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