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I Used to Know That

Stuff You Forgot from School

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Can you remember how photosynthesis works? Well, what about quadratic equations? Or the names of all the Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice? How about Henry VIII’s wives, conjunctions, inertia, the continents of the world and the Seven Deadly Sins? And what on earth is the point of pi? Let’s face it, there are an awful lot of half-remembered things floating around in our heads.

This witty and very insightful book gathers together the facts, fiction, figures, and formulae we all learnt at school, and is guaranteed to have you exclaiming, ‘I used to know that!’

©2008 Michael O’Mara Books Limited (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Witty Military
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Loved the narrator's voice and thought the book factual. One to listen to in the background in the hope it subconsciously goes in.

Compact and enjoyable

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that the Netherlands are situated in Asia.
The BBC, not what it used to be.

Trust the BBC to tell you

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Overall, some very good top-line content. Very well narrated by Joan. Certainly met my expectations!

Very useful

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Well told, Joan has an engaging voice and rose to the task of narrating what often turned out to be a list of lists in an exemplary way. However, this didn't work anything like as well as Caroline's "A Classical Education" did. Some of the facts were just plain wrong. The Capital of the Netherlands is certainly Amsterdam but it definitely isn't in Asia!

Comedy of Errors!

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it wasnt a bad book I really liked to begin with then it told me stuff that I still know I guess it was an OK read

its was alright

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