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Product Description "Why?" is the first question we learn to ask as children and the one our parents have the hardest time answering. This is because "Why?" is the most difficult question to research. Why is the color blue used for boys? Why do worms come out onto sidewalks after a rain? Why do chefs wear tall hats? Everyone knows that . . . . . . Donuts have holes . . . We clink glasses before saying a toast . . . Golfers yell “fore!” before teeing off . . . We not our heads yes and shake our heads no But how many of us know why? You'll learn the answers and a whole lot more in this fun and fact-filled almanac. And all you have to do is ask WHY?! From the Publisher I got lost in this book for hours. There are answers to questions I didn't even know to ask--and they're all fascinating. This book holds the kind of fun and unique facts that will impress and amaze your friends. Do you know why the sea is salty? Why $ means dollars? Why Swiss cheese has holes? Why prostitutes are called "hookers"? Why tennis balls are fuzzy? Intrigued? I was. Now you'll have to buy this book to discover the answers. . . . --Cassie Nylen, Copy Assistant From the Inside Flap ws that...donuts have holes...we clink glasses before saying a toast...golfers yell "fore!" before teeing off...we nod our heads yes and shake our heads no...But how many of us know why? You'll learn the answers and a whole lot more in this fun and fact-filled almanac. And all you have to do is ask WHY?! From the Back Cover Everyone knows that...donuts have holes...we clink glasses before saying a toast...golfers yell "fore!" before teeing off...we nod our heads yes and shake our heads no...But how many of us know why? You'll learn the answers and a whole lot more in this fun and fact-filled almanac. And all you have to do is ask WHY?! About the Author Douglas B. Smith is the author of Ever Wonder Why? and its sequel, More Ever Wonder Why? Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Preface Ever wonder why books have prefaces? The word preface comes from a Latin word praefatio, which means “to speak before.” The purpose of a preface, then, is to speak to the readers before they read the main part of the book and tell them what the book is about. This is a book about WHY: why so many barns are red, why Southern men are nicknamed “Bubba,” why you never see cashew nuts in their shells, why breaking a mirror is seven years bad luck, why a square boxing enclosure is called a “ring,” and why you see those crescent moons carved into outhouses. If questions like these make you wonder, you will like this book. It answers about three hundred such questions, with the emphasis in every case being on why something is the way it is. Not who, what, when, where, or how, but why. “Why?” is the first question we learn to ask as children and the one our parents have the hardest time answering. This is because “Why?” is the most difficult question to research. Books and other publications answer lots of questions about their subjects, but for some reason not usually questions about why. A book on barns may not tell you why so many of them are red, a book on cats might not reveal why their eyes glow in the dark, and a book on marriage customs might not say why the bride stands on the groom’s left. Because of this, ‘why’ questions usually require a lot of digging in strange places. While it is true that some answers can be found rather quickly in obvious places like encyclopedias or other standard reference sources, more often they require research in obscure books, old periodicals, government documents, business publications, trade journals, and frequently consultation with one or more experts. Finding an acceptable answer can take days, months, or longer. For instance, the author has spent over two years trying to find an answer to the question of why yawns are contagious. So far, no luck. On the other hand, there are times when too many a
