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In the mid1960s, slumber party barbie came with a book called how to lose weight. All facts have to be validated and usually appear on the front page in 24 hours. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. Tentatively titled the flip side of history, the new book will include a collection of stories similar to what is found on this website and in the useless information podcast. The book of useless information paperback by noel botham. Annoy your friends and family with many did you knows.
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What you may so cavalierly call useless information could prove invaluable to someone else. I noticed right away that even for a book of random facts, the sections are poorly written with almost no continuity or interesting detail. Quirky if utterly useless facts in the new qi book daily. Many of the facts used above were culled from these reddit posts that asked people to provide the most useless fact they know.
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