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Stuff you should know : an incomplete compendium of mostly interesting things / Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant with Nils Parker.

Clark, Josh, 1976- (author.). Bryant, Chuck, 1971- (author.). Parker, Nils, (author.).

Summary:

The duo behind the massively successful podcast "Stuff You Should Know" offers an unexpected look at weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics, featuring new subjects that they've long wondered about and wanted to explore.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250268501
ISBN: 1250268508
Physical Description: vii, 286 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Subtitle has the word "very" struck through with "mostly" appearing above it.

"Stuff you should read ; An iHeart Book." -- Title page.

Formatted Contents Note:

The history of facial hair -- Mr. Potato Head -- Murphy beds -- How to get lost -- Mezcal -- John Frum and the Cargo Cults -- Backmasking -- Aging -- The history of income tax -- The pet rock -- Cyanide pills -- Do(ugh)nuts -- The Jersey devil -- Demolition derbies -- Kamikaze -- Trichotillomania and the BFRBs -- Trillionaires -- The SCRUM manifesto -- Roadies -- The Scotland Yard Crime Museum -- Jack Kevorkian -- Well-witching -- The first gun(s) -- Keeping up with the Joneses -- Dog smells -- The perfect Price is Right game -- Child prodigies -- Appendix. Stuff You Should Know podcast episodes.