The mega book of useless information : an official useless information society publication

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- 1 : THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE -- 2 : THE ANIMAL WORLD -- 3 : ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT -- 4 : THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY -- 5 : ELVIS -- 6 : ROYALTY -- 7 : INSULTS -- 8 : HISTORY -- 9 : SCIENCE AND NATURE -- 10 : RELIGION -- 11 : CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS -- 12 : LAWS -- OLD AND NEW -- 13 : SPORTS AND GAMES -- 14 : LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -- 15 : FOOD AND DRINK -- 16 : RUDE FACTS -- 17 : AMERICA AND AMERICANS -- 18 : SHAKESPEARE -- 19 : MISCELLANEOUS -- 20 : MARRIAGE -- 21 : POLITICS -- 22 : NEWS HEADLINES -- 23 : ILLNESS AND INJURIES 24 : THE HUMAN BODY -- 25 : REALITY TELEVISION -- 26 : BUSINESS AND COMMERCE -- Copyright Perfect for trivia lovers, an astounding collection of amazing, mind-boggling, and utterly inconsequential findings Did you know that fingernails are made from the same substance as a bird's beak? That cigarettes contain honey? Or that a ferret will die if it cannot find a mate? For anyone fascinated by the trifling, or just plain desperate to know the answers to the most bizarre of questions, this volume is packed with a bevy of utterly useless data drawn from every imaginable area of knowledge. Tidbits include the finding that the amount of heat a person's body emits in 30 minutes is enough to bring half a gallon of water to a boil, and such nuggets as the fact that there are more than 30,000 diets on public record, and that the only animals that can get sunburn are pigs and humans. Humorous and alarmingly trivial, this is a fun look at all the things no one ever thought they would need to know Did you know... That it takes 15 months of instruction at the Pentagon's School of Music to turn out a band leader and 13 months to train a jet pilot? Or that there are 30,000 diets on public record? This essential collection of trivia is brought to you by Noel Botham and The Useless Information Society. Continuing the sensational success of the Useless Information Series, the Official Useless Information Society bring you another essential compendium of everything you never needed but always wanted to know. If you are a lover of the wonderfully pointless, then this is the book for you.