The Other Book... of the Most Perfectly Useless Information - Hardcover

The latest entry in Mitchell Symons's trivia trifecta is chock-full of more obscure scientific facts, sporting stats, celebrity gossip, and pure trivia than ever!

Did you know that:

• Polar bears cover their black noses with their paws for better camouflage?

• John Steinbeck had to rewrite Of Mice and Men because his dog ate the first draft?

• Wayne Newton is a descendant of Pocahontas?

• Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood because metal was in short supply?

• Brooke Shields and Glenn Close are cousins?

• Diet Coke was invented in 1982. However, in 1379, a Mr. and Mrs. Coke of Yorkshire, England, named their daughter “Diot” (a diminutive of Dionisia, the predecessor of the modern-day name Denise)?

• Male monkeys go bald in much the same way that men do?

• James Gandolfini was voted Best Looking by his high school class?

If you are titillated by trivia or fascinated by facts, The Other Book . . . of the Most Perfectly Useless Information will keep you entertained for hours!