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Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1
PEOPLE
AGES OF 25 PEOPLE HAD THEY LIVED TO 2005
10 MEN WHO CRIED IN PUBLIC
IF 27 FAMOUS MEN WERE KNOWN BY THEIR MOTHERS’ MAIDEN NAMES
9 PEOPLE WITH EXTRA LIMBS AND DIGITS
10 FAMOUS NOSES
10 MEETINGS BETWEEN FAMOUS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE NOT YET FAMOUS
17 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL
9 TATTOOED CELEBRITIES
10 PEOPLE WITH THE MOST SQUARE MILES OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE NAMED AFTER THEM
8 UNNAMED WOMEN OF THE BIBLE
6 PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WERE CHANGED BY ACCIDENT
8 ALMOST INDESTRUCTIBLE PEOPLE
13 MOTHERS OF INFAMOUS MEN
Chapter 2
MOVIES
14 MOVIE STARS WHO FELL IN LOVE ON THE SET
23 ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO TURNED DOWN GREAT ROLES
15 FILM SCENES LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
37 FAMOUS WRITERS WHO WORKED FOR THE MOVIES
8 MEMORABLE LINES ERRONEOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FILM STARS
17 MOVIE STARS AND HOW THEY WERE DISCOVERED
PATRICK ROBERTSON’S 10 TALES OF THE MOVIES
ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S 10 GRITTIEST, MOST UNCOMPROMISING CRIME FILMS
STEPHEN KING’S 6 SCARIEST SCENES EVER CAPTURED ON FILM
10 MOVIES THAT WERE PART OF HISTORY
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN’S 10 FAVOURITE MOVIES
KEVIN MACDONALD’S 10 FAVOURITE DOCUMENTARIES OF ALL TIME
WALTER MATTHAU’S 10 FAVOURITE COMEDIES OF ALL TIME
Chapter 3
THE ARTS
21 EARLY NAMES OF FAMOUS BANDS
STIRRING OPENING LINES OF 11 NATIONAL ANTHEMS
DR DEMENTO’S 10 WORST SONG TITLES OF ALL TIME
9 ARTISTS WHOSE WORKS WERE PAINTED OVER
8 VALUABLE ART WORKS FOUND UNEXPECTEDLY
DIZZY GILLESPIE’S 10 GREATEST JAZZ MUSICIANS
JOHNNY CASH’S 10 GREATEST COUNTRY SONGS OF ALL TIME
ANDREW MOTION’S TOP 12 DYLAN LYRICS
GEOFF DYER’S ‘10 SCHOLARLY BOOKS I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE, USING BOB DYLAN LINES AS THEIR TITLES’
ALLEN GINSBERG’S 11 GREATEST BLUES SONGS
RICHARD EYRE’S 9 FAVOURITE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
IAN RANKIN’S 7 GREAT GIGS
9 DRUMMERS OF NOTE — SELECTED BY BEN SCHOTT
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT? — 7 PERFECTLY WRETCHED PERFORMERS
10 MOST UNUSUAL VARIETY ACTS OF ALL TIME, BY RICKY JAY
JEREMY BEADLE’S 20 BARMY QUIZ QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
Chapter 4
FOOD AND HEALTH
RATING THE EFFECTS OF 51 PERSONAL CRISES
10 MAMMOTH CHEESES
5 BODY PARTS NAMED AFTER ITALIANS
9 BODY PARTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW HAD NAMES
14 NOTABLE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
9 DRINKS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE
RUTH ROGERS’ TOP 10 ITALIAN SOUPS
ROSE GRAY’S 10 FAVOURITE ITALIAN WINES
14 HIGHLY UNUSUAL RECIPES
7 GREAT SAUSAGE EVENTS
10 REALLY UNUSUAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS
10 FAMOUS INSOMNIACS
14 HEALTHY INSOMNIA CURES
29 ACTIVITIES AND THE CALORIES THEY CONSUME
Chapter 5
ANIMALS
11 EXAMPLES OF UNUSUAL ANIMAL MATING HABITS
10 ANIMALS THAT HAVE EATEN HUMANS
13 PLACES WITH MORE SHEEP THAN HUMANS
4 PLACES WITH MORE PIGS THAN HUMANS
AVERAGE ERECT PENIS LENGTHS FOR 10 SPECIES
THE CAT CAME BACK: 9 CATS WHO TRAVELLED LONG DISTANCES TO RETURN HOME
18 CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE LIVED WITH WILD ANIMALS
THE DAY OF EXTINCTION FOR 8 BIRDS
8 EXAMPLES OF STRANGE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
MAXIMUM RECORDED LIFESPAN OF 58 ANIMALS
7 EXTINCT ANIMALS THAT ARE NO LONGER EXTINCT
11 LARGE ANIMALS DISCOVERED BY WESTERN SCIENCE SINCE 1900
5 OF THE WORLD’S MOST OFT-SIGHTED LAKE AND SEA MONSTERS
5 PIECES OF ADVICE ON HOW TO SURVIVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BEAR
10 MOST INTELLIGENT BREEDS OF DOG
10 LEAST INTELLIGENT BREEDS OF DOG
Chapter 6
WORK AND MONEY
THE 11 MOST UNUSUAL OBJECTS SOLD ON eBAY
20 VERY ODD JOBS
4 UNFORTUNATE PRODUCT NAMES AND 1 HONOURABLE MENTION
12 LIBRARIANS WHO BECAME FAMOUS IN OTHER FIELDS
15 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN BED
EARLY CAREERS OF 6 SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRES
Chapter 7
SEX, LOVE AND MARRIAGE
22 MEMORABLE KISSES
7 CELEBRITY COUPLES MARRIED THREE WEEKS OR LESS
RUDOLPH VALENTINO’S 10 ATTRIBUTES OF THE PERFECT WOMAN
23 FAMOUS PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS ABOUT MARRIAGE
HOW 10 FAMOUS PEOPLE MET THEIR MATES
12 FOODS CLAIMED TO BE APHRODISIACS
6 POSITIONS FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE — IN ORDER OF POPULARITY
6 INCESTUOUS COUPLES OF THE BIBLE
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY: PRESERVED SEX ORGANS OF 4 FAMOUS MEN
Chapter 8
CRIME
15 UNUSUAL STOLEN OBJECTS
18 STUPID THIEVES AND 3 DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS
20 UNDERWORLD NICKNAMES
22 CASES OF ANIMALS AND INSECTS BROUGHT BEFORE THE LAW
8 TRIAL VERDICTS THAT CAUSED RIOTS
WITTICISMS OF 9 CONDEMNED CRIMINALS
29 UNUSUAL LAWSUITS
Chapter 9
WAR, POLITICS AND WORLD AFFAIRS
15 ACTORS WHO BECAME POLITICIANS
THE 10 WORST LIVING DICTATORS
13 DEPOSED DICTATORS… AFTER THE FALL
11 COMMANDERS KILLED BY THEIR OWN TROOPS
10 LARGEST ARMS EXPORTERS
10 LARGEST ARMS IMPORTERS
THE 10 MEN WHO CONQUERED THE MOST MILES
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN 30 NATIONAL LEGISLATURES
9 UNUSUAL DISASTERS
11 ALTERNATIVE GUNMEN IN THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
18 SECRET ARMIES OF THE CIA
Chapter 10
TRAVEL
11 MUSEUMS OF LIMITED APPEAL
14 OF THE STRANGEST THINGS FOUND IN LONDON TRANSPORT’S LOST PROPERTY OFFICE
THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
THE 15 LEAST POPULOUS INDEPENDENT NATIONS
5 PLACES WITH UNLIKELY NAMES
13 POSSIBLE SITES FOR THE GARDEN OF EDEN
23 CASES OF BIZARRE WEATHER
15 SHIPWRECK SURVIVAL TIPS
Chapter 11
LITERATURE
28 GREAT BEGINNINGS TO NOVELS
10 POETS AND HOW THEY EARNED A LIVING
32 CURIOUS HISTORIES AND ESOTERIC STUDIES FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE PEOPLE’S ALMANAC
8 UNLIKELY HOW-TO BOOKS
THE ORIGINAL TITLES OF 28 FAMOUS BOOKS
THE BOOKSELLER’S 9 GREAT MODERN SURPRISE BESTSELLERS
28 BAD REVIEWS OF FAMOUS WORKS
11 INCREDIBLE LIPOGRAMS
MARGARET ATWOOD’S 10 ANNOYING THINGS TO SAY TO WRITERS
ROALD DAHL’S 5 BOOKS TO TAKE TO A NEW PLANET
HENRY MILLER’S 10 GREATEST WRITERS OF ALL TIME
IRVING WALLACE’S 9 FAVOURITE AUTHORS
BRIAN ALDISS’S 10 FAVOURITE SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS
WILL SELF’S 9 BOOKS THAT PROVE FACT IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
BRIAN ENO’S 18 MIND-CHANGING BOOKS
SIR CHRISTOPHER BLAND’S 10 BEST REFERENCE BOOKS
JOYCE CAROL OATES’S 14 FAVOURITE AMERICAN AUTHORS
ELMORE LEONARD’S 11 FAVOURITE NOVELS
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS’ 10 FAVOURITE NOVELS
12 LAST LINES OF NOVELS
Chapter 12
WORDS
23 OBSCURE AND OBSOLETE WORDS
33 NAMES OF THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW HAD NAMES
18 SAYINGS OF OSCAR WILDE
16 WELL-KNOWN SAYINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WRONG PEOPLE
13 SAYINGS OF WOODY ALLEN
17 PAIRS OF CONTRADICTORY PROVERBS
SO TO SPEAK — THE TRUTH ABOUT 16 COMMON SAYINGS
29 WORDS RARELY USED IN THEIR POSITIVE FORM
18 UNTRANSLATABLE WORDS
7 WORDS IN WHICH ALL THE VOWELS APPEAR IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
5 REMARKABLE MESSAGES IN BOTTLES
Chapter 13
SPORTS
10 OLYMPIC CONTROVERSIES
6 BIZARRE SPORTS EVENTS
5 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO INVENTED GAMES
JAMES LANDALE’S 8 REMARKABLE PISTOL DUELS
13 OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS WHO ACTED IN MOVIES
SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS’ 11 GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS
RICHARD WILLIAMS’ 11 FAVOURITE GOALS
SIR CHRIS BONINGTON’S 9 BEST MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCES
7 NON-BOXERS WHO TOOK ON THE CHAMPIONS
Chapter 14
DEATH
16 CASES OF PEOPLE KILLED BY GOD
24 STRANGE DEATHS
10 CELEBRATED PEOPLE WHO READ THEIR OWN OBITUARIES
9 PEOPLE WHO DIED LAUGHING
5 PEOPLE WHO DIED PLAYING CARDS
17 HEALTH EXPERTS AND HOW THEY DIED
12 TIMELY DEATHS
PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE — 29 STUFFED OR EMBALMED HUMANS AND ANIMALS
REMAINS TO BE SEEN — 15 PRESERVED BODY PARTS
Chapter 15
MISCELLANEOUS
DAVE EGGERS’ 4 BEST PLACES TO PUT THINGS INTO
12 PRODIGIOUS SAVANTS
15 STRANGE STORIES
11 AMAZING ATTIC EVENTS
27 THINGS THAT FELL FROM THE SKY
PHILIP PULLMAN’S 10 BEST TOOLS, AND ONE MORE
27 THINGS THAT ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM
21 BAD PREDICTIONS
10 FUNGUSES THAT CHANGED HISTORY
16 FAMOUS EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE BATHTUB
BRUCE FELTON’S WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
11 OF THE WORST IDEAS IN RECENT HISTORY
7 LAST FACTS
Index
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