All in perfectly bad taste
Prepare to be amazed, appalled, disgusted, and hugely
entertained by this compendium of indelicate oddities. Nothing is
too inane, too insane, too bizarre, or too distasteful for this
incredible, seemingly impossible, but absolutely true collection of
facts from across the ages and around the world.
"Did you know...
"
...that Pope Benedict XII was such a hardened boozer that he
inspired the expression "drunk as a pope"? (From "10 Historic
Drunks")
...that as a special honeymoon treat, Prince Charles read Princess
Diana passages from the works of Carl Jung and Laurens van der
Post? (From "History's 10 Least Romantic Honeymoons")
...that the best-dressed gentlemen in medieval England exposed
their genitals below a short-fitting tunic? (From "History's 10
Greatest Fashion Mistakes")
...that Alfred Hitchcock suffered from ovophobia--fear of eggs?
(From "10 Phobias of the Famous")
...that King Louis XIV only took three baths in his lifetime, each
of them under protest?
(From "10 Great Unwashed")
...that in 1930, Sears customers became enraged when the catalog
was first printed on glossy, non-absorbent paper?
(From "12 Magical Moments in Toilet Paper History")
General
| Imprint: |
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2007 |
| First published: |
February 2007 |
| Authors: |
Karl Shaw
|
| Dimensions: |
202 x 132 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| Edition: |
1st US ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7679-2059-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-7679-2059-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780767920599 |
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