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Strange Stories, Amazing Facts

by Reader's Digest Association · 1975

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The Reader's Digest Book of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts: Stories that are Bizarre, Unusual, Odd, Astonishing, Incredible ... But True

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Some Sample chapters from the book are:

Was Atlantis a legend or fact?

The building of the Great Pyramid of Cheops

History of the can opener

Genre
paranormalparanormalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 608 pages

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