Useless Knowledge: Answers to Questions You'd Never Think to Ask

By: Joe Edelman and David Samson

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Synopsis: How can your tongue get you arrested?What dessert is as smart as the average adult?What's louder: A jet plane at take-off or a hippo having sex?In the form of a lively and eccentric course catalog, Useless Knowledge, the brainchild of the creator of the wildly successful Useless Knowledge website offers up loads of facts of little consequence for the hardcore trivia buff or the casual enthusiast. Inside, you'll find topics and entries like these:The Core Curriculum The Useless School of Animals The sound that a camel makes is called "nuzzing".The Useless School of FilmWarren Beatty's first job in the theater was a rat-catcher...backstage.The Useless School of HistoryNot that he was immature, but Napoleon concocted his battle strategies in a sandbox.The Useless School of SportsIt takes 3,000 cows to supply a single season's worth of footballs to the NFL.There are also Useless Schools of Television, Biology, Science and Technology, Music, Geography, and Culinary Arts.