The Bumper Book of Useless Information

by NoelBotham (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.23

  Would you like to know that...* In high school Robin Williams was voted the least likely to succeed * The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched * The blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper * The youngest pope was 11 years old The Useless Information Society was formed by some of Britain's best-loved journalists, writers and entertainers, including Keith Waterhouse, Richard Littlejohn, Suggs, Noel Botham, Ken Stott and Brian Hitchen. They meet regularly to swap new nuggets of trivia. This is the fifth collection of their fascinating, hilarious and wholly useless facts. The largest collection yet, with 400 pages of exotic and mind-boggling findings - it is guaranteed to keep you amused for hours.