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title = "The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects - Emily Prokop"
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date = 2018-11-24
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38813455-the-story-behind):
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Learn the fascinating history and trivia you never knew about things we use
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daily from the host of The Story Behind podcast.
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{{ stars(stars=4) }}
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One of the books from the "Trivia Champion" Humble Bundle. And yes, it belongs
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to a "Trivia Champion" bundle.
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The whole book consists on small stories about random objects: The smiley face,
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the revolver, the hydrant, the wiper, all consist in a small story behind it
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or some anecdote, like a campus on war due a water gun.
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The stories are small and funny.
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The only problem I had (and, again, personal problem) is that it is too
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American-centric. I mean, the whole war on a water gun mentions an American
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university; Dr Pepper is mostly unknown in Brazil; 90% of the people mentioned
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are American -- and, by the way, the little anecdote about the water gun has
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absolutely no relation to the creation of the product.
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