The Book of Lists
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The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators — but none as addictive or successful. For nearly three decades, the editors have been researching curious facts, unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now, the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a thoroughly up-to-date edition. Published all over the world, and containing lists written specially for each country, this edition has something for everyone.
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 PEOPLE
- AGES OF 25 PEOPLE HAD THEY LIVED TO 2005
- 10 MEN WHO CRIED IN PUBLIC
- IF 27 FAMOUS MEN WERE KNOWN BY THEIR MOTHERS ’ MAIDEN NAMES
- 9 PEOPLE WITH EXTRA LIMBS AND DIGITS
- 10 FAMOUS NOSES
- 10 MEETINGS BETWEEN FAMOUS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE NOT YET FAMOUS
- 17 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL
- 9 TATTOOED CELEBRITIES
- 10 PEOPLE WITH THE MOST SQUARE MILES OF THE EARTH ’S SURFACE NAMED AFTER THEM
- 8 UNNAMED WOMEN OF THE BIBLE
- 6 PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WERE CHANGED BY ACCIDENT
- 8 ALMOST INDESTRUCTIBLE PEOPLE
- 13 MOTHERS OF INFAMOUS MEN
- Chapter 2 MOVIES
- 14 MOVIE STARS WHO FELL IN LOVE ON THE SET
- 23 ACTORS AND ACTRESSES WHO TURNED DOWN GREAT ROLES
- 15 FILM SCENES LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
- 37 FAMOUS WRITERS WHO WORKED FOR THE MOVIES
- 8 MEMORABLE LINES ERRONEOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FILM STARS
- 17 MOVIE STARS AND HOW THEY WERE DISCOVERED
- PATRICK ROBERTSON ’S 10 TALES OF THE MOVIES
- ANTHONY BOURDAIN ’S 10 GRITTIEST, MOST UNCOMPROMISING CRIME FILMS
- STEPHEN KING ’S 6 SCARIEST SCENES EVER CAPTURED ON FILM
- 10 MOVIES THAT WERE PART OF HISTORY
- WILLIAM FRIEDKIN ’S 10 FAVOURITE MOVIES
- KEVIN MACDONALD ’S 10 FAVOURITE DOCUMENTARIES OF ALL TIME
- WALTER MATTHAU ’S 10 FAVOURITE COMEDIES OF ALL TIME
- Chapter 3 THE ARTS
- 21 EARLY NAMES OF FAMOUS BANDS
- STIRRING OPENING LINES OF 11 NATIONAL ANTHEMS
- DR DEMENTO ’S 10 WORST SONG TITLES OF ALL TIME
- 9 ARTISTS WHOSE WORKS WERE PAINTED OVER
- 8 VALUABLE ART WORKS FOUND UNEXPECTEDLY
- DIZZY GILLESPIE ’S 10 GREATEST JAZZ MUSICIANS
- JOHNNY CASH ’S 10 GREATEST COUNTRY SONGS OF ALL TIME
- ANDREW MOTION ’S TOP 12 DYLAN LYRICS
- GEOFF DYER ’S ‘10 SCHOLARLY BOOKS I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE, USING BOB DYLAN LINES AS THEIR TITLES’
- ALLEN GINSBERG ’S 11 GREATEST BLUES SONGS
- RICHARD EYRE ’S 9 FAVOURITE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
- IAN RANKIN ’S 7 GREAT GIGS
- 9 DRUMMERS OF NOTE — SELECTED BY BEN SCHOTT
- THAT ’S ENTERTAINMENT? — 7 PERFECTLY WRETCHED PERFORMERS
- 10 MOST UNUSUAL VARIETY ACTS OF ALL TIME, BY RICKY JAY
- JEREMY BEADLE ’S 20 BARMY QUIZ QUESTIONS
- ANSWERS
- Chapter 4 FOOD AND HEALTH
- RATING THE EFFECTS OF 51 PERSONAL CRISES
- 10 MAMMOTH CHEESES
- 5 BODY PARTS NAMED AFTER ITALIANS
- 9 BODY PARTS YOU DIDN ’T KNOW HAD NAMES
- 14 NOTABLE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
- 9 DRINKS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE
- RUTH ROGERS ’ TOP 10 ITALIAN SOUPS
- ROSE GRAY ’S 10 FAVOURITE ITALIAN WINES
- 14 HIGHLY UNUSUAL RECIPES
- 7 GREAT SAUSAGE EVENTS
- 10 REALLY UNUSUAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS
- 10 FAMOUS INSOMNIACS
- 14 HEALTHY INSOMNIA CURES
- 29 ACTIVITIES AND THE CALORIES THEY CONSUME
- Chapter 5 ANIMALS
- 11 EXAMPLES OF UNUSUAL ANIMAL MATING HABITS
- 10 ANIMALS THAT HAVE EATEN HUMANS
- 13 PLACES WITH MORE SHEEP THAN HUMANS
- 4 PLACES WITH MORE PIGS THAN HUMANS
- AVERAGE ERECT PENIS LENGTHS FOR 10 SPECIES
- THE CAT CAME BACK: 9 CATS WHO TRAVELLED LONG DISTANCES TO RETURN HOME
- 18 CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE LIVED WITH WILD ANIMALS
- THE DAY OF EXTINCTION FOR 8 BIRDS
- 8 EXAMPLES OF STRANGE ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
- MAXIMUM RECORDED LIFESPAN OF 58 ANIMALS
- 7 EXTINCT ANIMALS THAT ARE NO LONGER EXTINCT
- 11 LARGE ANIMALS DISCOVERED BY WESTERN SCIENCE SINCE 1900
- 5 OF THE WORLD ’S MOST OFT-SIGHTED LAKE AND SEA MONSTERS
- 5 PIECES OF ADVICE ON HOW TO SURVIVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BEAR
- 10 MOST INTELLIGENT BREEDS OF DOG
- 10 LEAST INTELLIGENT BREEDS OF DOG
- Chapter 6 WORK AND MONEY
- THE 11 MOST UNUSUAL OBJECTS SOLD ON eBAY
- 20 VERY ODD JOBS
- 4 UNFORTUNATE PRODUCT NAMES AND 1 HONOURABLE MENTION
- 12 LIBRARIANS WHO BECAME FAMOUS IN OTHER FIELDS
- 15 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN BED
- EARLY CAREERS OF 6 SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRES
- Chapter 7 SEX, LOVE AND MARRIAGE
- 22 MEMORABLE KISSES
- 7 CELEBRITY COUPLES MARRIED THREE WEEKS OR LESS
- RUDOLPH VALENTINO ’S 10 ATTRIBUTES OF THE PERFECT WOMAN
- 23 FAMOUS PEOPLE ’S THOUGHTS ABOUT MARRIAGE
- HOW 10 FAMOUS PEOPLE MET THEIR MATES
- 12 FOODS CLAIMED TO BE APHRODISIACS
- 6 POSITIONS FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE — IN ORDER OF POPULARITY
- 6 INCESTUOUS COUPLES OF THE BIBLE
- MEMBERS OF SOCIETY: PRESERVED SEX ORGANS OF 4 FAMOUS MEN
- Chapter 8 CRIME
- 15 UNUSUAL STOLEN OBJECTS
- 18 STUPID THIEVES AND 3 DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS
- 20 UNDERWORLD NICKNAMES
- 22 CASES OF ANIMALS AND INSECTS BROUGHT BEFORE THE LAW
- 8 TRIAL VERDICTS THAT CAUSED RIOTS
- WITTICISMS OF 9 CONDEMNED CRIMINALS
- 29 UNUSUAL LAWSUITS
- Chapter 9 WAR, POLITICS AND WORLD AFFAIRS
- 15 ACTORS WHO BECAME POLITICIANS
- THE 10 WORST LIVING DICTATORS
- 13 DEPOSED DICTATORS … AFTER THE FALL
- 11 COMMANDERS KILLED BY THEIR OWN TROOPS
- 10 LARGEST ARMS EXPORTERS
- 10 LARGEST ARMS IMPORTERS
- THE 10 MEN WHO CONQUERED THE MOST MILES
- PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN 30 NATIONAL LEGISLATURES
- 9 UNUSUAL DISASTERS
- 11 ALTERNATIVE GUNMEN IN THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
- 18 SECRET ARMIES OF THE CIA
- Chapter 10 TRAVEL
- 11 MUSEUMS OF LIMITED APPEAL
- 14 OF THE STRANGEST THINGS FOUND IN LONDON TRANSPORT ’S LOST PROPERTY OFFICE
- THE 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- THE 15 LEAST POPULOUS INDEPENDENT NATIONS
- 5 PLACES WITH UNLIKELY NAMES
- 13 POSSIBLE SITES FOR THE GARDEN OF EDEN
- 23 CASES OF BIZARRE WEATHER
- 15 SHIPWRECK SURVIVAL TIPS
- Chapter 11 LITERATURE
- 28 GREAT BEGINNINGS TO NOVELS
- 10 POETS AND HOW THEY EARNED A LIVING
- 32 CURIOUS HISTORIES AND ESOTERIC STUDIES FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE PEOPLE ’S ALMANAC
- 8 UNLIKELY HOW-TO BOOKS
- THE ORIGINAL TITLES OF 28 FAMOUS BOOKS
- THE BOOKSELLER ’S 9 GREAT MODERN SURPRISE BESTSELLERS
- 28 BAD REVIEWS OF FAMOUS WORKS
- 11 INCREDIBLE LIPOGRAMS
- MARGARET ATWOOD ’S 10 ANNOYING THINGS TO SAY TO WRITERS
- ROALD DAHL ’S 5 BOOKS TO TAKE TO A NEW PLANET
- HENRY MILLER ’S 10 GREATEST WRITERS OF ALL TIME
- IRVING WALLACE ’S 9 FAVOURITE AUTHORS
- BRIAN ALDISS ’S 10 FAVOURITE SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS
- WILL SELF ’S 9 BOOKS THAT PROVE FACT IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
- BRIAN ENO ’S 18 MIND-CHANGING BOOKS
- SIR CHRISTOPHER BLAND ’S 10 BEST REFERENCE BOOKS
- JOYCE CAROL OATES ’S 14 FAVOURITE AMERICAN AUTHORS
- ELMORE LEONARD ’S 11 FAVOURITE NOVELS
- WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS ’ 10 FAVOURITE NOVELS
- 12 LAST LINES OF NOVELS
- Chapter 12 WORDS
- 23 OBSCURE AND OBSOLETE WORDS
- 33 NAMES OF THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW HAD NAMES
- 18 SAYINGS OF OSCAR WILDE
- 16 WELL-KNOWN SAYINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WRONG PEOPLE
- 13 SAYINGS OF WOODY ALLEN
- 17 PAIRS OF CONTRADICTORY PROVERBS
- SO TO SPEAK — THE TRUTH ABOUT 16 COMMON SAYINGS
- 29 WORDS RARELY USED IN THEIR POSITIVE FORM
- 18 UNTRANSLATABLE WORDS
- 7 WORDS IN WHICH ALL THE VOWELS APPEAR IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
- 5 REMARKABLE MESSAGES IN BOTTLES
- Chapter 13 SPORTS
- 10 OLYMPIC CONTROVERSIES
- 6 BIZARRE SPORTS EVENTS
- 5 FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO INVENTED GAMES
- JAMES LANDALE ’S 8 REMARKABLE PISTOL DUELS
- 13 OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS WHO ACTED IN MOVIES
- SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS ’ 11 GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS
- RICHARD WILLIAMS ’ 11 FAVOURITE GOALS
- SIR CHRIS BONINGTON ’S 9 BEST MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCES
- 7 NON-BOXERS WHO TOOK ON THE CHAMPIONS
- Chapter 14 DEATH
- 16 CASES OF PEOPLE KILLED BY GOD
- 24 STRANGE DEATHS
- 10 CELEBRATED PEOPLE WHO READ THEIR OWN OBITUARIES
- 9 PEOPLE WHO DIED LAUGHING
- 5 PEOPLE WHO DIED PLAYING CARDS
- 17 HEALTH EXPERTS AND HOW THEY DIED
- 12 TIMELY DEATHS
- PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE — 29 STUFFED OR EMBALMED HUMANS AND ANIMALS
- REMAINS TO BE SEEN — 15 PRESERVED BODY PARTS
- Chapter 15 MISCELLANEOUS
- DAVE EGGERS ’ 4 BEST PLACES TO PUT THINGS INTO
- 12 PRODIGIOUS SAVANTS
- 15 STRANGE STORIES
- 11 AMAZING ATTIC EVENTS
- 27 THINGS THAT FELL FROM THE SKY
- PHILIP PULLMAN ’S 10 BEST TOOLS, AND ONE MORE
- 27 THINGS THAT ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM
- 21 BAD PREDICTIONS
- 10 FUNGUSES THAT CHANGED HISTORY
- 16 FAMOUS EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE BATHTUB
- BRUCE FELTON ’S WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? 11 OF THE WORST IDEAS IN RECENT HISTORY
- 7 LAST FACTS
- Index
- ***
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright
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