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These books go into depth on very random topics you didn't know you were interested in.

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    How Every Letter Tells a Story

    Rosen, Michael, 1946-
    Book, 2015Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2015] — 421.1 ROSEN
  • At Home

    a Short History of Private Life

    Bryson, Bill
    Book, 2010New York : Doubleday, c2010. — 643.1 BRYSO
  • Banana

    the Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

    Koeppel, Dan
    Book, 2008New York : Hudson Street Press, c2008. — 634.772 KOE
  • Cannibalism

    a Perfectly Natural History

    Schutt, Bill,
    Book, 2017Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017. — 394.909 SCHUT
  • Color

    a Natural History of the Palette

    Finlay, Victoria
    Book, 2003New York : Ballantine Books, 2003, c2002. — 535.6 FINLA
  • Book, 2007New York : North Point Press, 2007. — 646.704 ASH
  • Don't Make Me Pull Over!

    An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

    Ratay, Richard,
    Book, 2018New York : Scribner, 2018. — 306.0973 R186d
  • Cod

    a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

    Kurlansky, Mark
    Book, 1997New York : Walker and Co., 1997. — 333.95 KUR
  • The Drunken Botanist

    the Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

    Stewart, Amy
    Book, 2013Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013. — 581.632 STEWA
  • Extra Virginity

    the Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

    Mueller, Tom, 1963-
    Book, 2012New York : W. W. Norton, c2012. — 641.6463 MUELL
  • Flow

    the Cultural Story of Menstruation

    Stein, Elissa
    Book, 2009New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2009. — 612.662 STEIN
  • Gardening Can Be Murder

    How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers

    McDowell, Marta,
    Book, 2023Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2023. — LIT
  • Gut

    the Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

    Enders, Giulia,
    Book, 2018Vancouver : Greystone Books, [2018] — 612.3 ENDER 2018
  • The Hidden Life of Trees

    What They Feel, How They Communicate : Discoveries From a Secret World

    Wohlleben, Peter, 1964-
    Book, 2016Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute : Greystone Books Ltd, [2016] — 582.16 WOH
  • High Bias

    the Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

    Masters, Marc,
    Book, 2023Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023] — 621.389 MAS
  • Maphead

    Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

    Jennings, Ken, 1974-
    Book, 2011New York : Scribner, 2011. — 912 JEN
  • Mauve

    How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

    Garfield, Simon
    Book, 2001New York : Norton, 2001. — 921 PERKI
  • OK

    the Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

    Metcalf, Allan A.
    Book, 2011New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011. — 427 METCA