| The World's Greatest Book of Useless Information: If You Thought You Knew All the Things You Didn't Need to Know - Think Again Contributor(s): Botham, Noel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0399535020 ISBN-13: 9780399535024 Publisher: Tarcherperigee OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: Did you know that snails can sleep for three years without eating? Or that the average four-year-old asks over 400 questions a day? The Useless Information Society was formed by some of Britain's best-loved journalists, who meet regularly to swap new nuggets of trivia. This is the third collection of their incredible, fascinating, and utterly trivial findings. Each page is packed with off-the-wall, mind boggling facts guaranteed to amuse and delight in equal measure. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Trivia - Games & Activities | Trivia |
| Dewey: 031.02 |
| LCCN: 2009003589 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 4.56" W x 7.98" (0.33 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information-a collection of even greater insignificance. More useless than ever before Impress know-it-all friends with this all-new hodgepodge of frivolous facts and silly statistics that no one really needs to know. But honestly, how cool is it to find out that... ? There is a place in Maryland called Monkey's Eyebrow ? Giving yellow flowers is a sign of bad luck in Russia ? One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns ? Paper can be made from asparagus This is the book that will also tell you... ? The meaning of 'mageirocophobia' ? Where it is illegal to kill a butterfly ? Huckleberry Finn's remedy for warts ? What bodily fluid the Romans used as a hair treatment And much, much more |