The Mammoth Book of Useless Information

The Mammoth Book of Useless Information
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Did you know… The Sumerians were the first to brew beer, and all the brewers were women? If you didn't – then read on. If you are intrigued by the odd, fascinated by the fantastic or tickled by trivia, then this is the book for you. 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 eighth collection of their absorbing, hilarious and wholly useless facts. An absolutely enormous collection, lose yourself in hundreds of pages of endlessly diverting facts that will keep you amused for hours.

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Noel Botham. The Mammoth Book of Useless Information

CONTENTS

INVENTIONS

THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE

NUMBERS

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY

COFFEE

SUPERLATIVES

THE ROMANS

STATISTICS

THE UNIVERSE

HISTORY

SAYINGS AND OMENS

SCIENCE AND NATURE

THE WIT AND WISDOM OF OSCAR WILDE

RELIGION

ALCOHOL

ASSASSINATED PRESIDENTS

ADVERTISING

SPORTS AND GAMES

LONDON

FIRSTS

THE UNDERGROUND

ABOUT THE SEXES

WAYS TO GO

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

THE BEATLES

FOOD AND DRINK

CRIME AND CRIMINALS

DOCTORS’ NOTES

MISCELLANEOUS

LAST WORDS

Copyright

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As always to my wife, Lesley Lewis, with love

1. INVENTIONS

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• The tallest, longest, fastest and greatest drop roller coaster in the world is the Daidarasaurus in Nagashima Spa Land, Japan. It is 8,133ft (2.479m) long, 318ft (97m) high, has a drop of 307ft (93.5m) and a top speed of 95mph (153km/h).

• Close to 72 per cent of Australia’s Aboriginals live in towns and cities.

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