T'is funny.
It's the kind of silly funny you have to have the mind for, but if you do, and you want to be in fits of giggles in just a few pages, give this book a try.
It has 100 'facts' that comedian David O'Doherty (yep, him that is currently on tour with Flight Of The Concords) and two others - Claudia O'Doherty and Mike Ahern - came up with. It's hysterical. For example...
Fact #16
Such is the static electricity generated by the thick hair of the panda's coat, in remote parts of China, bears are sometimes brought in from the wild and used as defibrillators to shock heart attack victims back to life. These bears are known in Chinese as Miracle Voltage Bears.
Fact #38
Owing to a quirk of evolution, the panda has retained the same lung capacity as its mammal cousin the blue whale. Potentially, this allows the bears to hold their breath underwater for up to two hours. Unfortunately, evolution has also given the panda a phobia of fish, so they never get the chance to demonstrate this feat.
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