Book Description
Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!
mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!
Ingredients include:
5 tiny nations that get no respect • 4 civilizations nobody remembers • 5 classics written under the influence • 4 things your boss has in common with slime mold • 3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex • 4 things Einstein got wrong • 5 classical tunes you know from the movies • 3 famous studies that would be illegal today • 2 religious mysteries solved by chemistry • 5 scandals that rocked art, and much more ...
Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again FROM THE PUBLISHER
Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!
Mental Floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!
Ingredients include:
•tiny nations that get no respect • civilizations nobody remembers • classics written under the influence • things your boss has in common with slime mold • schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex • things Einstein got wrong • classical tunes you know from the movies • famous studies that would be illegal today • religious mysteries solved by chemistry • scandals that rocked art, and much more ...