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The Super Book of Useless Information
Author | : Don Voorhees |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2011-10-04 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781101545133 |
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Faster than a speeding bullet, more useless than ever before. The #1 New York Times bestselling series reaches new heights of irrelevance with this powerfully pointless, all-new collection of the things you never need to know. Do you actually care that... there are three feet of DNA in every cell? Saturn has 47 moons? March is National Frozen Foods Month? in 2010 a traffic jam in China lasted ten days? Would it improve your life to know... which movie star wanted to be a funeral director? which state has the most horses per square mile? which dictator was obsessed with Cheetos? what day of the year the most cars are stolen in the United States?
The Best Book of Useless Information Ever
Author | : Noel Botham |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781101203460 |
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From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another enlightening, entertaining, and ultimately useless assortment of trivia. If you find yourself transfixed by the most trivial of trivia, or mesmerized by the most minor of minutiae, The Useless Information Society's latest findings can satisfy your every need. This wide-ranging collection will fill every nook and cranny of your brain with information you'll surely never need, but will enjoy learning anyway! Did you know... - that penguins can jump six feet out of the water? - that everyone is color-blind at birth? Would you care to know... - what the first meal eaten on the moon was? - what country drinks the most Coca-Cola? (Hint: It's not the United States.) In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists to trade and share in useless information (or, as founding member Keith Waterhouse, playwright and journalist, would have it, "totally bloody useless").
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Author | : Abraham Flexner,Robbert Dijkgraaf |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2017-02-21 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780691174761 |
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A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips. This brief book includes Flexner's timeless 1939 essay alongside a new companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf, the Institute's current director, in which he shows that Flexner's defense of the value of "the unobstructed pursuit of useless knowledge" may be even more relevant today than it was in the early twentieth century. Dijkgraaf describes how basic research has led to major transformations in the past century and explains why it is an essential precondition of innovation and the first step in social and cultural change. He makes the case that society can achieve deeper understanding and practical progress today and tomorrow only by truly valuing and substantially funding the curiosity-driven "pursuit of useless knowledge" in both the sciences and the humanities.
The Perfectly Useless Book of Useless Information
Author | : Don Voorhees |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2010-05-04 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781101187265 |
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It doesn't get any more useless than this! The most inconsequential entry yet in the #1 New York Times bestselling series proves that information is overrated. Your life won't be improved by knowing that... ? Frank Sinatra's mother was a convicted felon. ? Bugs Bunny was born in Brooklyn. ? The average American home contains $90 in loose change. ? It is illegal to use the American flag in advertising. And there's no good reason to also discover... ? Which game show host previously worked as a garbageman. ? Which day of week is the most popular to rob a bank. ? Which millionaire loaned his kidnapped grandson ransom money at 4 percent interest. ? Which country once had a dog for a king.
Children s Miscellany
Author | : Samantha Borges,Matthew Morgan |
Publsiher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2012-07-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781452119731 |
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Do you know . . . . . . how to milk a cow? . . . the symptoms of a venomous spider's bite? . . . where to find the fastest rollercoasters? You won't find such an eclectic collection of fascinating facts anywhere else. Whether you want to know how to beat an alligator in a fight, ways to speak in secret code, which insects are edible, or what the heck scolionophobia means, this is the book for readers both young and old.
The Children s Miscellany
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1788 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0021503053 |
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The Essential Book of Useless Information
Author | : Don Voorhees |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2009-10-27 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781101149010 |
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More facts! Less substance! The newest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Useless Information series. The useless information never ends in the newest, most crucially meaningless entry in the Useless Information series. This latest cornucopia of amazingly pointless facts and figures will have trivia buffs marveling at all the things they never needed to know.
The Incredible Book of Useless Information
Author | : Don Voorhees |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2012-10-02 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781101611906 |
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The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues to delight and astound with an all-new collection of surprisingly unnecessary facts and figures. Would it surprise you to learn… •it takes a sloth about a month to digest a meal? •more tourists visit France than any other nation in the world? •the United States still has debt from the Revolutionary War? Do you think you ever need to know… •what type of trees are most frequently struck by lightning? •how much a clerk was paid for penning the U.S. Constitution? •which celebrity uses the pseudonym Slappy White?