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Dumb History: The Stupidest Mistakes Ever Made
by
Joey Green (Goodreads Author)
A book that proves idiocy is as old as time
Think civilization has deteriorated and that people these days are dumber than ever? Dumb History proves that we didn’t invent stupidity in the 21st century. You’ll find facts from throughout the ages about everyone from Cleopatra and Napoleon to Elvis Presley and even NASA scientists.Consider this:
In 820 C.E., Emperor Hsien Tsung...more
Think civilization has deteriorated and that people these days are dumber than ever? Dumb History proves that we didn’t invent stupidity in the 21st century. You’ll find facts from throughout the ages about everyone from Cleopatra and Napoleon to Elvis Presley and even NASA scientists.Consider this:
In 820 C.E., Emperor Hsien Tsung...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
May 29th 2012
by Plume
(first published April 24th 2012)
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It truly is a wonder we've survived as long as we have. This book made me laugh over and over. I loved the small blurbs, they were just the right length to get the punchline across. There is not one person exempt from this kind of book, we all know we've done a few hysterical things-though maybe not funny or ironic enough to write about.
The readers will learn plenty of random facts they can later tell others when searching for a random conversation topic. The book doesn't organize the blurbs, b...more
The readers will learn plenty of random facts they can later tell others when searching for a random conversation topic. The book doesn't organize the blurbs, b...more
Mistakes Make Brilliance
Everyone makes mistakes, even smart people. To a certain extent, brilliance is a product of multiple failures. It’s easy to credit an inventor with a dazzling idea which benefits society. But we often don’t realize the many failures it took to create such an idea.
This principle caused intrigue in Joey Green’s latest book, Dumb History. I wanted to discover the failures behind the brilliant people in history through humorous short stories.
High on Low Brow Humor, Low on S...more
Everyone makes mistakes, even smart people. To a certain extent, brilliance is a product of multiple failures. It’s easy to credit an inventor with a dazzling idea which benefits society. But we often don’t realize the many failures it took to create such an idea.
This principle caused intrigue in Joey Green’s latest book, Dumb History. I wanted to discover the failures behind the brilliant people in history through humorous short stories.
High on Low Brow Humor, Low on S...more
This book has some value if you need some quick talking points our if you want to wow others with your random knowledge at a party. Other than that, it's fairly boring. I was expecting a collection of funny facts that would keep me amused for a few hours. Unfortunately, these are just random historical facts. Some were slightly amusing, but most were just there.
I also think the book could have been improved by organizing the facts, either into groups or chronologically. As it is, they are just r...more
I also think the book could have been improved by organizing the facts, either into groups or chronologically. As it is, they are just r...more
Goodreads Giveaway.
I would have liked this book better if it had been organized into chapters by category instead of the apparently random arrangement. I was surprised how many of the anecdotes I had read elsewhere or knew just from general knowledge.
I would have liked this book better if it had been organized into chapters by category instead of the apparently random arrangement. I was surprised how many of the anecdotes I had read elsewhere or knew just from general knowledge.
I love this book. It's filled with short, pithy, fun, bite-sized factoids that made me laugh out loud. This book would make a great gift for anyone, really. I gave a copy to my nephew who just graduated from college, and he ate it up.
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What a great trivia book! This book has a wide range of information from Aristotle to the present day. Each entry has a full explanation, which is much appreciated and lacking in most trivia books. It is a fascinating collection of information for people who want to what and why.
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An easy, fun read. Would have liked it better if the facts were put into categories (sports, presidents, etc) for easy lookup later. Won this book from Goodreads Giveaways and was impressed that it came autographed and with a note!
This is a "bathroom" read, with little new "stuff" to offer. I think the title has more to do with the author's choices than historical idiocy.
This book did deliver on the "Dumb" promise but not so much on the "History". Yes, I know by one definition "history" is anything that happened before today, but I was hoping for a book that delved a little deeper into the past. Well over 400 of the 550 individual entries were post 1900, and many in the later part of that century, a time period I remember very well, making it an uninformative review at best. Of the 5 two-page sections devoted to a particular person or subject, only 2 had entries...more
Lots of multiple, short entries per page. Amusing bathroom type of book.
Pretty good snippets of historical mistakes of much hilarity......but only when viewed with hindsight. Still a fun read.
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
Very cute, small, perfect for a read on a trip. Funny and informative as well.
Very cute, small, perfect for a read on a trip. Funny and informative as well.
Really funny, liked it.
i enjoyed it, there's no chapters, just quick 2-3 pages on each "dumb history" moment, good read
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