Astonishing: Facts that your friends won't believe

Astonishment: Facts to Tell Your Friends That They Won't Believe is a compilation of startling facts gathered over years by the author, interspersed with compelling quotations about the joy of curiosity. If you're writing a story, composing a speech, or just sharing in conversation, these gems will enrich your contribution. What do an orange, a baseball glove, a tarantula, and the Eiffel Tower have in common. Answer - uncommon stories behind each that most people will find hard to believe. Everyone loves to possess little-known facts they can drop into a conversation, a written story, or a spoken presentation. Knowledge builds on what is already known. Therefore as you add to the stockpile of what you know, you create more possible connections. New ideas are often just a new way to connect bits of information. Sometimes facts build and reach a tipping point, a critical mass, and an epiphany emerges. Other times, an assortment of seemingly random facts coalesce into a comprehensible pattern that was unseen until then. And, sometimes, just the bringing out of a unique fact triggers a flood of imagination that allows for the creation of something entirely new. There are over one hundred jaw-dropping snippets to bring your sharing to a new level. They will bend your mind and thinking into new directions with the speed and thrill of a carnival ride. The multitude of carefully chosen quotations are invitational meditations to ponder that restless energy that lies just under the surface of our everyday intentions - the spirit of curiosity.