Dubious Knowledge: Doubtful Facts, Twisted History and Other Humorosities::

If you like learning with a lively dose of laughter, you'll love this hilarious book full of fishy facts, twisted history and general “Dubious Knowledge” from award-winning humor columnist Dan Van Oss.Collected from more of his weekly “Dubious Knowledge Institute” humor column, these 34 side-splitting features will keep you laughing while you learn “In Japan, coffee shops are called Kissaten, which means, 'Place to continually work on my first novel.'”St. Patrick's “According to Irish lore, Saint Patrick is credited with driving all of the snakes out of Ireland, although the International Snake Society insists they just simply don’t like Irishmen.”Smokey “Smokey celebrated his 70th birthday in 2014 although, due to an ill-advised use of birthday candles, he smashed his cake flat with his shovel.”Valentine’s “In Wales, people celebrate Valentine’s Day as 'Dydd Santes Dwynwen Day', commemorating St. Dwynwen, the patron saint of consonants.”Niagara "The Niagara River is not a 'river,' it is a 'strait,' according to the same people that correct you when you say 'good' instead of 'well.'”Melding the laugh-out-loud wit of classic humor columnist Dave Barry with the British quirkiness of Douglas Adams and Monty Python, Dan expertly melds fact and fiction into a zany mixture of learning and laughter.