by Poppy (Author)

He says he wants nothing. You still have to buy him something.

Another tie goes in a drawer. Another gadget goes back in its box. This is the gift he opens, reads and keeps: 300 outrageously true facts so wild he will swear you made them up.

A few he will be reading aloud by dessert:

• The emu war. In 1932 Australia sent machine guns to war against emus. The emus won.
• Bus jump. In 1952 Tower Bridge started opening with a double decker bus still on it. The driver floored it and jumped the gap. His reward: ten pounds.
• The smell of space. Space has a smell. Astronauts coming in from spacewalks report their suits reek of seared steak and spent gunpowder.

That is barely the warm-up. Every one of the 300 was checked twice, because half of them sound invented.

• Actually illustrated. Bold full page art, not gray walls of text.
• Bar Bets. A giant fact, a full page picture and the real story, so he wins the argument and the drink.
• Rapid Fire pages. Quick hits for coffee breaks and the throne.
• Fact or Fiction quizzes. Real facts hidden among fakes. Even intelligent men get fooled.

You finally solved him. No gift receipt, no polite smile, just a book he keeps by his chair and quotes for years.

Skip the tie aisle. Add it to your cart now and give the man who has everything the one thing he does not have yet.