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The Best Book of Useless Information Ever offers a wide-ranging assortment of light-hearted trivia that delights readers who enjoy trivial facts. The book, produced by the Useless Information Society, delves into quirky subjects such as penguins that can jump six feet out of the water, humans being color‑blind at birth, the first meal eaten on the moon, and which country drinks the most Coca‑Cola. Its humor is rooted in the society’s 1995 founding by Britain’s foremost thinkers, writers, and artists, including playwright and journalist Keith Waterhouse, who famously called the shared knowledge "totally bloody useless."
First publish date: 2005
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Noel Botham
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