The Book of Origins : Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the Peoplewe Know, the Languages We Speak, and t

An entertaining treasury of trivia and facts offers information on the origins of everyday items, detailing how and when things began, where they came from, and why they started as it celebrates the work of explorers, scientists, and inventors of everything from Chinese fortune cookies to the electric chair. Original.