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 Did you know (or do you care)...

• That fish scales are used to make lipstick?• Why organized crime accounts for ten percent of the United States’s annual income?• The name of the first CD pressed in the United States?• The last year that can be written upside-down or right side-up and appear the same?• The shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar®?• How much Elvis weighed at the time of his death?• What the suits in a deck of cards represent?• How many Quarter Pounders can be made from one cow?• How interesting useless information can be?

The Book of Useless Information answers these teasers and is packed with facts and figures that will captivate you—and anyone who shares your joy in the pursuit of pointless knowledge.

Amaze your friends by telling them about shrimps so loud they can shatter glass and the world''s most venomous frogs

Did you know that the smelliest animal on earth can be smelled up to half a mile away? Do you want to know how much electricity is generated by an adult electric eel? Learn the answers to all these questions—and more! This book is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest, grossest, fastest, longest, brainiest, and best facts about animals!

Amaze your friends by telling them about purple animals, the heaviest sumo wrestler, and the longest bout of hiccups ever

Did you know that there are twice as many chickens in the world as humans, or that one in three men picks his nose while driving? Do you want to know the average weight of a human eyeball, or how many hearts a worm has? Learn the answers to all these questions—and more! The first book in the Dr. Dino''s Learnatorium series, How Fast Can You Fart? is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest, grossest, brainiest, and best facts about history, science, food, geography, words, and much more.

Amaze your friends by telling them about Incan executions, cheesy food fights, and warrior bats

Did you know that the Romans carried on eating until they were sick, or that the smelly Vikings had no toilets on their ships? Do you want to know which Roman emperor loved his horse so much he made him consul? Learn the answers to all these facts—and more! Bursting with brilliant hand-drawn illustrations, this book is packed with the wackiest, wittiest, filthiest, foulest, oldest, wisest, and best facts about history!