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Dewey Decimal Number: 031.02 EAN: 9780060162948 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0060162945 Label: Harpercollins Manufacturer: Harpercollins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 265 Publication Date: 1991-11 Publisher: Harpercollins Studio: Harpercollins Editorial Review: Product Description: Ponder, if you will What happens to your Social Security number when you die? Why are peanuts listed as an ingredient in plain M&Ms? Why is Barbie's hair made out of nylon, but Ken's hair is plastic? What makes up the ever-mysterious "new-car smell"? Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Do Penguins Have Knees? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions. Part of the Imponderables® series, Do Penguins Have Knees? arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of how beer was kept cold in the Old West? Average Rating:
 Rating:  - So THAT'S the Answer To My Question!It's a fun, informative book that holds the interest of pre-teens and adults alike. I would recommend the whole series to everyone. Rating: - good bookThis book is good, it has the answers to questions that people have always wondered. Rating: - Even someone who hasn't read a book in years will like this one.Feldman keeps producing these books of imponderables;and they just keep getting better all the time. His books just go on asking questions and producing answers about those unlimited number of things we've all wondered about,and even many that we have come to accept as "that's just the way it is". Feldman encourages his readers to send in their own imponderables to answer ;much in the same way that Allan Funt did with Practical Jokes on "Candid Camera " and Robert Ripley did with his ... Read More Rating:  - Feldman does it again!As a kid, asking inumerable "stupid" questions was sure to get a weary "Go look it up" from a parent. Unfortunately, as a kid, I didn't have the innumerable resources at the fingertips of the Imponderables crew. As always, David Feldman and his team of information hunters have compiled questions from all over, some of which kept me going until I read the answer! If you want to have an interesting afternoon while it's raining outside, get together some friends. Open up the book to a random ... Read More Rating: - Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know..And Then SomeDo Penguins Have Knees? is a great book with a great concept. It answers all of life's little imponderables that you always wanted to know the answer to but never knew who to ask. The questions range from, "Why do cats like to be scratched behind the ears?" to "How did they keep beer cold in the Old West?". In the back of the book are Frustables (Imponderables that have not been solved), a Frustable update (new answers to old Frustables), an index to this book, and an index to all of the other Imponderables ... Read More |
