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mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!

mental_flossis proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledgeis a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!

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Ingredients include:

5 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 ...

Subject
historyscience
Genre
humor
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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