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Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Will we ever talk to animals? Are we being told the truth? Are mysterious creatures roaming the Earth? And why, when you’re in the shower, does the shower-curtain always billow in towards you? We don’t know the answers to any of these questions. But don’t worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf – and this book collects their latest findings.

Prepare to have your synapses twisted into a string theorist's nightmare, as Professor Lloyd and his new curator, the startlingly insightful comedian Jon Richardson, hurriedly throw the dust covers off the Museum's clump of empty plinths for a brand new series of the BBC's most improving comedy panel show.

The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside unless it makes you scratch your head, stroke your chin or, at the very least, go 'Hmm'. Secondly, it is almost completely empty. Fortunately, helping to fill its vacant plinths is a gathering of the world's most original minds.

The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside that doesn’t make you scratch your head, stroke your chin or, at the very least, go 'Hmm'. Fortunately, helping to fill its vacant plinths is a gathering...

Una colección de las teorías más alucinantes, sugerentes y divertidas del mundo, a cargo de Dan Schreiber, copresentador del exitoso pódcast No Such Thing as a Fish. ¿Por qué estamos aquí? ¿Existen los fantasmas? ¿Viajaremos alguna vez en el tiempo? ¿Nos visitan extraterrestres? ¿Hablaremos alguna vez con los animales? ¿Nos dicen la verdad? ¿Hay criaturas misteriosas vagando por la tierra? ¿Y por qué cuando te duchas, la cortina siempre se te pega? No conocemos las respuestas a ninguna de estas preguntas.

The perfect book for young curious minds who love to ask WEIRD and WONDERFUL questions. Did dinosaurs beat us to the moon? Is the Loch Ness Monster real? Can imaginary friends come to life? Should we all be learning to speak cat? Want to impress your friends and family with some BANANAS but TRUE...

""A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party."" —Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) ""Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts."" —Chicago Tribune A collection of the world’s most mind-boggling...