Because I said so! the truth behind the myths, tales and warnings every generation passes down to its kids

"New York Times" bestselling author and all-time "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings delivers a characteristically engaging and surprisingly useful new book, revealing the truth behind all the terrible things our parents used to warn us about.

Main Author: Jennings, Ken, 1974-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2012.
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
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Summary: "New York Times" bestselling author and all-time "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings delivers a characteristically engaging and surprisingly useful new book, revealing the truth behind all the terrible things our parents used to warn us about.
Physical Description: xvii, 237 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9781451656251
1451656254
9781476706962
1476706964
Author Notes: Ken Jennings is the author of Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks and Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, about his record-breaking 2004 appearance on the quiz show Jeopardy!, as well as Ken Jenningss Trivia Almanac. He lives outside Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Mindy, and his son, Dylan, and daughter, Caitlin, to whom he gives only the best advice.