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Miniminuteman is an American YouTuber who makes videos about archaeology and has a couple series on his channel. They are either currently being updated or on hold: Awful Archaeology, where he puts himself through pain to discuss awful conspiracies and false findings, where he formerly used a wheel to pick a topic at the end of each episode; This Month in Archaeology is a series in which he updates his viewers on what's going on in the world of archaeology in the past month; and Lost Lineage, where he talks about distant ancestors to humans that have either been lost to time or of which there is little information on. He also makes videos debunking conspiracy theories.

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Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past.   No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful , a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history .   Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two).   With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life —childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including:  

• The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl
• What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii
• The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye
• Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas
• How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game
• And much more!

  Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life. The  Wonderpedia series  offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.  

• Print length 256 pages
• Language English
• Publisher Wellfleet Press
• Publication date Oct. 3 2023
• Dimensions 15.24 x 2.29 x 21.59 cm
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wellfleet Press (Oct. 3 2023)
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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1577153413
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1577153412
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Milo Rossi is an environmental scientist, an archaeologist, and science educator hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. His earliest skills as orator and short film maker morphed into an inspiring, social-media educator in 2021. With an insatiable interest in both the history of our planet and humankind as a whole, Milo leveraged his effusive personality to create media channels for understanding archaeology, prehistory, and travel discovery including his first book, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful.

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• The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl
• What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii
• The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye
• Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas
• How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game
• And much more!

Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past.   No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of...

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This book was all sorts of weird and wonderful! I can see my younger patrons at the library soaking this book up! I will definitely recommend this for purchase in my library!

I'm a big fan of trivia, so a book called The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful caught my attention. It lives up to its name as you can find all sorts of information about odd topics. The colorful illustrations and graphics will hold the attention of all ages while the facts will give them something to think about. The book covers all of history up until current time, and will keep readers busy for hours. Anyone that wants to have some out of the way information on things will like this book. I received a free ARC of the book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful. This book is a great purchase for any library with patrons who love the weird world with a side of history and fun facts to bring to the dinner table. Full of quick wit, this read can easily engage adults, teens, and children. I appreciate the easy to read format, clean illustrations, and easy to navigate contents. This book would be a great and engaging tool for teaching research skills or to enhance any library collection. I will be adding this to my collection.

This was a delightfully interesting book filled with both the weird and the wonderful. I learned a ton reading this book and I think younger ages would especially enjoy it. The author writes well and engagingly, drawing the reader into all the incredible facts they describe. 4.5/5

A wonderful book for readers of any age. We had a party and everyone had to draw a page number and share the story. It was a wonderful way to keep the conversations flowing and we all had a very good time. I certainly hope Milo Rossi had as much fun writing this book as we did reading it!

This book is great for the person who loves to learn. It is filled with amazing things that I never knew about before.

These pages aren’t very exciting to look at, but the information they contain is very fascinating and engaging. From household items to nature and beyond, these explanations are written in an easy to understand language and sometimes engaging storylines. While it is not a book intended for the youngest among us, you can easily take some of the information and share it with those who are four and six and have them be excited about learning also.

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Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past.   No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful , a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history .   Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two).   With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life —childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including:  

• The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl
• What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii
• The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye
• Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas
• How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game
• And much more!

  Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life. The  Wonderpedia series  offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.  

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Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past.   No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful , a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history .   Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two).   With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life —childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including:  

• The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl
• What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii
• The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye
• Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas
• How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game
• And much more!

  Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life. The  Wonderpedia series  offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.  

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Milo Rossi is an environmental scientist, archaeologist, and science educator residing near Boston, Massachusetts. Milo has an incredible audience of 1.8M followers on TikTok and 910K subscribers on YouTube. With an insatiable interest in our planet’s history and human evolution, Milo has leveraged his effusive personality to teach a rapidly growing audience about archaeology, prehistory, and travel discovery. Graduating from the University of Maine in 2022, Milo’s expertise of interdisciplinary sciences and their truths inspires learning among a far-reaching audience with an engaging teaching style and quick-witted humor. The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is Milo’s first published book.

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The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful: Curious and Incredible Facts that Will Blow Your Mind

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Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past.   No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful, a compilation of 92 funny, strange, and strangely funny tales throughout human history.   Milo Rossi, the inquisitive mind behind the popular @miniminuteman on TikTok and YouTube, invites you to consider our own place in the long timeline of human development with this collection of anecdotes that shares the foibles, joys, and heartbreaks of being human (and an odd Neanderthal or two).   With chapters organized by the different stages and aspects of life—childhood, food and drink, friendship, play and leisure, rites and rituals, love and sexuality, fashion and beauty, education and work, sickness and health, and, of course, death—dive into a treasure trove of intriguing facts and stories, including:  

• The Paleolithic cave art of a five-year-old girl
• What you would have eaten in ancient Pompeii
• The surprising and stinky origins of royal Tyrian purple dye
• Ol’ Rip, the immortal (?) horned lizard from Texas
• How to win a round of the Royal Game of Ur, a nearly 5,000-year-old board game
• And much more!

  Covering various facets of everyday life, The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is sure to make you laugh, provide some spark to your next conversation, and, maybe, even give you a new perspective on how best to live this thing called life.

The Wonderpedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy illustrated references on a range of intriguing topics, including archeological discoveries, world mythology, pop culture, global superstitions, and the fascinating stories behind signs and symbols. A cross-cultural exploration of what makes humans tick, this series magnifies the connective threads between us across time and geography and demystifies the surprising, confounding sides of life.  

About the Author

Milo Rossi is an environmental scientist, archaeologist, and science educator residing near Boston, Massachusetts. Milo has an incredible audience of 1.8M followers on TikTok and 910K subscribers on YouTube. With an insatiable interest in our planet’s history and human evolution, Milo has leveraged his effusive personality to teach a rapidly growing audience about archaeology, prehistory, and travel discovery. Graduating from the University of Maine in 2022, Milo’s expertise of interdisciplinary sciences and their truths inspires learning among a far-reaching audience with an engaging teaching style and quick-witted humor. The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful is Milo’s first published book.

Praise for The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful: Curious and Incredible Facts that Will Blow Your Mind

“A fun and informative book for students interested in the big  picture questions that have shaped humanity”— Shelley M. Diaz , School Library Journal

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