{"product_id":"the-book-of-useless-information-9780399532696","title":"The Book of Useless Information","description":"What you may so cavalierly call useless information could prove invaluable to someone else. Then again, maybe not. But to The Useless Information Society, any fact that passes its gasp-inducing, not-a-lot-of-people-know-that test merits inclusion in this fascinating but ultimately useless book...\u003cp\u003e Did you know (or do you care)...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- That fish scales are used to make lipstick?\u003cbr\u003e- Why organized crime accounts for ten percent of the United States's annual income?\u003cbr\u003e- The name of the first CD pressed in the United States?\u003cbr\u003e- The last year that can be written upside-down or right side-up and appear the same?\u003cbr\u003e- The shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar(R)?\u003cbr\u003e- How much Elvis weighed at the time of his death?\u003cbr\u003e- What the suits in a deck of cards represent?\u003cbr\u003e- How many Quarter Pounders can be made from one cow?\u003cbr\u003e- How interesting useless information can be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Book of Useless Information\u003c\/b\u003e answers these teasers and is packed with facts and figures that will captivate you--and anyone who shares your joy in the pursuit of pointless knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoel Botham is chairman and founding member of the Useless Information Society. Botham and the rest of his team lurk mostly around London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tarcherperigee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631190446354,"sku":"9780399532696","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ea7197d-e878-425d-ae1e-360d581d08c2.jpg?v=1732766068","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-useless-information-9780399532696","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}