So You Think You Know It All

Hauptbeschreibung

'Full of fun facts and trivia nuggets, perfect for lovers of all things quintessentially British' My WeeklyA compendium of extremely interesting and slightly strange true storiesDid you know that Hitler wanted to change the rules of cricket?Or that a 61-year-old retiree once stole a million-pound portrait from the National Gallery in protest at his TV licence?Have you heard about the baron framed for a bank robbery by the South African secret police who was spared jail because of a truanting schoolboy?Or that the world's first cash machine had a small man hidden inside on its launch day in case of a breakdown?All this, and much, much more in this entertaining must-have collection of amazing facts and strange-but-true stories that will fascinate the whole family.Based on true stories featured on The One Show.

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'Full of fun facts and trivia nuggets, perfect for lovers of all things quintessentially British' My WeeklyA compendium of extremely interesting and slightly strange true storiesDid you know that Hitler wanted to change the rules of cricket?Or that a 61-year-old retiree once stole a million-pound portrait from the National Gallery in protest at his TV licence?Have you heard about the baron framed for a bank robbery by the South African secret police who was spared jail because of a truanting schoolboy?Or that the world's first cash machine had a small man hidden inside on its launch day in case of a breakdown?All this, and much, much more in this entertaining must-have collection of amazing facts and strange-but-true stories that will fascinate the whole family.Based on true stories featured on The One Show.

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