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3 unusual facts about David Wallechinsky


Amy Wallace

She was the daughter of writers Irving Wallace and Sylvia Wallace and the sister of writer and populist historian David Wallechinsky.

Paul Biya

"Tyrants, the World's 20 Worst Living Dictators", by David Wallechinsky, ranked Biya with three others commonly in sub-Saharan Africa: Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, and King Mswati of Swaziland.

Surya Bonaly

Georges and Suzanne initially told the media that their daughter had been born on the island of RĂ©union, because, as David Wallechinsky's Complete Book of the Winter Olympics explains, they thought this origin sounded more "exotic".


The Book of Lists

In 2005, a Canadian edition of The Book of Lists was published and credited to David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, Ira Basen and Jane Farrow.

The Book of Predictions

The Book of Predictions was a book published in 1980 and written by David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, and Irving Wallace, the authors of The Book of Lists.


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