Mental Floss: Scatterbrained - by Editors of Mental Floss (Paperback)

About the Book

From the Back Cover

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 from Schoolhouse Rock to Abstract Expressionism? You'll just have to open up the book to find out.

Review Quotes

"Clever presentation and funny headlines aside, this book serves up a nourishing meat-and-potatoes menu of cultural information. Chances are you'll find that reading it is "M'm! M'm! Good!" - Hartford Courant

"The titans of trivia." - Newsweek

"An ideal reference to settle arguments or jog your memory." - Calgary Herald

"A lot like that professor of yours who peppered his tests with raunchy jokes: it makes learning fun." - Newsweek

"A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine." - Washington Post

"Part scholarly journal, part Spy magazine protégé." - Charlotte Observer

"For the discerning intellect, Mental Floss cleans out the cobwebs." - Chicago Tribune

"A single issue packs enough cocktail party ammo to make even the most intellectually detached person the kind of trivia-spouting maniac not seen since "Cheers" mailman Cliff Clavin." - Los Angeles Times

"There's only one place I would expect to find this amazing font of knowledge and good humor, and that is Birmingham. There is also a statue of some kind of God of Iron in Birmingham. It stands on a hill, and holds a lightning bolt. I like that statue, but not as much as Mental Floss' Condensed Knowledge, because it is Good." - Dave Eggers