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The Essential Book of Useless Information (Holiday Edition)

The Most Unimportant Things You'll Never Need to Know

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$24.00 US
4.51"W x 7.93"H x 0.7"D   | 7 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Oct 05, 2010 | 272 Pages | 9780399536526

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The useless information never ends in the newest, most crucially meaningless addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

More facts! Less substance! This cornucopia of amazingly pointless facts and figures will have you marveling at all the things you never needed to know.

There's no good reason for you to know...

? that Mickey Mouse was banned in Romania.
? that a company sells bikinis made from salmon skin.
? that Brigham Young had fifty-five wives.
? that the Romans used to pay their legions in salt.

But we'll tell you anyway, along with...

? where the world's largest ant colony is.
? which country invented figure skating.
? the name of America's bestselling ice cream brand.
? how many muscles make up the tongue.
Don Voorhees is the author of The Incredible Book of Useless Information, The Super Book of Useless Information, The Indispensable Book of Useless Information, The Perfectly Useless Book of Useless Information, The Essential Book of Useless Information, and Disgusting Things: A Miscellany. A native of Morris County, New Jersey, he now lives in Pennsylvania. View titles by Don Voorhees

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The useless information never ends in the newest, most crucially meaningless addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

More facts! Less substance! This cornucopia of amazingly pointless facts and figures will have you marveling at all the things you never needed to know.

There's no good reason for you to know...

? that Mickey Mouse was banned in Romania.
? that a company sells bikinis made from salmon skin.
? that Brigham Young had fifty-five wives.
? that the Romans used to pay their legions in salt.

But we'll tell you anyway, along with...

? where the world's largest ant colony is.
? which country invented figure skating.
? the name of America's bestselling ice cream brand.
? how many muscles make up the tongue.

Author

Don Voorhees is the author of The Incredible Book of Useless Information, The Super Book of Useless Information, The Indispensable Book of Useless Information, The Perfectly Useless Book of Useless Information, The Essential Book of Useless Information, and Disgusting Things: A Miscellany. A native of Morris County, New Jersey, he now lives in Pennsylvania. View titles by Don Voorhees