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Has anyone read "The Book of Useless Information"?

It is a "fact book" by Noel Botham. It was published in 2006. They even have a "Useless information Society". I normally wouldn't name names like this, but this drivel was actually on the New York Times Bestseller List. Half the book has "facts" that come off the internet (and each site steals from each other), verbatim! There are many "facts" in here that are not facts at all. Here's one example: (quote):"H2O expands as it freezes and contracts as it melts displacing the exact same amount of fluid in either state. So, if the nothern ice cap did melt, it would cause absolutely no rise in the level of the ocean." Oh really? What about all the ice that is ABOVE SEA LEVEL? This book is so ridiculious, I don't know why it would be on the BestSeller's List!

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1. yea i was forced to read alot of those in high school....:P
2. If it's a book of useless information, I won't waste my time on it. Besides, you might just confuse your facts in the process. Not a good recommendation to anyone at all.
3. The list is based on weekly sales reports obtained from selected samples of independent and chain bookstores, as well as wholesalers, throughout the United States. The sales figures are widely believed to represent books that have actually been sold at retail, rather than wholesale figures,[as the Times surveys a number of actual booksellers in an attempt to better reflect what is actually purchased by individual buyers. Some books are flagged with a dagger (†) indicating that a significant number of bulk orders had been received by retail bookstores. The exact methodology used in creating the list is classified as a trade secret. so, the books are only on the list because they were purchased often, not because they were good. guess A LOT of people bought this book thinking it was a good read when it was really crap.