A WAREHOUSE OF STRANGE AND MARVELOUS FACTS AND STORIES SAVED FROM OBSCURITY

The first trivia book from the team behind the popular history podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, exploring all kinds of strange and marvelous facts and stories you never knew you wanted to learn about.

Have you ever fallen down a rabbit hole? Have you ever gotten lost chasing a fact, a hunch, or an intriguing piece of cultural trivia? Then the Rabbit Hole Detectives – Richard Coles, Cat Jarman, and Charles Spencer – are here to do the digging for you.

Why were eight WWII Hurricane fighter planes buried in Ukraine? What do chimpanzees have to do with the invention of toilet paper? How many sticks of dynamite should not be used to blow up a whale? Which ancient civilization liked a short tongue and a shaved head?

The Rabbit Hole Book follows Richard, Cat, and Charles as they investigate and explain strange and fascinating curiosities from history, sharing stories that are often astonishing as well as captivating, as unexpected as they are hilarious or deeply moving.

Pages: 352, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm