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mental_floss: The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory
By Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur
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The geniuses at mental_floss are back with mental_floss: The Book, a funny, surprising, fact-packed compendium of more than 200 of the Greatest Lists in the History of Listory. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning mental_floss magazine, authors Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur, and Ethan Trex offer a cornucopia of additive, edifying, oddball, and irreverent information guaranteed to make dedicated trivia fans “feel smart again.” In the spirit of their top-selling book, Condensed Knowledge, mental_floss: The Book is perfect for everyone who likes to laugh while they learn.
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Will Pearson
Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University, where they parlayed their cafeteria conversations into the first issue of mental_floss. magazine They have collaborated on more than ten books together, including Condensed Knowledge, Forbidden Knowledge, and The mental_floss History of the World.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Being a great fan of their website and mag, I expected better from the book - not nearly the "greatest" of anything. Very disappointing...
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm a huge fan of Mental_Floss magazine and I'm a huge fan of lists. If there is a top ten list anywhere I want to read it. Mental_Floss has put together this fabulous book that is the mother load of lists. If you're not familiar with Mental_Floss their tag line is "Where knowledge junkies get their fix". The magazine is chocked full of interesting tidbits from music to science to history and more. I had high expectations for this book. I was not disappointed. This book contains lists of:The Five Most Annoying People in History14 Fictional Characters Whose Names You Didn't KnowEight Latin Phrases You Pretend to UnderstandEight Celebs and their Incredibly Odd PhobiasSix Tasty Foods Named After PeopleThere are hundreds of lists in this book. I love looking through this book. The lists are great to read. This would make a great coffee table book. You can read it cover to cover one list at a time or you can just flip through it every now and again. The History of Listory is a great read. It's very entertaining and fun. If you love lists or know someone that does. I'd definitely recommend this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In it’s most basic form, this book is fact, not fiction…but it deals with a myriad of subjects both intellectually stimulating and funny bone jostling that you’ll be hooked, lined, and sinker-ed whether you read it cover to cover or in wee little bites like a too rich cheesecake (yes, I was hungry when I wrote this). That’s right my friends; a book of lists with room to spare for both laughter and learning….quite the combo and very satisfying. In short….1.…a great book for fun time readers as well as the most studious amongst you.2.…a great gift for the holiday season to educate AND entertain.3.…you’ll learn something new, guaranteed…and you’ll have a great time doing it.4.…you will find yourself spouting out random fun facts JUST to impress your friends after absorbing this wealth of information. (Trust me, been there…done that.)5.I enjoyed this book and think you will too….in case there was any doubt. ^_^
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What do you want to know today? How about “Six Works of Literature That Were Really Hard to Write?” or “Moons of the non-Gluteal Variety”. This book can tell you all that and so much more! In a really funny compilation of various subjects the folks at Mental_Floss tell us of things odd and odder but all interesting. The introduction in itself is worth a chuckle or two and the following chapters make this a great gift for anyone on your Christmas list you haven’t shopped for yet. After all, where else can you find out about Bumpy, Hickey, Chesty and Seven Other Rejected Dwarf Names? If not for someone else, treat yourself, you’ll enjoy it thoroughly.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Good Stuff A trivia buffs wet dream - this is full of tons of little tidbits that fellow trivia nerds will enjoy Quirky humour goes well with the subject matter Well researched Quick and easy to read Learned tons of interesting facts Truly fascinating historical tidbits Loved the list Seven Shameless Abuses of Diplomatic Immunity Nicely organized (Hello I am a nerdy Librarian, these things matter) Awesome section: Lists You can share with your kids (or your inner child) Also enjoyed Lists to Lighten the Mood at the E.R. (Hey reading it out loud would help pass the time and make everybody feel better, which in turn may empty out some of the ER) I am sooo going to kick butt at trivia games thanks to this book - I mean its filled wit h fun facts at the bottom of each page like "Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he died in 2008, his ashes were buried in one." Tons of fun pop culture references and listsThe Not So Good Stuff Some of the pages are a little too busy for this scatterbrained mom the lines on left hand side of each page really bother my eyesFavorite Quotes/Passages"If you remember one thing from the first Bush administration, it's probably not the 1992 state dinner during which President George H. W. Bush, ill with the flu, lost his lunch in the lap of the Japanese prime minister.. Well, a lot of Japanese remember that incident a little better. Turns out, Bush's faux pas coined a Japanese slang word, bushusure, which translates as "to the Bush thing," meaning "to vomit". "In 1943 Philip Morris ran an ad acknowledging "Smokers cough" They claimed it was caused by smoking brands other than Philip Morris." "At the chain Fatburger, you can order a "Hypocrite" a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon."Who Should/Shouldn't Read A Must have for Trivia Nerds Would be a fun housewarming gift - perfect for the coffee table4.5 Dewey'sI received this from HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review