num_pages: 345
description: Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!Ingredients include:5 tiny nations that get no respect • 4 civilizations nobody remembers • 5 classics written under the influence • 4 things your boss has in common with slime mold • 3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex • 4 things Einstein got wrong • 5 classical tunes you know from the movies • 3 famous studies that would be illegal today • 2 religious mysteries solved by chemistry • 5 scandals that rocked art, and much more ...
language: English
title: mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
titlecomplete: mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
genres: Sociology, History, Science, Reference, Humor, Self Help, Trivia, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 901
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks