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  • Now I Know More

  • The Revealing Stories Behind Even More of the World's Most Interesting Facts
  • By: Dan Lewis
  • Narrated by: Anthony Haden Salerno
  • Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (696 ratings)

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Now I Know More

By: Dan Lewis
Narrated by: Anthony Haden Salerno
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Publisher's summary

Dan Lewis, creator of the Webby Award-winning Now I Know newsletter, is back with 101 unbelievable-but-true stories to blow your mind. Get ready to find out the real deal behind a new collection of fascinating facts. From pink camouflaged fighter planes to secret Harry Potter characters, Now I Know More covers everything from history and science to sports and pop culture. You'll learn about made-up towns that made their way onto real maps, the time three MLB teams squared off in a single game, and 99 more curious cases of remarkable trivia. And it's all true. With this audiobook, you really will know more!

©2014 Dan Lewis (P)2014 Audible Inc.
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Critic reviews

"Every story in the book is interesting, and Lewis includes a 'bonus fact' at the end of each story, which is a mini mind bender on its own." (BoingBoing)
"A mind-tickling encyclopedia... Now I Know is a treat in its entirety... an oasis of learning about what you don't yet know... but are glad you found." (Brain Pickings)

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Entertaining & educational

Brief but with you just the right amount of detail. Writing style and reader made it perfect. I learned a lot.

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Interesting Content... but....

I downloaded this to occupy the long hours during my weekly cross-country drives.... and while the content is generally fun and interesting, the narrator, Anthony Haden Salerno, is so annoying, so off-putting, so irritating, that it really detracts from the content. I've done a good bit of narration myself -- not audio books, but a great many video productions, a couple of documentaries, and thousands of commercials -- and I cannot imagine who cast this guy. I think his approach may work for other applications, but not this. Nonetheless, though, if you can get past that, the stories are generally good.

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Interesting information

The content was very interesting, but the narrator's voice got on my nerves. Around every other sentence ended with a breathy, whispery delivery used for drama and emphasis. It quickly became annoying.

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Great addition to Dan's daily emails

Great addition to Dan's daily emails and to his first book. Great for kids as well.

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if jeopardy were a book...

very interesting collection of various bits of trivia. narration a little condisending in tone, but overall not bad.

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I liked this light and funny book!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I recommend this book to whoever interested in reading some funny and interesting facts especially ESL students.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked all the strange facts of copyrights, colors, DNA, movies and shocking historical events!

What about Anthony Haden Salerno’s performance did you like?

Great!!!!!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh!

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Great book

loved it. it was a nice break from my typical novels. Very informative narrators voice very soothing.

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Fun facts!

I've always been a "curious" person..., so this audio book was a good fit for me. I would have liked to have more history with/about the stories..., but otherwise I enjoyed this book a lot. Recommended if you are the "curious" type about life!

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I wanted to know more...

What did you like best about Now I Know More? What did you like least?

The content of the book probably bears out the title; however, I could not get past the narration. The reader does little justice to the text.

If you’ve listened to books by Dan Lewis before, how does this one compare?

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What didn’t you like about Anthony Haden Salerno’s performance?

The "performance" is over the top, overly dramatic, and breathy - to the point of distraction. I could not get past the first two chapters.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No.

Any additional comments?

To prospective buyers: do yourselves a favor, take a pass on this one.

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interesting book

It has a lot of fun trivia, but I question the expertise of some of his sources.

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