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Do you know that there are only two countries in the world where Coca Cola is not sold? Have you wondered why? Do you know that English is not the official language of the United States? Or that many Tunisian buildings are made with fish bones?
This book takes a deep dive into 101 mind blowing facts around the world you surely knew less or nothing about. You will learn amazing facts in every continent, from geographical, cultural, history, and lifestyle perspectives, and many more.
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- Unabridged
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In 191 Fascinating World Facts That Will Blow Your Mind and Get You Thinking, you're going to learn about the world's secrets that will help you gain more knowledge. You will be able to use these facts with whomever, whenever, wherever; there's no wrong time to tell these fascinating facts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just great!!!
- By straa on 08-08-21
By: John Waitsburg
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History of California
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Golden State, Starting from When Native Americans Dominated Through European Exploration to the Present
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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California’s transformation into the most populous state in America and the home of some of the country’s richest citizens spread amongst Silicon Valley and Hollywood, was certainly no accident. California has always been one of the most diverse and multicultural states in the United States, way before it was a state at all, and even before the arrival of the Europeans.
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Solid overview of the long history of this state
- By username on 07-04-21
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated
- The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
- By: Thom Hartmann, Neale Donald Walsch - associate editor
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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While everything appears to be collapsing around us - ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, water shortages, global famine, wars - we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children's children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio's feature documentary movie The 11th Hour, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture's blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Most Important Books of our Time
- By Jana on 04-24-20
By: Thom Hartmann, and others
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Dark Winter
- How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell
- By: John L. Casey
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. Casey's research into the Sun's activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is now reversing from its global warming phase to that of dangerous global cooling for the next 30 years or more. This new cold climate will dramatically impact the world's citizens.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Global Warming Is A Hoax
- By Catamount on 11-20-17
By: John L. Casey
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Who Discovered America?
- The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas
- By: Gavin Menzies, Ian Hudson
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas - offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America? The iconoclastic historian's magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known "discoveries" of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Like reading an appendix
- By D. McCracken on 01-23-15
By: Gavin Menzies, and others
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Beyond the Known
- How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars
- By: Andrew Rader
- Narrated by: Andrew Rader
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38
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For the first time in history, the human species has the technology to destroy itself. But having developed that power, humans are also able to leave Earth and voyage into the vastness of space. After millions of years of evolution, we’ve arrived at the point where we can settle other worlds and begin the process of becoming multi-planetary. How did we get here? What does the future hold for us?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Ann Wellington on 11-14-19
By: Andrew Rader
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Norway - Culture Smart!
- The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- By: Linda March
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Norway - Culture Smart! provides essential information, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. This concise guide tells you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interresting, but too old
- By Anonymous User on 03-09-20
By: Linda March
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A Shorter History of Australia
- By: Geoffrey Blainey
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 152
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After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events which have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport, the suspicion of the tall poppy, the rivalries of Catholic and Protestant, Sydney and Melbourne, new and old homelands, the conflicts of war abroad and race at home, the importance of technology, the recognition of our Aboriginal past and Native Title.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just couldn't stand the paternalism
- By Matthew on 04-02-14
By: Geoffrey Blainey
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The Year 1000
- When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began
- By: Valerie Hansen
- Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 571
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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People often believe that the years immediately prior to AD 1000 were, with just a few exceptions, lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn’t yet reached North America, and that the farthest feat of sea travel was the Vikings’ invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blond-haired people in Maya temple murals at Chichén Itzá, Mexico? Could it be possible that the Vikings had found their way to the Americas during the height of the Maya empire?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Long on Speculation, Short on Evidence
- By Phyllis on 10-10-20
By: Valerie Hansen
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Collapse
- How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 27 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,675
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,445
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,437
In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion, and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions and persisted.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Jared Diamond Downs You in Explanation
- By Rob on 07-20-18
By: Jared Diamond
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Guns, Germs and Steel
- The Fate of Human Societies
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Doug Ordunio
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,143
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,164
Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both literal and conceptual on every continent since the Ice Age, and examines societal advances such as writing, religion, government, and technology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling pre-history and emergent history
- By Doug on 08-25-11
By: Jared Diamond
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Earning the Rockies
- How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World
- By: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 226
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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As a boy, Robert D. Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father's evocative stories about traveling across America as a young man, travels in which he learned to understand the country from a ground-level perspective. In Earning the Rockies, Kaplan undertakes his own cross-country journey to recapture an appreciation and understanding of American geography that is often lost in the jet age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magnificent book that found a great narrator!
- By BotakTree on 03-09-17
By: Robert D. Kaplan
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Three Tigers, One Mountain
- A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan
- By: Michael Booth
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought-provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, the enmity is between these three "tiger" nations and what prevents them from making peace.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not much new here if you are already familiar
- By Anonymous User on 07-13-20
By: Michael Booth
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Archaeology from Space
- How the Future Shapes Our Past
- By: Sarah Parcak
- Narrated by: Sarah Parcak
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of satellite archaeology. From surprise advancements after the declassification of spy photography, to a new map of the mythical Egyptian city of Tanis, she shares her field's biggest discoveries, revealing why space archaeology is not only exciting, but urgently essential to the preservation of the world's ancient treasures.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So excited
- By Michael G Bell on 05-15-21
By: Sarah Parcak
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In Putin's Footsteps
- Searching for the Soul of an Empire Across Russia's Eleven Time Zones
- By: Nina Khrushcheva, Jeffrey Tayler
- Narrated by: Kathleen Gati
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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With exclusive insider status as Nikita Khrushchev’s great grand-daughter, and an ex-pat living and reporting on Russia and the Soviet Union since 1993, Nina Khrushcheva and Jeffrey Tayler offer a poignant exploration of the largest country on Earth through their recreation of Vladimir Putin’s fabled New Year’s Eve speech planned across all 11 time zones.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not much meat on the bone
- By A. M. on 03-11-19
By: Nina Khrushcheva, and others
What listeners say about 101 Surprising Facts Around the World That Will Blow Your Mind
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- Rocky Spencer
- 06-09-21
101 Surprising Facts is fun!
This book is informative and fun. If you want to have hours of enjoying and surprising your friends with your knowledge, this would be the audiobook for you. This book takes a dive into 101 mind-blowing facts around the world. So grab a copy, today!
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- Kevin Boccaccio
- 06-14-21
Trivia Fans Will Enjoy This
This book is interesting and educational. Good for adults and children alike. This is a good bases for a friendly competition between friends. Also for a road trip. There is something here for everyone. I may visit Iceland because I hate mosquitos! Who knew? Check it out and see what you can find that will surprise you.
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- Nathan
- 06-24-21
Very interesting facts
Great book when you want to relax your mind or to learn some new things you can share later with your friends. Most of these facts are really mind blowing and surprising.
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- JC
- 06-24-21
This book is so much fun!
This is a great book! Full of interesting fun facts about things you didn't know before. My kids also enjoyed this book. Everyone should read this book. It is fun to listen to this book on a road trip. This book will make you a more interesting person now knowing those fun facts, and those fun facts could be a great conversation starter for you in the future! Get this book for your family, learning is fun!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-18-21
Interesting facts with explanations
I like that this audiobook had interesting facts with explanations for each fact, but some of them were common knowledge (at least for me).
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- Norbert
- 06-24-21
Amazing Audiobook!
This Audiobook is impressive, entertaining. All facts mentioned are unique and surprising. You will know more interesting facts that will amaze you. The Narrator and Author are excellent. I highly recommend this Audiobook. It is worth buying.
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- Ashley J.
- 06-25-21
Travel around the world
It was great to listen to in the car with the kids we learnt a lot of surprising facts of different countries .
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- ShineOn_444
- 06-11-21
Mind Blown!
My boyfriend and I really loved this audiobook that we got to take on a long road trip with us. We're both lifelong learners and gatherer's of information and this one was super fun with very interesting facts and tidbits of stuff we never knew that we wanted to know! However- I am a skeptic of where I am get my information from, so I had to fact check some of the things that I couldn't believe were true, and sure enough they were correct- so, mind blown!
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- Devin P
- 06-16-21
Always learning!
I thought that these facts were great! There were quite a few details that I did not know, and found them interesting and useful. I listened to this while doing some other work and found myself stopping to go "Hmm" more than a few times. Great listen, great narration!
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- NathanS
- 06-22-21
Truly Amazing Facts!
This short little gem that we picked up before our road trip with kids turned out to be a blessing in disguise! Not only did it keep all of us engaged, it also educated us with amazing facts. After listening to it once we started to quiz the kids by pausing the audio. Great fun! What I liked best about this book is that it is divided into 5 chapters each dedicated to a continent and it is jam packed with fun stuff. The author has done a great job of digging up interesting information and the narration is great as well. Highly recommended, specially if you are going on a road trip or any trip for that matter!
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