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Why? Interesting Stories, Fun Facts, Questions & Answers about Science, History, Pop Culture, Traditions and More by [Riddleland]

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Have you ever wondered… Why a day has 24 hours? Why is there a hole in the doughnut? Why do we light candles on a birthday cake?

Like many people, you’ve probably asked some of these questions when you were younger or maybe recently. Well, you will be pleasantly surprised to discover the interesting and maybe slightly bizarre origins of the strange things we do.

In Why? Interesting Stories, Fun Facts, Questions & Answers about Science, History, and Pop Culture cover 55 of the most regularly asked questions with fascinating origin stories.

In this book, you will find out about

Why are there 12 months in a year?
Which critter inspired the computer term “bug”?
Why do people bring a tree into their house in December?
Why do we shake hands when meeting people?
Why do horses wear shoes, but cows don’t?
And more…

Having read this book, you will not only know a lot more about the world around you, but you will also likely be asking many more questions. Asking questions leads to a search for knowledge, and knowledge helps to make us wise. Don’t ever stop asking, “Why?”

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10 - 18 years
Print length

213 pages
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English
Grade level

1 - 12
Publication date

October 25, 2022
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BKLQ75W3
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 10191 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 213 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #53,175 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5 in Questions & Answers Reference
- #11 in Trivia Games (Kindle Store)
- #16 in Curiosities & Wonders

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As parents, the biggest riddle we face is always, “Am I doing this parenting thing right?” Well, Riddleland is here to answer that question for you, and the answer is a resounding, “We have no idea because we’re parents, too.”

You see, we’re of the mindset that there is no such thing as perfect; and thus, there is no “right” way to parent your kids — especially when you’re doing your best and working for your family. Because we know that sometimes, doing the right thing for your family means working extra hours or having a side-hustle to provide for them. Sometimes, that means fixing “uh-ohs” while you stay home to raise them. Sometimes, that means putting your own needs on hold to take care of theirs. And sometimes, that means pausing to read a favorite book together and laugh-snorting so hard that you tinkle a little.

Riddleland believes that families are the most important thing in this world, and everything we do is for them. That’s why we take extra care when creating innovative, fun, and age-appropriate concepts that help your kiddos think critically, enjoy reading, and simply be their wonderful selves. That’s why we go above and beyond to support families by having gobs of actually-useful resources for kids, parents, and educators. And — most importantly — that’s why we donate to support children and families in the U.S. and abroad, who don’t have much access to fun and educational books, and why we hire fellow, working-parents to help create our hilarious jokes, hand-drawn illustrations, mind-blowing trivia, and absurd would-you-rather questions that we double-dog dare you to read without laughing.

Pack up the kids (okay, not literally) and take a mental vacay to Riddleland to laugh, learn, and live in the moment.

If you have suggestions for us or want to work with us, shoot us an email at riddleland@riddlelandforkids.com

Our family's favorite quote:

"Creativity is an area in which younger people have a tremendous advantage since they have an endearing habit of always questioning past wisdom and authority."~ Bill Hewlett

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Good family read aloud

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2023

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We recently purchased this book and are reading aloud as a family. The information has been interesting so far. The reason I have taken off one star is for part of the content in Ch. 23 on “why do people wear wedding bands on their left 3rd finger?” The information was very interesting, but then when discussing why not everyone wears a ring on their finger, the author threw in “and some two-timing men will slide their wedding ring off their finger and into their pocket to let the patrons know that they are available.” This is labeled as a children’s book and this particular line was completely unnecessary in my opinion.

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Tim A.

Super fun facts

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 25, 2023

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This book was full of ( mostly) fun and fascinating facts. I always enjoy reading about the ‘why’ behind common habits and beliefs. This book did not disappoint, it was full of well written explanations; I enjoyed every one.

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Angela Fullmer

A book for the curious.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 1, 2023

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This book was extremely insightful and gave thorough answers to questions many probably wonder about. From why we put candles on birthday cakes to why people give toasts. I found all the information fascinating and lot of it I had never heard before. If you like random facts, you will love this book. It have a wide variety of answers to intriguing questions.

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Missy Richardson

Interesting and fun facts

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 29, 2022

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This book can answer any two year olds questions of why! It is full of fun and interesting facts for anything you could possibly want to know. It ranges from why do we decorate Christmas trees, to why we give out poppy's on Veterans Day to why do birds poop on our cars, LOL.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 22, 2022

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I love books that are fun and educational at the same time. Not only does it keep the children reading and interested, they learn wonderful facts. This book is filled with illustrations, questions and humor. Wonderful book to give as a gift, any time of the year.
Highly recommended.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 2, 2022

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I really did enjoy this fun book full of interesting stories and questions about science, pop culture and our history. It helped me gain more understanding of our world around us and there were so many questions that I pondered about and finally got the answers to. Bravo!

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Mark A. Shryock

A fun interesting read…even for adults!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 22, 2022

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I bought this book for my eleven year old daughter who is always asking me questions like this book ask and answers. I looked the book over and ended up reading the whole thing in one setting. It is a fun read and is well researched. I really like the fun facts at the end of each answered questions. I learned a lot from this book. I never knew for example so many birds die a year from flying into windows and why birds keep pooping on my car window…a red car witch according to the author birds love to target. My daughter loved this book as well. Highly recommended for kids and adults.

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Book Lover

So interesting for kids and adults alike!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022

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This is a really great book. What makes it so great? Well, the illustrations, for one. The illustrations are very professional and unique. I also like that this is a full-size book. The subject matter is what really makes this book stand out. This book has so many facts that are interesting to adults as well. I enjoyed reading the section about the questions everyone would like answered but are too afraid to ask. I also think it's great that there is a section on technology. It's easy for kids to remember that there was a time that we didn't have the technologies they have grown so accustomed to.

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Mon G

Great book for all ages including adults!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 9, 2023

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I absolutely love this book, and so does my 9yo. It’s easy to read, and well written in an informative but easy to understand way. Lots of fun facts that I didn’t even know as an adult! My 9yo loves bedtime with me reading this book as we both learn stuff together, even to the point where he’s remembering what he’s learnt in the book, and asking people if they know the reason why things are the way they are. It’s a good sized book (about A4 size) so the font is a good size, and easy to read. Buy it, you won’t regret it!!

Emma Kilkelly

An interesting book, entertaining for the whole family - a real page-turner!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 20, 2022

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I bought this book for a reluctant reader in the family -- and the book has worked a treat ... they've not put it down, but instead they keep regaling us with snippets of a wide variety of different interesting facts that we'd not heard of before! Fun and entertaining! The book looks great with its presentation -- very happy with it thanks!

Happy shopperAmazon Customer

Great for inquiring minds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 6, 2023

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Gift for an 8year old boy. He’s having a lot of fun with it

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Shawn

Quick wiki tales

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 9, 2022

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Cute wiki tales of common traditions from throwing rice after a wedding and the happy couple wearing their rings on their third finger to why people drive on the right side of the road in Europe and across the Americas.

Rose

Very American

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on November 21, 2022

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If you don't live in America, I would avoid buying this book. I was really disappointed as so many American topics. Plus, why have so many pages devoted to boogers (mucus in the nose!) Ridiculous.

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