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Hatches, Matches and Despatches

By (author) Jenny Paschall, By (author) Ron Lyon

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Fascinating, bizarre and hilarious facts about the most universal of experiences of life â€“ birth, death and matrimony â€¦ All the female eggs needed to produce the next generation of the human race could be contained in the shell of one chickenâ€™s egg â€¦ Winston Churchill was born in a ladiesâ€™ cloakroom â€¦ Attila the Hun drank himself to death on his wedding night â€¦ in Tanzanian weddings the bride and groom sit on the lap of an old woman â€¦ Indian Chief Blackbird was buried sitting on his horse â€¦ From Roman births to Bedouin wedding feasts, from the touching tale of the marriage of two white rhinos to the gruesome stories of the final resting places of Oliver Cromwellâ€™s head and Gallileoâ€™s fingers, Hatches, Matches and Dispatches reveals the true facts of life!

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