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The Amazing Book of Useless Information: More Things You Didn't Need to Know But Are About to Find Out The Amazing Book of Useless Information: More Things You Didn't Need to Know But Are About to Find Out (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 411 ratings — published 2008
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Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 9,377 ratings — published 1995
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Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents) Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents)
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avg rating 3.95 — 830 ratings — published 2005
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After Man: A Zoology of the Future After Man: A Zoology of the Future (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 1,396 ratings — published 1981
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Scared Sh*tless: 1,003 Facts That Will Scare the Sh*t Out of You Scared Sh*tless: 1,003 Facts That Will Scare the Sh*t Out of You (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.34 — 273 ratings — published 2012
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1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You: The Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 1,695 ratings — published 2010
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The Essential Book of Useless Information: The Most Unimportant Things You'll Never Need to Know The Essential Book of Useless Information: The Most Unimportant Things You'll Never Need to Know (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 200 ratings — published 2009
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The Best Book of Useless Information Ever: A Few Thousand Other Things You Probably Don't Need to Know (But Might as Well Find Out) The Best Book of Useless Information Ever: A Few Thousand Other Things You Probably Don't Need to Know (But Might as Well Find Out)
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avg rating 3.98 — 300 ratings — published 2005
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Useless Knowledge: Answers to Questions You'd Never Think to Ask Useless Knowledge: Answers to Questions You'd Never Think to Ask (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.45 — 38 ratings — published 2002
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The Book of Useless Information The Book of Useless Information (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,650 ratings — published 2006
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Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 1,666 ratings — published 2000
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Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 741 ratings — published 2004
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Beyond Bizarre Beyond Bizarre (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 186 ratings — published 2010
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Armchair Reader: The Amazing Book of History: Extraordinary Facts and Stories Armchair Reader: The Amazing Book of History: Extraordinary Facts and Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 47 ratings — published 2008
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Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts (Armchair Reader) Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts (Armchair Reader)
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avg rating 3.83 — 137 ratings — published 2008
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Why Fish Fart and Other Useless Or Gross Information About the World Why Fish Fart and Other Useless Or Gross Information About the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 251 ratings — published 2009
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A Left-Handed History of the World A Left-Handed History of the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 199 ratings — published 2007
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World's Strangest Basketball Stories World's Strangest Basketball Stories (Library Binding)
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avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 1992
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Uncommon cures for everyday ailments Uncommon cures for everyday ailments (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 25 ratings — published 2000
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Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 71 ratings — published 1987
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Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.42 — 315 ratings — published 2005
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, #1) Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, #1)
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avg rating 4.07 — 626 ratings — published 1988
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Guinness World Records 2002 Guinness World Records 2002 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 160 ratings — published 2001
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The Story of English The Story of English (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 2,405 ratings — published 1986
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 807 ratings — published
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English as She Is Spoke English as She Is Spoke (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 637 ratings — published 1855
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A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 4,577 ratings — published 2001
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Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 69 ratings — published 1998
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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 3,659 ratings — published 2006
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The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.36 — 604 ratings — published 2001
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Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 388 ratings — published 2007
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The Selfish Gene The Selfish Gene (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 194,429 ratings — published 1976
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Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 2,230 ratings — published 2010
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Tricks of the Mind Tricks of the Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 6,986 ratings — published 2006
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The Joy of Lex: An Amazing and Amusing Z to A and A to Z of Words The Joy of Lex: An Amazing and Amusing Z to A and A to Z of Words (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 115 ratings — published 1980
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Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth: And Other Historical Fallacies Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth: And Other Historical Fallacies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.04 — 28 ratings — published 2007
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The Explainer The Explainer (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 122 ratings — published 2004
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You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 4,768 ratings — published 2011
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Mental Floss: Scatterbrained Mental Floss: Scatterbrained (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 274 ratings — published 2006
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Instant Knowledge (Collins Gem) Instant Knowledge (Collins Gem)
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avg rating 3.74 — 441 ratings — published 2005
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mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 926 ratings — published 2004
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Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 199 ratings — published 2006
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Bertrand Russell
“The two things most universally desired are power and admiration. Ignorant men, as a rule, only achieve either by brutal means, involving the acquisition of physical mastery. Culture gives a man less harmful forms of power and more deserving ways of making himself admired.”
Bertrand Russell, The Will to Doubt

Bertrand Russell
“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.”
Bertrand Russell, The Will to Doubt

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