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Authors: John Lloyd,John Mitchinson

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e pluribus unum
1

history of
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ear wax
1

Earth

and Atlas’ hands
1

beliefs about shape of
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discovery of roundness of
1
,
2

distance to Space
1

driest places
1

formation of
1

galaxies visible from
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heaviest living thing
1

largest living thing
1

lightning strikes
1

lush places of
1

magnetic field, and bees
1

mantle
1
,
2

moons of
1
,
2

orbit of
1
,
2
,
3

percentage of water in
1

radius of core
1

rotation of, and day-length
1

earthquakes
1

in Britain
1

largest
1

measurement of
1

Easter Bunny
1

eating, risk of swimming after
1

Ecuador
1
,
2
,
3

Edison, Thomas
1
,
2
,
3

inventions of
1

Edward VI, King
1

Edward VII, King
1
,
2

Efexor
1

 eggs

industry
1

largest
1

Egypt
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

biscuits in
1

courier system in
1

earliest glass artefacts
1

polar bears in
1

Sphinx’s nose
1

Tutankhamun’s curse
1

Einstein, Albert
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Eisenhower, Dwight D.
1

Elcano, Juan Sebastián
1

electroception
1

Electronic Numerical Integrator

and Computer (ENIAC)
1

element, densest
1

elephant bird
1

elephants
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

as largest land mammal
1

sensitivity to colour
1

sleep requirement of
1

not domesticated
1

Elizabeth I, Queen
1
,
2
,
3

Elizabeth II, Queen
1
,
2

Ellis, William Webb
1
,
2

endangered species
1
,
2

Engel, Gerhart
1

Engels, Friedrich
1

Enoch
1

equals sign, origin of
1

equilibrioception
1

Erasmo (saddle-maker)
1

‘Eros’, statue of
1

Eskimos
1

accuracy of nomenclature for
1

and igloos
1

number of words for snow of
1

reach Scotland
1

Eton College
1

European earwig, penises of
1

Eve
1

Evelyn, John
1

Everard, John Courtenay
1

eye-patch, Nelson’s
1

fairy tales
1

Faraday, Michael
1
,
2

Farynor, Thomas
1

Faulkner, William Cuthbert
1

feet, size of
1

feminists, ‘bra-burning’ of
1

fence-makers, deviousness of
1

Fermi, Enrico
1

Fiji
1

fingernails, post-mortem growth of
1

Finland
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

fish

and digestive biscuits
1

fossilised
1

and guano
1

fishermen
1

Fitch, John ‘Crazy’
1

flamingos, pinkness of
1

Fleming, Alexander
1

Fleming, Ian
1
,
2

fluoride
1

flush toilet, invention of
1

food

berries
1

brioche
1

chicken tikka masala
1

chillies
1

chop suey
1

curry
1

 digestive biscuits
1

e pluribus unum
1

fortune cookies
1

French toast
1

goose
1

haggis
1

ice cream
1
,
2
,
3

Jaffa Cakes
1

Marmite
1

nicotine in
1
,
2

nuts
1

pasta
1

porridge
1

potatoes
1
,
2

Quaker Oats
1

Spam
1

and suicide in Lithuania
1

swimming after eating
1

Swiss rolls
1

and tooth decay
1

unusual meat dishes
1
,
2

unusual serving times
1

vegetarianism
1

vending machines
1

vomitaria
1

Football Association
1

Fox, George
1

Fragonard, Jean
1

France
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12

Bastille and
1
,
2

biscuits and
1

cannibalism in
1

cave paintings in
1

champagne and
1

cravats in
1

English lands in
1

French toast invented in
1

Frenchmen and mosquitoes
1

guillotine in
1

and La Marseillaise
1

as largest living thing
1

quatorzièmes
1

sign language
1

troops at Culloden
1

and white flags
1

Francis, duke of Lorraine
1

Francis of Assisi, Saint
1

francium
1

František, Josef
1

Franz, Duke of Bavaria
1

Fraser, Antonia
1

Fresh Kills landfill
1

Freud, Sigmund
1

Friedrich, Caspar David
1

Frobisher, Martin
1

frogs
1

fruit flies
1

Fuller, Thomas
1

Furious
, HMS
1

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