Provides a compilation of offbeat trivia and little-known and pointless facts that range from how much Elvis weighed at the time of his death, to how many Quarter Pounders can be made from a single cow and what the suits in a deck of cards represent. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

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Titre: The Book Of Useless Information
�diteur: A Perigee Book
Date de parution: 2006
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0399532692
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780399532696
Reliure: Softcover
�tat de l'article: Good
�tat de la jaquette: No Jacket
Type de livre: Book

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What you may so cavalierly call useless information could prove invaluable to someone else. Then again, maybe not. But to The Useless Information Society, any fact that passes its gasp-inducing, not-a-lot-of-people-know-that test merits inclusion in this fascinating but ultimately useless book . . . Did you know (or do you care) . . . That fish scales are used to make lipstick? Why organized crime accounts for ten percent of the United States's annual income? The name of the first CD pressed in the United States? The last year that can be written upside-down or right side-up and appear the same? The shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar? How much Elvis weighed at the time of his death? What the suits in a deck of cards represent? How many Quarter Pounders can be made from one cow? How interesting useless information can be? The Book of Useless Information answers these teasers and is packed with facts and figures that will captivate you-and anyone who shares your joy in the pursuit of pointless knowledge.

� propos de l?auteur

Noel Botham is chairman and founding member of the Useless Information Society. Botham and the rest of his team lurk mostly around London.

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