The Other Book... of the Most Perfectly Useless Information

Authors: Symons, Mitchell
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
BISAC/Subject: SEL016000, SEL027000, HUM000000, REF023000
ISBN: 9780061957673, Related ISBNs: 0061957674, 9780061134050, 9780061957673
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 352,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

The latest entry in Mitchell Symons's trivia trifecta is chock-full of more obscure scientific facts, sporting stats, celebrity gossip, and pure trivia than ever!

Did you know that:

  • Polar bears cover their black noses with their paws for better camouflage?

  • John Steinbeck had to rewrite Of Mice and Men because his dog ate the first draft?

  • Wayne Newton is a descendant of Pocahontas?

  • Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood because metal was in short supply?

  • Brooke Shields and Glenn Close are cousins?

  • Diet Coke was invented in 1982. However, in 1379, a Mr. and Mrs. Coke of Yorkshire, England, named their daughter “Diot” (a diminutive of Dionisia, the predecessor of the modern-day name Denise)?

  • Male monkeys go bald in much the same way that men do?

  • James Gandolfini was voted Best Looking by his high school class?

If you are titillated by trivia or fascinated by facts, The Other Book . . . of the Most Perfectly Useless Information will keep you entertained for hours!

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