1000 Things Worth Knowing


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(3.8 stars; 18 reviews)

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that he thinks should be in our bank of general knowledge. He includes a large section on medical emergency and health. Items are arranged in alphabetical order, so there is no logical presentation, but reference is made easy. Or, it is just interesting browsing, and a glimpse into the world of the early twentieth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson (8 hr 27 min)

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Preface 1:22 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Acetylene Gas - Artificial Ice 5:35 Gelesen von Logan Lorenz
Atlantic Cable 6:52 Gelesen von Pamela Nagami
Atmosphere - Birth Stones 5:51 Gelesen von Zozue
Blind - Brook Farm 5:38 Gelesen von Zozue
Calculating Interest 11:03 Gelesen von Zozue
Canals - Celluloid 6:48 Gelesen von Zozue
Certified Checks - Climate and Temperature 4:47 Gelesen von Zozue
Coal Industry - Comets 4:58 Gelesen von Zozue
Common Measurements - Communism and Socialism 5:09 Gelesen von BettyB
Comparative Population of the United States - Corsets 12:31 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
Cosmetics - Crust of the Earth 5:19 Gelesen von BettyB
Daguerreotypes - Digestibility of Foods 4:39 Gelesen von BettyB
Distances Between Cities in the United States 28:46 Gelesen von BettyB
Diving Bells - Dynamite 5:35 Gelesen von BettyB
Earth Facts - Earthquakes 5:36 Gelesen von BettyB
Earthquake Areas of the Earth - Embezzlement 5:47 Gelesen von Adele Pooley
Errors of History - Esperanto 5:00 Gelesen von BettyB
Failures - Farm Production 11:33 Gelesen von Pam Jameson
First Trans-Atlantic Steamship - Foretelling the Weather 5:21 Gelesen von Amelia Chesley
Freemasonry - Grain Industry 4:58 Gelesen von BettyB
Gravity - Great Tunnels 4:47 Gelesen von BettyB
Hair Growers - Health 4:03 Gelesen von GrimsonB
Historical Facts 14:03 Gelesen von BettyB
Holy Grail - Insane 6:26 Gelesen von BettyB
Iron Industry - Languages of the World 3:26 Gelesen von BettyB
Large Cities of North America Akron, O. - Muskogee, Okla. 11:26 Gelesen von BettyB
Large Cities of North America Nashua, N. H. - Winnipeg, Man. 10:34 Gelesen von BettyB
Law - Liquor and Wine Industry 8:22 Gelesen von BettyB
Literature - Moon 5:59 Gelesen von BettyB
Mortality - Naturalization 5:20 Gelesen von Adele Pooley
Newspapers - Ocean Ownership 4:50 Gelesen von BettyB
Old Time Ships - Partnership 5:41 Gelesen von Adele Pooley
Patent Medicines 7:45 Gelesen von Eva Staes
Perpetual Motion - Pole Star 3:29 Gelesen von Adele Pooley
Population and Land Area of the United States - Population Per Square Mile 22:55 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
Porto Rico - Principal Countries of the World 10:25 Gelesen von BettyB
Printing Presses - Pure Food 7:33 Gelesen von WilkieMills
Pyramids - Roads 6:19 Gelesen von Pam Jameson
Round Table - Seven Deadly Sins 4:38 Gelesen von Marta A
Seven Liberal Arts - Ship Bells 5:55 Gelesen von Marta A
Slavery - Solar System 6:10 Gelesen von Marta A
Some Things Worth Knowing - Spectacles and Glasses 3:32 Gelesen von BettyB
Sporting, Speed, and Other Records - Airship Records - Endurance Records 6:44 Gelesen von Foon
Sporting, Speed, and Other Records - Hammer Throwing - Shot Putting Professional 7:15 Gelesen von Foon
Sporting, Speed, and Other Records - Skating Amateur - Walking Records Professi… 9:07 Gelesen von Foon
Standard Time - Stars, Their Number 4:52 Gelesen von Amelia Chesley
Star Spangled Banner - Statistics of Population United States, by States 12:19 Gelesen von BettyB
Stature and Weights 11:01 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
Steam Engine - Sugar Industry 4:30 Gelesen von Foon
Sunday Schools - Telegraph 5:15 Gelesen von Foon
Telephone - Thunder 5:07 Gelesen von Foon
Ticket-of-Leave - Tom Thumb 4:45 Gelesen von Foon
To Produce Different Colors - Turbines 5:12 Gelesen von Foon
Type - United States Flag 4:15 Gelesen von Foon
United States History in Brief 9:28 Gelesen von BettyB
University Extension - Watered Stock 4:32 Gelesen von Marta A
Wealth of Nations - Wedding Anniversaries 3:24 Gelesen von BettyB
Weights and Measures 10:14 Gelesen von Foon
What to Do in Emergencies 4:36 Gelesen von Eva Staes
Accidents - Baths 3:54 Gelesen von Foon
Bleeding - Chilblains 4:57 Gelesen von Foon
Cleanliness - Diphtheria 4:48 Gelesen von Foon
Disinfectants - Dog Bites 3:22 Gelesen von Marta A
Drowning 3:58 Gelesen von Marta A
Drowning Another Method - Emergencies with Children 3:54 Gelesen von Marta A
Emergency Medicines - Glycerin 3:30 Gelesen von Eva Staes
Emergency Medicines - Peppermint - Emetics and Stimulants 3:14 Gelesen von Eva Staes
Exercise - Fainting 4:22 Gelesen von Foon
Feeding an Invalid - Fumigating a Sick-Room 4:17 Gelesen von Foon
Getting Things into the Eye, Nose, Ear, etc. - Hiccoughs 3:58 Gelesen von Marta A
How to Avoid Accidents - Neuralgia 4:55 Gelesen von Marta A
Poison - For Poisonous Mushrooms 5:05 Gelesen von Amelia Chesley
Pulse - Scalds and Burns 4:17 Gelesen von Marta A
Shock or Collapse -Sore Throat 3:44 Gelesen von RussellEric
Sprains - Sunstroke 3:37 Gelesen von RussellEric
Temperature of the Body - Vomiting 3:54 Gelesen von RussellEric
Wills - Woman's Suffrage 3:38 Gelesen von RussellEric
Women Voters - Yankee Doodle 4:32 Gelesen von Larry Wilson

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Trivia and Statistics


(3 stars)

There are a lot of statistics which I think the author copied directly from US Census results. He also gave some good advice about not taking other people's medicine, but most of the emergency medical treatment is dreadfully out of date.


(3 stars)

that sure enough is a thousand things I truly appreciate having knowledge of now knowing, and now can rest easy with that thoughtful insight..... I think 🤔


(0.5 stars)

should be called who the hell cares oh my God waste of time