If you're looking for an excellent bedside book, try "The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know is Wrong," by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson. I received it as a Christmas present ("How could I resist that title?" explained the gift-giver). It's divided into 230 chapters, each only a page or two in length and each offering a surprising answer to questions like "What are violin strings made from?" "What effect does alcohol have on brain cells?" "How was Teflon discovered?" "Is French toast from France?"
And the answer to "What's the largest living thing?" might be of interest to many farmers in the Kennett Square area. Hint: it's a fungus.
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