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Mental Floss Presents The Book (2011)

by Will Pearson(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062069314 (ISBN13: 9780062069313)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

review 1: If you're not familiar with Mental Floss, let me catch you up to speed. Back in 2001, Mental Floss launched a bi-monthly magazine presenting educational pieces and factoids in humorous ways. Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur co-founded Mental_Floss when they were still students at Duke University. (Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur among Inc. magazine's 30 "coolest young entrepreneurs"). Since then, Mental Floss has grown into a very popular blog, which contains trivia, humor, lists, and pop culture. They have also published several books, and sold witty merchandise that's both smart and funny. Mental_Floss The Book: Only the Greatest Lists in the History of Listory celebrates its 10th Anniversary with this compilation of compilations. Let's face it, we all love li... morests. In addition to the lists, and there are also fun facts running along the bottom of the pages, like a news ticker, except this one is more fun than what MSNBC has going across the bottom of their screen. Learn things like:- Alaska is the only state whose name can be typed on one row of keys.- Slumber Party Barbie of 1965 came with her own "How to Lose Weight" book. One of the tips: "Don't eat." - No U.S. President was an only child- The "black box" on an airplane is actually blaze orange, which makes it easier to find amid wreckage after a crashNo, I have not read this book cover to cover. I don't think this is the kind of book where you're supposed to do that, or at the very least, skipping around is not frowned upon. There are no rules with Mental_Floss. It's a great gift book for those people in your life that like Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy...or something to read each morning while they're eating their Corn Flakes (which, in a 1907 ad campaign, offered a free box of cereal to any woman who winked at her grocer.).
review 2: The 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 less

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