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| '''Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts''' is a collection of facts and trivia in a book edited by Sir Isaac Asimov. [[Steve Merchant]]'s parents bought him a secondhand copy for Christmas one year and he brought it into the studio twice to stimulate discussion with [[Karl Pilkington]], one fact of which he included both times.
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| ==[[26 January 2002]] Episode==
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| *The ancient Egyptians trained baboons to wait on tables
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| *In 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz who concealed his weapon under a handkerchief
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| *City Ordinance Number 352 in Pacific Grove California makes it a misdemeanour to kill or threaten a butterfly
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| *Sauerkraut was renamed 'Liberty Cabbage' by Americans during World War I
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| *In their denunciation of all things German (during World War I), some Americans kicked Dachshunds
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| ==[[29 November 2003]] Episode==
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| *The ancient Egyptians trained baboons to wait on tables
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| *Peter the Great killed his wife's lover and put his (the lover's) head in a jar of alcohol in her bedroom.
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| *Officially, the 2nd World War is not over because no official treaty has been signed between Germany and Russia.
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| *In Babylon, sick people would be sat in the city center to be assisted by passers-by who'd had the same illness.
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| ==External Links==
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| [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Isaac-Asimovs-Book-Facts-Asimov/dp/0517065037/ Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts] at Amazon.co.uk
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| [[Category:Books]]
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Revision as of 14:01, 2 February 2010
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