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Not the \"What is life?\" sort of questions, but the really hard ones, like \"Why does Mickey Mouse have only four fingers?\" or \"Why don't birds tip over when they sleep on a telephone wire?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere lesser mortals fear to tread, David Feldman charges on undaunted and brings us When Do Fish Sleep?, the third installment of his witty, intelligent, enlightening Imponderables(TM) series. Since 1986, the Imponderables(TM) series has delighted and edified more than 2.1 million readers, as well as the countless visitors to the Imponderables(TM) website, and dauntless players of Malarky, the hugely popular Imponderables(TM) board game. With more than 150 irresistible entries--submitted by his loyal readers--charming illustrations by Kassie Schwan, and more than 300,000 copies sold, When Do Fish Sleep? is one of the author's biggest, funniest, and richest collections of answers to the seemingly unanswerable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeldman's deep dive into our most baffling questions provides answers to life's truly important mysteries: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePop Culture Trivia: \u003c\/b\u003e Find out why Mickey Mouse has four fingers, what Goofy actually is, and why rented bowling shoes are designed to be so ugly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEveryday Science Explained: \u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the real reason roosters crow in the morning, why clouds stay up in the sky, and how a gas pump knows when your tank is full.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFood and Drink Mysteries: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn why cheddar cheese is orange, what flavor bubble gum is supposed to be, and why prepackaged chocolate milk is thicker than homemade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCultural Curiosities: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover why most pencils are painted yellow, why barns are red, and why U.S. paper money is green.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePonder, if you will ...\u003cbr\u003eWhy are tennis balls fuzzy? \u003cbr\u003eHow come birds don't tip over when they sleep on telephone wires?\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes yawning contagious?\u003cbr\u003eWhy, oh why, do roosters have to crow so early in the morning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in \u003cem\u003eWhen Do Fish Sleep?\u003c\/em\u003e -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most baffling questions. 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