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The Book of Useless Information (Paperback) by Noel Botham

The Book of Useless Information (Paperback) by Noel Botham
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> The Useless Information Society presents thousands of facts that will captivate readers with the joy of pursuing pointless knowledge--like the fact that organized crime accounts for ten percent of the United States's annual income, and fish scales are used to make lipstick. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> 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...<p> Did you know (or do you care)...</p><p>- That fish scales are used to make lipstick?<br>- Why organized crime accounts for ten percent of the United States's annual income?<br>- The name of the first CD pressed in the United States?<br>- The last year that can be written upside-down or right side-up and appear the same?<br>- The shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar(R)?<br>- How much Elvis weighed at the time of his death?<br>- What the suits in a deck of cards represent?<br>- How many Quarter Pounders can be made from one cow?<br>- How interesting useless information can be?</p><p><b>The Book of Useless Information</b> 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.</p> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> 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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