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More information than you require
by John Hodgman
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The best-selling author of The Areas of My Expertise presents a tongue-in-cheek compendium of made-up facts that fall under such headings as "The Method by Which We Elect Our Presidents," "How to Be a Famous Minor Television Personality," and "Gambling: The Sport of the Asthmatic Man."
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More information than you require
2008, Dutton, Dutton Adult
Hardcover
in English
0525950346 9780525950349
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Table of Contents
One of my great regrets
The presidents of the United States: are they the new hoboes? (including Lincoln Kennedy links, William Jennings Bryan, Mondale, Teddy Roosevelt, President Booth
The future and other superstitions (including folk remedies plus a hangover cure)
Advice, how-to, and miscellaneous (including infestations, the literary axolotl, oxalis, identity theft and secret ponytails)
Gambling: the sport of the asthmatic man (including how to, roulette, poker, tells, slots, hermit-crab racing, American musical theater, casinos)
How to be famous (including internet rumors, wacky neighbors, perks + 1 downside of fame)
The hidden world (not including mole-men) (includes monsters, feral Americans, crossword code, Ralph Macchio, secret moon landing, alien life)
Even more information than you require, with a special emphasis on food and animals (a kind of food) (includes the 6 new foods of the world, the fork, forgotten cocktails, oysters, parasites: lice, tapeworms, Brooklyn inventions, shitty aphorisms, and what to expect while serving as a juror)
The mole-men: are they the new hoboes? (includes the 7 portals to the hollow earth; literary tone detector; 700 mole-man names; an urban legend regarding the Declaration of Independence)
Some lists I confess to compiling: Some insects who have been friend to man; 4 get-rich-slow schemes; The 10 accepted styles of deadpan; 3 Esperanto words in common use today; Vera aux falsa; sexually suggestive Christmas songs; The best mas ever
All of your questions answered, or at least 5 more: regarding chicken butt; the worst job; car talk; skooma; Scrabble
An outroduction: the secret of your identity and how you got that terrible scar
Troubleshooting guide to the new voting machines
The precedents of the United States
Your 12-month spleencast
Some luck signs
Wacky neighbors
The damned
Experts consulted during the preparation of this book
Sequels to Machiavelli's The Prince.
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