"Mental Floss" Presents Condensed Knowledge Book

Armed with expert information and a biting wit, mental floss's Condensed Knowledge officially takes the chore out of learning. The book's 15 chapters, covering everything from pop culture to physics, are jam-packed with lucid explanations, intriguing facts, and a smug irreverence you're bound to love. Who else is going to tell you about 3 Major Mistakes on Your World Map, or which 5 Literary Classics Were Written Under the Influence, or which Nobel Prize Should Never Been Awarded, or what the 4 Things Einstein Got Wrong are? Brush over the titles, flip through the pages, ease into a paragraph of your choice. And an hour later, when your kids are tugging at your pant legs and your spouse is burning dinner, and you're busy wondering just where the time went, you'll realize that learning isn't just easy, it's addictive.Read More