Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Things You Never Knew You Wanted to Know Anything about

For people with truly enquiring minds, Everything You Always Wanted to Know explodes a few myths, and tells the true story and little-known facts about the history of toilet paper, the evolution of the pretzel, how pet rats came into being, the first president to have a bathtub, the use of dogs in war, where and when the birthday cake originated, and other interesting arcana. Includes 84 historic illustrations. photos, bibliographies, index.