Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling And Improbable Questions And Answers
By Bill McLain
3/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Is it true that elephants are afraid of mice?
How much gold does the United States store in Fort Knox?
Why do I get a headache when I eat ice cream too fast?
How did the "seventh inning stretch" originate?
As the official webmaster for Xerox, Bill McLain was surprised by the kinds of questions he was receiving, like whether people born blind can see in their dreams and why rabbits are associated with Easter. McLain began to answer each and every question—attracting national attention from MSNBC, CNN, and People—and the result, collected in Do Fish Drink Water?, is a surprising, funny, and informative collection of facts. McLain's answers can often be as wild as the questions and prompt entertaining anecdotes about where he found them. McLain explains how magnets are made, what caused the Great Depression of 1922, and even explains why cats purr. Also included is an extensive list of websites where he conducts research, offering an informative guide to making the most of the Internet.
Bill McLain
The Internet's legendary "Answer Whiz," Bill McLain was Xerox Corporation's official Webmaster. Responsible for the e-mails sent to the company Website, McLain and his team responded to an astounding 750-1,000 questions daily. While most of the e-mails he received were Xerox-related, every day scores of curious fact-seekers wrote with questions ranging from the bizarre to the useful to the downright comical. McLain collected the most memorable of these questions, along with his equally memorable answers, in What Makes Flamingoes Pink? and in its predecessor, Do Fish Drink Water? He lives in Santa Clara, California.
Read more from Bill Mc Lain
Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions and Answers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What Makes Flamingos Pink?: A Colorful Collection of Q & A's for the Unquenchably Curious Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Do Fish Drink Water?
Related ebooks
Why Do Roller Coasters Make You Puke?: Over 150 Curious Questions & Intriguing Answers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFun Facts: The big book of fun and unbelievable facts that will blow your mind! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fun & Interesting Random Facts: 800+ Mind Blowing Facts for Curious Minds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings1500+ Weird, Wacky, and Fascinating Facts: A Fun Facts Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDid You Know Facts Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Amazing Facts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Now You Know Absolutely Everything: Absolutely every Now You Know book in a single ebook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHundreds Of Interesting And Useless Facts. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen Do Fish Sleep?: An Imponderables Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mental Floss: Scatterbrained Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mind Blowing Facts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Are Lobsters Ambidextrous?: An Imponderables Book Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Big Book of Facts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mental Floss: What's the Difference? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting Facts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Brain on Facts: Things You Didn't Know, Things You Thought You Knew, and Things You Never Knew You Never Knew Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings1001 Horrible Facts Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5mental floss presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5501 Astonishing Facts: Interesting and entertaining Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Mental Floss: Genius Instruction Manual Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Answers to Questions You’ve Never Asked: Explaining the What If in Science, Geography and the Absurd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5#TIL: Today I Learned: Hilarious, Entertaining, and Educational Trivia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUncle John's Lists That Make You Go Hmmm... Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Questions & Answers For You
100 Mysteries of Science Explained Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuestions for Terrible People: 250 Questions You'll Be Ashamed to Answer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Financial Statements Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide: A Self-teaching Guide Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Methamphetamine: Its History, Pharmacology and Treatment Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Serial Killer Trivia: Fascinating Facts and Disturbing Details That Will Freak You the F*ck Out Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Listful Thinking: Using Lists to Be More Productive, Successful and Less Stressed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Answers to Questions You've Never Asked: Explaining the 'What If' in Science, Geography and the Absurd Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/575 Questions and Answers about Preparing for the Temple Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuiz Master: 10,000 general knowledge questions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Ton of Crap: The Bathroom Book That's Filled to the Brim with Knowledge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Handy Math Answer Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Family Story Workbook: 105 Prompts & Pointers for Writing Your History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmily Post's Etiquette, 19th Edition: Manners for Today Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flat Earth FAQ Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Handy History Answer Book: From the Stone Age to the Digital Age Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInsider’s Guide to Passing a Drug Test Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Now, That's a Good Question! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sun Pub Quiz: 4000 quiz questions and answers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Lazy Intellectual: Maximum Knowledge, Minimum Effort Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Handy Geography Answer Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ultimate Pub Quiz: General Knowledge and Trivia Questions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCollins Quiz Night: 10,000 original questions in 500 quizzes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jeopardy! Book of Answers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday: 52 Weekends of Essential Knowledge for the Curious Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Do Fish Drink Water?
46 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5lindoo
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome book if you like trivia! Bill McLain answers and elaborates on all kinds of random questions (for whatever reason people decided to ask him), and ends up with a lot of interesting information on various subjects.