The Book

For ten years, the knowledge seekers at mental_floss have been hunting and trapping the world's rarest facts, locking them into captivating lists for the world to admire. Thanks to their tireless efforts, Mental Floss: The Book is packed with a decade's worth of the smartest, quirkiest stories around, including:

Five Presidential Fashion Flubs

Seven Shameless Abuses of Diplomatic Immunity

Five Units of Measurement Weirder Than the Metric System

Four Toys That Have Gone to War for America

Seven Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

Five Things Your Body Can Do After You Die

Six of Baseball's Strangest Trades

Four Foods People Actually Die For

Seven Things Walmart Has Banned

Four TV Shows That Changed the Course of History

Ten "Q" Words That Aren't "Q-U" Words

Four Horrifying Parasites to Keep You Awake at Night

Eight Fake Archaeological Finds

Five Articles of Clothing That Caused Riots

Four Memorable Moments in Cross-Dressing History

Five Doomsdays We've Already Survived

And 124 Other Extraordinary Lists!