The Ultimate Book of Useless Information
 

The Ultimate Book of Useless Information

by Keith Waterhouse, Richard Littlejohn

Hot on the heels of the sensational success of the first Book of Useless Information, the Official Useless Information Society bring you another essential compendium of everything you never needed but always wanted to know. Were you aware, for example, that dynamite contains monkey nuts as an ingredient? Or what percentage of the world's population is drunk at any one time? The vital statistics... (read more)

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davidwil
  • Rated 2 stars

While on the surface this would seem like a very nice book with which to quench your trivia appetite, it soon gets quite frustrating. Facts are offered here that were offered in other books in this series, as well as facts in later chapters that had already been stated in earlier chapters. Some of the facts are downright wrong.

Possibly worth a quick look if it can be obtained for less than the label price.

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