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<p class="lead">Old school dev living in a 2.0 dev world</p>
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<h1 class="post-title">The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects - Emily Prokop</h1>
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2018-11-24
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<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38813455-the-story-behind">GoodReads Summary</a>:
Learn the fascinating history and trivia you never knew about things we use
daily from the host of The Story Behind podcast.</p>
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★★★★☆
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<p>One of the books from the &quot;Trivia Champion&quot; Humble Bundle. And yes, it belongs
to a &quot;Trivia Champion&quot; bundle.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The stories are small and funny.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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