Okay so I needed something light and easy to read in between tasks at work. This seemed to fit the bill. It is an easy book to read from for a little while and then stop if you have to. Each topic is its own mini chapter of sorts. I really enjoyed it and when finished I had to ask myself "is the stuff in it really true? Or is it made up?" Hmmmmmm....some of it sounds pretty far fetched and not easily verifiable. But other items are pretty interesting and really made me think. Like where did the saying "let them eat cake!" really come from. Not from where I always thought, according to this book. And which living thing will survive a nuclear disaster? Not a cockroach after all....who knew? All in all a really enjoyable read. Great if you like little bits of knowledge and tend to want to know all the whys? and how comes? and but what abouts? Great for adults and young adults. Maybe for a kid that is really inquisitive and has the patience to deal with facts and some numbers.
[book:The Book of General Ignorance|410632]
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