Stories behind everyday things / [editor, Jane Polley ; contributing writers, Peter Chaitin ... et al.]. - Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c1980. - 416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

At head of title: Reader's digest. Includes index.

Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about "things" that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers.

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