The Book of Totally Useless Information
By Don Voorhees

HERE IS ENOUGH USELESS INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE.
IN THE BOOK OF TOTALLY USELESS INFORMATION, DON VOORHEES
HAS COMPILED OVER TWO HUNDRED EXPLANATIONS FOR
THE NOT-SO-IMPORTANT QUESTIONS IN LIFE.

• WHY IS THE SKY BLUE?
• WHY DOES ORANGE JUICE TASTE FUNNY AFTER YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH?
• WHY IS A LEFT-HANDED PITCHER KNOWN AS A "SOUTHPAW"?
• WHY IS THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY CALLED THE STANLEY CUP?
• WHEN DID IT FIRST BECOME OFFENSIVE TO EXTEND THE MIDDLE FINGER?
• WHY ARE DIAMOND MEASURED IN CARATS?
• WHAT MAKES STAINLESS STEEL STAINLESS?
• WHY DOES A MEXICAN JUMPING BEAN JUMP?
• WHY DO SPOKES ON WAGON WHEELS APPEAR TO MOVE BACKWARD ON TELEVISION OR MOVIE SCREENS?
• WHAT IS A BEST BOY, A KEY GRIP, AND A GAFFER?

CHOCKFUL OF FASCINATING TRIVIAL FACTS AND AVECDOTES, THE BOOK OF TOTALLY USELESS
INFORMATION WILL ENTERTAIN READERS OF ALL AGES.  ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, THIS
USEFUL BOOK WILL SATISFY THE CURIOUSITY OF EVERYONE WHO WONDERS WHY.

DON VOORHEES HAS CONTINUALLY COLLECTED INTERESTING STORIES AND
BITS OF INFORMATION OVER THE YEARS AND CLAIMS TO NEVER HAVE LOST A GAME
OF TRIVIAL PURSUIT.  HE LIVES IN EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, WITH HIS FAMILY.

COVER DESIGN BY PAULA SCHER / PENTAGRAM
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD ZORN

A CITIDEL PRESS BOOK
CAROL PUBLISHING GROUP