Did you know that the Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving? Or that Maine is the toothpick capital of the world, or that frogs have teeth?
Do you want to know what a cockroach’s favorite food is, or how long it would take to drive to the sun?
Amaze your friends and family by telling them that a baby giraffe is six feet long when it is born, or that tigers have striped skin!
From the creators of The Book of Useless Information, this is an amazing collection of the wildest, oddest, funniest facts about history, science, food, animals, and more!
In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists to explore the world's most bizarre nooks and crannies and to trade and share useless information (or, as founding member Keith Waterhouse, playwright and journalist, would have it, "totally bloody useless")-usually over a pint or two at a local pub. Now, The Useless Information Society shares its findings with Americ an readers in this first of what they threaten will be several volumes.
Noel Botham is charman and founding member of The Useless Information Society. Botham and the rest of his team lurk mostly around London
This book surely justifies its name. It is totally awesome and of course the information are useless. I am looking forward to reading other books of this series.
Cute book for kids. Some of the wording is clunky and some of it is more common sense/ general knowledge, but for young readers this would be very entertaining.
My son and I read this over the course of many evenings and we learned so much (and had a good time)! As people who love useless trivia, this book really had something for everyone - animal-lovers, science nuts, medical interests, globe-trotters. I mean, who wouldn't love to know that "farts have been clocked at a speed of ten feet per second" or "Caesar salad was invented in Mexico?!?"
All of these little, memorable facts (and more) are packed into this fun book. Perfect for the next factoid you want to share at a dinner party...or playground. Great for all ages!!
Did you know that the Pilgrims ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving? Or that Maine is the toothpick capital of the world, or that frogs have teeth?
Do you want to know what a cockroach’s favorite food is, or how long it would take to drive to the sun?
Amaze your friends and family by telling them that a baby giraffe is six feet long when it is born, or that tigers have striped skin!
From the creators of The Book of Useless Information, this is an amazing collection of the wildest, oddest, funniest facts about history, science, food, animals, and more!
This little book contains random, fun, facts. I wouldn't call them totally useless. I am sure there may be a moment when you can throw some fact from the book into the conversation. F.ex. did you know that people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other people in the world? Or that The original name for the butterfly was the flutterby? I am not a huge fan of illustrations. But I love the idea of this little book.
It is absolutely useless information...until you know how to use it. I've already quoted it at least 4 times to my students, about random things that came up in discussion. Use it to push people to learn more about esoteric topics. And read it just to have a bit of fun. 10 people found this helpful
I bought this book on a whim because I like to learn new things. I think I learned about a half to two-thirds of the book in new things and the others I already knew. This is a pretty good book for a YA that would like to impress people with their knowledge. I enjoyed it and I give it 4.75 stars.
It was really funny getting to know weird and interesting stuff for example a Venus fly trap can eat a whole burger in one bite. The author is amazing and funny but I have a question for them. When and why did you start writing these books?
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I got this for my little brother, just read it to make sure there wasn't anything inappropriate. Thankfully none! All the facts are pretty useless. XD I did know quite a few of them already and he probably will too, but I thought it was kinda entertaining to read through. Hope he likes it!
Loved the drawings! A lot of these facts were really interesting, and some made me laugh. I would have appreciated citations/sources and if the facts were organized by topic (ex. animals) instead of being placed in a random order.
This was a gift from my dad because he, I, and my daughter have the walking-encyclopedia-of-useless-information gene. My daughter and I had fun with this one and added some tons of useless information to our repertoire.
My son received this book as a Christmas present. A quick half hour read just to take your mind away from life. Even at 34 years old, this book was very informative.