Mister Lubbock’s Miscellanea of Essential Facts and Useless Trivia
by Paulo Ferreira
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Did you know that the oxygen you breathe today has already passed through the lungs of Napoleon and Genghis Khan? Or that the water you just drank was acquainted with Jesus Christ’s kidneys? Or that astrology is still based on the location of celestial bodies, even though the universe is expanding? Penicillin was discovered by chance, and so was viagra. And post its only exist because of an attempt to not waste glue that turned out to be a failure (and because God is good). Newton thought that inventing calculus was important, but not as much as studying the distinguished science that was alchemy. This might just be why our brain tries so hard to fill in the blanks in our memory with false imagens and facts. Speaking of fake news, can we stop arguing over whether Columbus was Portuguese or Spanish, because the first people to arrive in America were the vikings.
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Author Biography
Paulo Ferreira is a former furniture maker and locksmith’s apprentice. Former call centre operator. Former creator of assorted content, namely for instruction manuals and tourism websites. Former advertising professional. Literary agent, cultural promoter, entrepreneur, jogger, teacher, lecturer. He lives in Lisbon, where he was born in 1980.
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- Publisher/Imprint Penguin Random House / Objectiva
- Orginal LanguagePortuguese
- ISBN/Identifier 9789896656614
- Publication Country or regionPortugal
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 16.30 EUR
- Pages143
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleMiscelânea de Factos Essenciais e Curiosidades Inúteis do Senhor Lubbock
- Copyright Year2018
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