Worth every penny. Quick easy to find information on just about everything
While the book promised to be a "must have" for trivia fans, when you start looking at the facts and you compare them with more recent and updated books, you realize how out of date and ancient this book is. An example? It mentions that there is a code for statues with horses. The author mentions about having four, three or two legs on ground and the different meanings (how did the person die). This is all a "myth" and a dark obscure legend. There is no such code and it has been verified (see Ed Zotti "Know it all") If I were you, Id buy Cecil Adams books "The straight dope". They are funnier and updated...
I dont want to appear to negative as overall, this is an interesting book, but in some parts it was a bit ordinary. Some of the facts were truly amazing but some of the facts were merely just statistics so they werent really of great interest. Since these statistics were based on the 1970s or 1980s, they are no longer current even though they may have been facts when first published. Research and technology have also appeared to disprove some facts as well. Overall, its OK but I prefered the trivia book by Isaac Asimov.
