Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again - Editors Of Mental Floss

From the team that brought you the enormously successful magazine of the same name comes this trove of fun and useful information that blurs the line between great education and great entertainment. \n \nLoaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!\n \nmental_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!\n \nIngredients include: \n \n5 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 ...\n