The Extraordinary Book of Useless Information: The Most Fascinating Facts That Don't Really Matter

ISBN-13:	9780399165177
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	250,094
Product dimensions:	4.56(w) x 8.01(h) x 0.67(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

There are more incredibly pointless and delightfully entertaining things to discover in this new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, a must-have for trivia enthusiasts and a perfect white elephant gift.You probably never knew...• It is estimated that half of the world’s spider species have yet to be discovered.• November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.And did you really ever have to know...• The whiskers on a harbor seal are known as “vibrissae”?• Modern scholars believe Isaac Newton may have had Asperger’s syndrome?• In the 1920s, Hollywood made twice as many films a year as it does today?