The Amazing Book of Useless Information

The Amazing Book of Useless Information

by Noel Botham

From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another fun, foolhardy and completely frivolous, fact-filled book.The Useless Information Society's latest collection, The Amazing Book of Useless Information, will answer questions readers never even knew they had. From space travel to the history of jelly beans, this wideranging, brain-teasing, and altogether useless book will give readers information to out-trivialize even their cleverest of companions. Features such fascinating facts There is a town in West Virginia called Looneyville- Women can talk with less effort than men- Lemons have more sugar than oranges And answers to these life-changing What was the Ancient Roman cure for a stomachache"- What is a "buckle bunny??- Where is the coldest place in the universe?

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Trivia, Humor, Science

131 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists to explore the world's most bizarre nooks and crannies and to trade and share useless information (or, as founding member Keith Waterhouse, playwright and journalist, would have it, "totally bloody useless")-usually over a pint or two at a local pub. Now, The Useless Information Society shares its findings with Americ an readers in this first of what they threaten will be several volumes.

Noel Botham is charman and founding member of The Useless Information Society. Botham and the rest of his team lurk mostly around London

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of random facts all right. Nice to read over a cup of coffee or something. By the way, did you know that Beethoven was a coffee lover? He was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans for each cup when he prepared his brew.
Lightning strikes the Earth about 200 times a second.
The Romans cleaned themselves with olive oil as they didn't invent soap. They would pour the oil on their bodies, and then use a strigil, a type of blade, to scrape off any dirt along with the oil.
The inscription on Rodney Dangerfield's tombstone reads: There goes the neighborhood.
The moon weighs 81 billion tons.
There are more 20-year-old virgins now than there were in the late 1950s.
Fortune cookies were invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodle maker.
And the facts go on... Good ways to start a conversation?

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not many things in the world that is more useful than useless information. For example, suppose you are at a party with your significant other. Things get a bit boring, and you want to make a splash to impress your better half. Try saying this:

"Did you know that the Greek foot soldiers who hid in the Trojan Horse were said to have consumed ample quantities of raw carrots to deactivate their bowels?"

I mean, that's bound to impress everyone.

Or suppose you are young and in love and want to impress someone on a first date. Try using this one:

"Did you know that in Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothes in front of a man's picture?"

That should set off the fireworks.

Yes, definitely a book for a better life.

[Miss Lasko-Gross · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you enjoy showering your spouse with facts they'll be politely indifferent to, as much as I do...

[Juliana Kulak · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[James]

From the creators of the #1 New York Times,/I> bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another fun, foolhardy and completely frivolous, fact-filled book.The Useless Information Society?s latest collection, The Amazing Book of Useless Information, will answer questions readers never even knew they had. From space travel to the history of jelly beans, this wideranging, brain-teasing, and altogether useless book will give readers information to out-trivialize even their cleverest of companions. Features such fascinating facts as:? There is a town in West Virginia called Looneyville? Women can talk with less effort than men? Lemons have more sugar than oranges And answers to these life-changing questions:? What was the Ancient Roman cure for a stomachache?? What is a ?buckle bunny??? Where is the coldest place in the universe?

[Dan Stern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nothing in this book will change your life but...we all need a good laugh. This book is filled with humerous tidbits that will have you laughing outloud. I bought it for less than 2 bucks and it is well worth it. If you can get it for less than 3 or 4 bucks I think it would be worth it. Be warned not all info is kid friendly!

[Benjamin Kahn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is like a lot of these types of books - a mixed bag. Some chapters were interesting and some were boring. On balance, the good probably outweighed the bad, and it made for good light reading when you had a few minutes to kill. And who knows? I probably learned something somewhere that will stay with me.

[Giulia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m just trying to get through my old to-read list with this book. I was hoping this would be similar to a childhood favourite of mine (Schott’s Original Miscellany) but it ended up being random facts in loose categories, most of which weren’t that interesting. I think facts need context as opposed to just knowing how wide the galaxy is.

[Johan Syahriz · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's actually very informative. Although reading this book in 2018 ,some of the old facts can't be used anymore but most are still interesting. Now I have random knowledge about things. Hunting the rest of the books now just to fill up random general knowledge.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great little book just filled with all kinds of information. This was published in 2008 so some information needs to be updated. But you will learn so much from browsing through all the different areas.

[Honest Mabel · Rating 1 out of 5]

bad info and terrible editing

Not only do we have constant missing spaces so wordsareallcombined like so, but this book is severely outdated and the information in there much has been disproven.

MAJOR disappointment

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best compilation of random facts and information that I have come across so far.

[Booknerder42 · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Margaret · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing bathroom book.

[KT Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun book that can be finished in a single sitting. Quite some funny information.

[Burhan Uddin]

Its good

[Mary Whiteside · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty interesting. Learned some stuff. Very easy read. I read it in 2 days.

[Mohamed Asraf · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5. From a day in Mercury = 6 Earth months to Aunt Jemima’s Pancake flour being the first commercially sold ready mix, a fun read to end the year.

[Cameron Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indeed useless. Still fun.

[Bethany · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Woodge · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book as a gift and was instantly drawn into its bizarre compendium of esoterica. I proceeded to annoyingly read several of the nuggets within aloud. Cool stuff and ofttimes funny. Here's a few samples:

The band Aerosmith was stumped trying to find lyrics for what would become their hit song "Walk This Way" until they took a break and went to a screening of the movie Young Frankenstein, where they were inspired by the famous "walk this way" gag.

An award-winning adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood was withdrawn from a recommended reading list by the school board in Culver City, California, simply because the heroine had included a bottle of wine in the basket she brought to her grandmother.

Both women and men are most likely to have their first orgasm alone.

More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.

Spain literally means "the land of rabbits."

Bethlehem, which is considered by Christians the birthplace of Jesus, was an early shrine of the pagan god Adonis. It was believed that this god suffered a cruel death, after which he descended into hell, rose again, and then ascended into heaven. Each year there was a great festival in commemoration of his resurrection.

[Sarai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Product Description
The Useless Information Society’s latest collection, The Amazing Book of Useless Information, will answer questions readers never even knew they had. From space travel to the history of jelly beans, this wideranging, brain-teasing, and altogether useless book will give readers information to out-trivialize even their cleverest of companions. Features such fascinating facts as:

• There is a town in West Virginia called Looneyville
• Women can talk with less effort than men
• Lemons have more sugar than oranges
And answers to these life-changing questions:
• What was the Ancient Roman cure for a stomachache?
• What is a “buckle bunny”?
• Where is the coldest place in the universe?


You know I adore these kinds of books. This just has line after line of factoid trivia bound to drive your friends and family to tears. Be like Cliff from Cheers as you whip out the useless information gathered here. Fast, fun read. I'll be posting some useless information on my blog very soon. :)

[Neil · Rating 2 out of 5]

A mixed bag of trivia. The humorous sections about unfortunate translations of international ad campaigns and about doctor's notes with humorous grammar and spelling mistakes and double entendres are the most entertaining. Some of the trivia could be edited more closely, there's some truly obvious stuff in here.

[JD · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the books that I use for creating trivia questions at the BIGGBY Training Center, as many of the questions are fun or interesting, as opposed to Trivial Pursuit which is often rather dry.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exactly as the cover describes it. A good, fun light bathroom read.

[Zack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremly funny. I loved it.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tons of useless information. Love these books!

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know a lot of random shit now. and I'm getting a little annoying to the people around me because I keep quoting random facts from this book. haha

[Maclaren · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a very good book.It had a lot of very usfull info.I like squirrels.

[Brian Morin · Rating 5 out of 5]

all of these are terrific! Look for the squirrel.