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The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling? The keen minds of the Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains, they have gathered together the juiciest fruits of their never-ending quest for answers. For an uncommonly interesting read, take a peek at some Uncommon Knowledge - and pass it on! The world only gets more amazing when discoveries are shared.

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Uncommon Knowledge: Extraordinary Things That Few

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      Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/11/2019
      ISBN13: 9781788163323, 978-1788163323
      ISBN10: 178816332X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling? The keen minds of the Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains, they have gathered together the juiciest fruits of their never-ending quest for answers. For an uncommonly interesting read, take a peek at some Uncommon Knowledge - and pass it on! The world only gets more amazing when discoveries are shared.

      Trade Review
      For Go Figure: "Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything -- Mark Mason * Daily Mail *
      An uncommonly brilliant little book -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *

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