Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge : A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!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 ...