Mental Floss Presents The Book

For ten years, the knowledge seekers at mental_floss have been hunting and trapping the world's rarest facts, locking them into captivating lists for the world to admire. Thanks to their tireless efforts, "Mental Floss: The Book" is packed with a decade's worth of the smartest, quirkiest stories around, including: Five Presidential "Fashion Flubs" Seven "Shameless" Abuses of Diplomatic Immunity Five Units of Measurement "Weirder" Than the Metric System Four Toys That Have "Gone to War" for America Seven "Reasons" Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever Five Things Your Body Can Do "After You Die" Six of "Baseball's" Strangest Trades Four Foods People Actually "Die" For Seven Things "Walmart" Has Banned Four TV Shows That Changed the "Course of History" Ten ""Q"" Words That Aren't "Q-U" Words Four Horrifying "Parasites" to Keep You Awake at Night Eight "Fake" Archaeological Finds Five Articles of Clothing That Caused "Riots" Four Memorable Moments in "Cross-Dressing" History Five "Doomsdays" We've Already Survived And 124 Other "Extraordinary Lists"