The Book Of Royal Useless Information
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The Book Of Royal Useless Information
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Author : Noel BothaM & Bruce Montague
language : en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date : 2012-02-23
The Book Of Royal Useless Information written by Noel BothaM & Bruce Montague and has been published by Kings Road Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Continuing the sensational success of the Useless Information Series, the Official Useless Information Society brings you another essential compendium of everything you never needed but always wanted to know. A celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee this amazing volume contains all things royal such as: The popular misconception that the royal family cannot vote in political elections. It is only the Queen, herself, who is not allowed to vote. Other members of the family merely choose not to; • The Queen learned to drive in 1945 when she joined the wartime army but has never held a driving license; On the occasion of the Duke of Edinburgh's birthday, a Royal gun salute is fired, and the Union Jack is flown on government buildings from 8am until sunset; Lord Mountbatten, Prince Charles's uncle, tried to arrange a betrothal between his own grand-daughter, Amanda Knatchbull and Charles. Amanda's father and Prince Philip did not approve and put a stop to it; Harry has two secretaries to handle his fan-mail, which invariably comes from teenage girls asking him for a date. Hopefuls should be made aware that no royal contender may be adopted, divorced, Catholic or born of unmarried parents. In Tudor times Catholics were forbidden from living within 10 miles of the throne.
The Ultimate Book Of Useless Information
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Author : Noel Botham
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-05-02
The Ultimate Book Of Useless Information written by Noel Botham and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-02 with Humor categories.
Bigger, better, and more useless than ever! In their groundbreakingly useless book, The Book of Useless Information, the members of the Useless Information Society proved that knowledge doesn't have to be useful to be entertaining. Now they present a new collection of their most fascinating, hilarious, and wholly trivial findings. The Ultimate Book of Useless Information includes such "did you knows" as: - Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite - The average person spends two weeks of their life kissing - And giraffes have no vocal cords
The Book Of Shakespearean Useless Information
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Author : Bruce Montague
language : en
Publisher: Metro Books
Release Date : 2016-03
The Book Of Shakespearean Useless Information written by Bruce Montague and has been published by Metro Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this excellent, engrossing and ever so slightly eccentric compendium, the reader will discover why the theatre is called "The Theatre," why in the theatre, the expression 'the ghost walks' means it is pay day, why intervals were unexpectedly introduced into theatrical performances, why Shakespeare's father lost his position as Mayor of Stratford, how the Box Office got its name, why the poorer Tudors painted their teeth black, and a great deal more besides. Bruce Montague (himself a distinguished Shakespearean actor of many years standing) sheds a light on the weird and wonderful life of the greatest playwright ever to have possibly not written all his own plays.
The Book Of Shakespearian Useless Information
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Author : Bruce Montague
language : en
Publisher: Metro Publishing
Release Date : 2016-03-03
The Book Of Shakespearian Useless Information written by Bruce Montague and has been published by Metro Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death on 23 April 1616. Four centuries later, sales of his works are second only to the Bible. Yet, in common with the authors of the Holy Book, little is known about the poet and playwright, and the few facts that have emerged over the course of several hundred years are largely speculative – when they aren't complete b*llocks. An entry from the diary written by the Revd John Ward, vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon from 1662 to 1681, is instructive, for he recorded tales passed on to him by people who had known Shakespeare. In one, he mentions that 'the Bard' held his fifty-second birthday party at New Place in Stratford and that 'Shakespeare, [the poet Michael] Drayton and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems, drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a feavour there contracted.' But if the date of his death is known, the actual day of his birth remains conjecture. As does so much else . . . This amusing but instructive book assembles many of the legends, the lies, the imputations, and a host of uncommon facts from the late Tudor and early Jacobean period, loosely arranged in chronological order to establish William Shakespeare in his literary and historical setting. In doing so, it shows us the man and his time, thereby illuminating the greatest playwright who ever lived.
The Book Of Useless Information
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Author : Noel Botham
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2006-06-27
The Book Of Useless Information written by Noel Botham and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-27 with Humor categories.
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... Did you know (or do you care)... • That fish scales are used to make lipstick? • Why organized crime accounts for ten percent of the United States’s annual income? • The name of the first CD pressed in the United States? • The last year that can be written upside-down or right side-up and appear the same? • The shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar®? • How much Elvis weighed at the time of his death? • What the suits in a deck of cards represent? • How many Quarter Pounders can be made from one cow? • How interesting useless information can be? The Book of Useless Information 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.
The Wicked Wit Of The Royal Family
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Author : Karen Dolby
language : en
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date : 2019-11-07
The Wicked Wit Of The Royal Family written by Karen Dolby and has been published by Michael O'Mara Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family celebrates the flashes of fun and brilliance of the most famous family in the world. There is no doubt that the British royal family is THE most famous family in the world. Watched and picked over in the media for everything from fashion choices to baby bumps, sporting achievements to nightclub preferences, there doesn't seem to be a moment when they can escape public scrutiny. But, somehow, they still manage to maintain a sense of humour - and it's those flashes of fun and brilliance that this book celebrates. From Prince Philip's gaffe-prone remarks (most of which appear ON camera rather than off) to the 'in' jokes shared by the knowing smiles of the younger royals and the Queen's wickedly dry and often bitingly funny remarks; from Prince Charles's asides to the Duchess of Cornwall to the self-deprecating smile of the Duchess of Cambridge and the belly laughs that appeal to Prince Harry. This book presents the other side of royal protocol and perhaps gives a glimpse of the real lives of this much-loved clan.
The Great Book Of British Useless Information
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Author : Hannah Warner
language : en
Publisher: Metro Publishing, Limited
Release Date : 2010-10-04
The Great Book Of British Useless Information written by Hannah Warner and has been published by Metro Publishing, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-04 with History categories.
Which king ordered everyone to bed at 8pm? - How many Pot Noodles are sold every second in Great Britain? - How much does the hammer of Big Ben's bell weigh? If you want to know the answers to these and a whole host of other questions about Blighty, then this is the book for you!
The Usefulness Of Useless Knowledge
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Author : Abraham Flexner
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2017-02-21
The Usefulness Of Useless Knowledge written by Abraham Flexner and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-21 with Reference categories.
A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips. This brief book includes Flexner's timeless 1939 essay alongside a new companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf, the Institute's current director, in which he shows that Flexner's defense of the value of "the unobstructed pursuit of useless knowledge" may be even more relevant today than it was in the early twentieth century. Dijkgraaf describes how basic research has led to major transformations in the past century and explains why it is an essential precondition of innovation and the first step in social and cultural change. He makes the case that society can achieve deeper understanding and practical progress today and tomorrow only by truly valuing and substantially funding the curiosity-driven "pursuit of useless knowledge" in both the sciences and the humanities.
The Book Of Games
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Author : Mary White
language : en
Publisher: G.N. Morang
Release Date : 1898
The Book Of Games written by Mary White and has been published by G.N. Morang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Games categories.
The Indispensable Book Of Useless Information
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Author : Don Voorhees
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-05-03
The Indispensable Book Of Useless Information written by Don Voorhees and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-03 with Reference categories.
Nothing you'll ever need to know is in this book The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues to prove that there are plenty of things in this world no one needs to know about. Why bother learning that... *Poland sells a drink called Fart Juice? *ATMs in Vatican City are in Latin? *a two-year-old learns about ten new words a day? *President George Washington checked out two library books that are now 220 years overdue? Do you really need to know... *how many clocks are in the Pentagon? *which state has towns called Intercourse and Virginville? *what WD-40 stands for? *the state with the fastest drivers?