Everybody's Book of Knowledge: A Giant Compendium of Yesteryear's Facts

In the world of trivia books, this genre usually falls into two denominations: bathroom books or coffee table books. Let's consider bathroom books. As most of us don't have well-appointed bookshelves in our bathrooms, these tomes of trivia end up on the floor next to the toilet or tossed in a basket accompanied by crosswords and Sudoku. They're dog-eared, bent, warped, torn and unloved – disrespected, if you will. Their titles often foreshadow their fate relegated to the bathroom floor: Where else would you expect to find something titled The Book of General Ignorance? or Why Do Men Have...