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Ponder, if you will ...
Why are tennis balls fuzzy?
How come birds don't tip over when they sleep on telephone wires?
What makes yawning contagious?
Why, oh why, do roosters have to crow so early in the morning?

Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in When Do Fish Sleep? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most baffling questions. Part of the Imponderables(R) series and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, When Do Fish Sleep? arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that...

Enlighten Up Already

Monet? Manet? Who can even tell the difference? Well, with the help of the newest mental_floss tome, you can Want to learn how to tell egg rolls from spring rolls, nuclear bombs from dirty nuclear bombs, or even how to tell an idiot from a moron (there's a real scientific difference)? Piece of cake Whether you're trying to impress your boss, your mother-in-law, attractive singles, or a pack of fourth graders (you know how they love semantics), mental_floss gives you all the tips and tricks to have you sounding like a genius.

The bathroom read to end all bathroom reads

What does Greece (the country) have to do with Grease (the movie)? And what does Grease (the movie) have to do with greasy food? Plenty, if you ask the folks at mental_floss.

Based on the magazine's "Scatterbrained" section, the mental_floss gang has taken on the Mount Everest of trivia challenges: connecting the entire world through the juiciest facts they could find. How do you get from Puppies to Stalin; from Humpty Dumpty to Elizabeth Taylor; from the Hundred Years' War to 8 Minute Abs; or even...

Friends? Romans? Countrymen?
You never know whom you'll have to impress
at your next corporate shindig or keg party.

Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn't the trick. In fact, that's exactly why we're handing you Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets--a totally effective, foolproof guide to starting and sustaining conversations on every topic under the sun. Want to wax wise about barbarians, socialist theory, and jazz musicians? What about Keynesian economics, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and James Joyce's...

Remember that time you bumped into Stephen Hawking at the clambake and his monologue on string theory went completely over your head? Man, was that awkward. Or remember the time you were at a party and someone asked, "Who knows how to perform open-heart surgery?" and you were the only one who didn't raise your hand?

Well, put all of that embarrassment behind you. Want to dazzle crowds with your wondrous knowledge of Shakespeare and surgeries? Want to learn to woo just like history's greatest minds? Well, start reading already The Genius Instruction Manual is a foolproof...

Modeled after the NASCAR Winston Cup Season, NASCAR Trivia lets you rack up points as you answer hundreds of questions on everything including:

• drivers
• cars
• track lengths
• individual race events and...

Canada has given the world the real Winnie the Pooh, the phrase "Beatlemania," and the man who invented the Academy Awards. If it weren t for Canada, we might not have the pie-in-the-face gag, basketball, time zones, or the dotted white line on the middle of highways.

And anyone who still thinks Canada is dull obviously doesn t know about the Canadian who was the longest serving prisoner on Alcatraz, or the night that members of Parliament threw books and toy balloons at each other during a wild debate in the House of Commons. The Great Canadian Trivia Book explores the...

The phenomenal success of the Now You Know and Now You Know More has encouraged this third Book of Answers. Now You Know Almost Everything continues with the same formula of dispensing knowledge concisely, never losing sight of the joy and fun of discovering the why of ordinary things.

In Now You Know Almost Everything you will discover answers to hundreds of questions:

• Why can't grooms see their bride on the day before the wedding?
• Why is a swindle called a "double-cross"?
• Why do people say, "That's all she wrote"?
...

2,000 of the most entertaining, brain-teasing, football questions ever. How will you score?

With 200 themed quizzes ranging from the very easy to the very hard, there's something to challenge kids and adults alike. Whether you're swotting up for your local pub quiz or just want to show off your footie trivia to your mates, The Sun Football Quiz Book is the book for you.

Covering all aspects of the sport from the Premiership, the lower divisions, the FA Cup, football in Europe, the Champions League, the World Cup, England stars and legends past and present to Irish, Scottish and...

One hundred colourful portraits of the cricketing characters whom Ian Botham has come into contact with during his eventful career and who have influenced the game for good during this time: from top players, umpires and coaches to pop stars, writers and philanthropists.

Among the cast of characters who feature in Botham's own Who's Who of cricket are many of the world's top past and present players, cricketers such as Viv Richards, Brian Close, Shane Warne and Nasser Hussain.

Umpire Dickie Bird and the late John Arlott also have a place in Beefy's Hall of Fame. Others...

So you think you're a whiz at movie trivia? Well, here is the perfect book to put your knowledge to the test. Created by noted movie and television actor Fred Willard, this unique book of trivia is guaranteed to provide hours of enjoyment for those who love to be quizzed on their "silver screen" expertise. With over 900 thoughtprovoking questions, Fred Willard's Magnificent Movie Trivia covers a wide range of topics--classic and contemporary movies, independent films, notable actors and actresses, award-winning motion pictures, and much, much more. It's all here in...