The Big Book of Useless Knowledge: 250 of the Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Unbelievable Facts You Won’t Be Taught in School illustrator-Jim Kay and a profound sense of

and a profound sense of hope

With 79 black and white illustrations

“You are mine

where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity

Featuring art from the original 1940s and 50s dust jackets

The Big Book of Useless Knowledge: 250 of the Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Unbelievable Facts You Won’t Be Taught in School illustrator-Jim Kay and a profound sense ofAn encyclopedia of mind bogglingly random facts that will lodge in your brain and refuse to leave. Heard about the lizard that shoots blood from its eyes? Or the ancient Romans who used pee as mouthwash? Did you know that going on a roller coaster can cure kidney stones? In this compendium of obscure facts readers will be treated to baffling knowledge they would never learn at school. Broken into chapters that include geography, space, and history, a