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+++ title = "The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects - Emily Prokop" date = 2018-11-24

[taxonomies] tags = ["books", "reviews", "emily prokop", "4 stars"] +++

GoodReads Summary: 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.