5000 Interesting, Fun & Crazy Facts

The Knowledge Encyclopaedia to Win Trivia

By: Scott Matthews

Narrated by: Mandy Grant-Grierson, Christina Ray, Catherine O'Connor, Roch Bordenave

Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Did you know that psychopaths don't have the ability to see the negative consequences of their actions, only the positive ones? Did you know that self-discipline is a better indicator of success than your IQ score? Did you know that the Walt Disney Company is the world’s second biggest buyer of explosives?

If you learned anything in the last few lines, you're going to learn a bunch more in the next 5,000 facts. This book is a four-in-one compilation of our previous best-selling fact series. It's full of interesting information that you can whip out in any conversation. You'll never be lost for words and always have the perfect ice breaker.

You're going to learn more about the world you live in, and some of the topics include:

• Science
• Economics
• Human anatomy
• Animal species
• Space
• And many, many more!

What are you waiting for? Knowledge is power! Come on in, and we’ll delve into the interesting and fascinating facts about the world around us. Scroll up and click the "Buy Now" button now!

©2021 Scott Matthews (P)2021 Scott Matthews

Entertaining!

This is a great title to play in your car when being all by yourself stuck in traffic or on a long and boring drive. The topics are very varied, and some facts are unbelievable amazing, others seriously shocking, and others will make you laugh out loud.

USED GOD NAME IN VAIN

#25 Used God name in vain supposably quoting Richard Nixon I don't care at all if they're copying or what that is worse than any racial slur or comment against me or anyone in this world to me. I'm going to give this book a low rating only because it used God's name in vain I can't believe the narrator even went ahead and read this and broke the ten commandments. let alone any kind of morals she might have had or not had... I now look very down on this Arthur and this narrator I may or may not return the books I have purchased from them.

How to Make a Librarian Cringe

It only took me about six minutes to realize that I didn't care for this book. I generally like random facts books but not this. There is no order or organization to the facts. The information is all over the place. One fact is about a historical figure and the next is about jellybeans. There is no rhyme or reason to the information. The topics do not flow smoothly. It is disorienting. If I hear a fact I like, and forget to hit the bookmark button, there is no way to find that fact again. It is chaotic.

The narration style is unappealing. While the narrators sound pleasant and cheerful enough, there is no storytelling in the delivery. They are simply reading from a list, as a Stepford wife might read from a grocery list. The delivery is shallow. They could be a spokesperson in a commercial selling Vitameatavegamin or behind a fast food counter politely listing the options for dipping sauce. Granted, there isn't much of any storytelling to do. The production team has attempted to make the avalanche of information more appealing by playing an undercurrent of upbeat music in the background but it doesn't help make the torrent of facts more palatable. I recommend passing on this series and instead seeking out an organized fun facts book that wouldn't make a librarian cry tears of appalled anguish.