full spectrum of human and natural activities. For example, there is a
natural rock formation, a fish that grunts, an acrobat with no legs, a
four-pound mushroom, names that are puns on the person’s occupation and
humorous epitaphs on tombstones.
If you are a
fan of the odd and sometimes hard to believe fact, then this is a book that you
will find amusing.
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