Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: Wickedly Smart Guide To Histo ry's Naughtiest Bits

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From the same evil geniuses that brought you "Condensed Knowledge" comes an adorably naughty and delightfully mischievous romp through the dark side of human nature. The brainiest team at mental floss have scoured the darkest, dirtiest corners of history and the globe to gather this ultimate collection of the bad stuff you're not supposed to know and you certainly never learned in school. Organized by theme, with chapters for each of the seven deadly sins, the book includes feuds, hoaxes, scandals, mob bosses, acts of revenge, cannibals and much more, all organized into bite-sized - albeit foul-tasting - lists such as: The Fascist Style Guide: Five Dictator Grooming Tips, Four Biblical Girls Gone Wild, Three Delicious Animals We Charbroiled Into Extinction, and so much more!

Reviews

"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 protg." -- Charlotte Observer

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

"The titans of trivia." -- Newsweek

Author Bio

Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as first year students at Duke University. Ignoring the lures of law school and investment banking, the pair co-founded mental floss and have been grinning ever since. Founded in 2001, mental floss magazine, with its tagline "feel smart again," has received rave reviews in a variety of publications. Published bi-monthly, it has 12,000 subscribers and a total circulation of more 70,000 copies (with an impressive 60 per cent sell-thru rate).