# The Explainer

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- Book: [The Explainer](https://www.bookquiver.com/slate-magazine/the-explainer) ([The Explainer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/slate-magazine/the-explainer.md))
- Authors: [Slate Magazine](https://www.bookquiver.com/slate-magazine)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-14-0003-426-0
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2004-03-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

What happens to recalled meat? What’s the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer? How do you stop a lava flow? Does homeowner’s insurance cover murder? And what is Ovaltine anyway?...