The Ultimate Book of Useless Information: A Few Thousand More Things You Might Need to Know ( But ProbablyDon't) [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Noel Botham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 2007

Bigger, better, and more useless than ever!

In their groundbreakingly useless book, The Book of Useless Information, the members of the Useless Information Society proved that knowledge doesn't have to be useful to be entertaining. Now they present a new collection of their most fascinating, hilarious, and wholly trivial findings. The Ultimate Book of Useless Information includes such "did you knows" as:

- Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite
- The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing
- And giraffes have no vocal cords

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Noel Botham is the chairman of the Useless Information Society and author of The Book of Useless Information. Formed in 1995, the Useless Information Society comprises many of Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists, including playwright, author, and Daily Mail columnist Keith Waterhouse and author and Sun columnist Richard Littlejohn. He lives in England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (May 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399533508
• ASIN: B001IDZJV8
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In 1995, a secret society of Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists formed to trade and share in what founding member, playwright and journalist Keith Waterhouse, would call "totally bloody useless" information-usually over a pint or two at a local pub. Now, The Useless Information Society regurgitates its bizarre findings for American readers in this first of what they threaten will be several volumes.

Noel Botham is chairman and founding member of the UIS.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too many mistakes, January 17, 2008

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Adrian M. Davies "A M Davies" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Book of Useless Information: A Few Thousand More Things You Might Need to Know ( But ProbablyDon't) (Paperback)

I love this kind of book, but this one contains far too many errors. If there are errors I know, I have to wonder how many other mistakes there are.
It could be a great book but the editor should have carried out a lot more fact checking

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 11 year old fascinates all, March 26, 2008

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K.M.W. (Orinda, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Book of Useless Information: A Few Thousand More Things You Might Need to Know ( But ProbablyDon't) (Paperback)

My husband purchased this book for our 11 year old son. My first thought was "what a waste of money". Little did I know the daily entertainment and education factor that would result from the purchase. Maybe I'm just amazed that my son's memory retains all those useless facts, but the end result is that I'm learning something new every day and my son is the teacher. It has boosted his self esteem since he knows things no one else does. We did have to censure the adults only section.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Add this to your shopping list!, November 20, 2007

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J. Arena (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Book of Useless Information: A Few Thousand More Things You Might Need to Know ( But ProbablyDon't) (Paperback)

You could live without this book. But, why would you want to? Why not possess more than 200 pages of useless information at your fingertips that are guaranteed to amaze, amuse and confuse your friends and family.

Documentation of the highest quality here enables you to name the fear of haircuts, define a dilemma with a third alternative, ask yourself why you probably enjoy on a daily basis a tasty treat that contains the ingredient usually found in car wax, etc.

Yes, clearly, this is a book that you cannot live without.