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Mental Floss: What's the Difference?

by Editors Of Mental Floss, Christopher Smith, Maggie Koerth, Chris Connolly, Dan Green
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Overview

Enlighten Up Already!

Monet? Manet? Who can even tell the difference? Well, with the help of the newest mental_floss tome, you can! Want to learn how to tell egg rolls from spring rolls, nuclear bombs from dirty nuclear bombs, or even how to tell an idiot from a moron (there's a real scientific difference)? Piece of cake! Whether you're trying to impress your boss, your mother-in-law, attractive singles, or a pack of fourth graders (you know how they love semantics), mental_floss gives you all the tips and tricks to have you sounding like a genius.

Synopsis

Enlighten Up Already!

Monet? Manet? Who can even tell the difference? Well, with the help of the newest mental_floss tome, you can! Want to learn how to tell egg rolls from spring rolls, nuclear bombs from dirty nuclear bombs, or even how to tell an idiot from a moron (there's a real scientific difference)? Piece of cake! Whether you're trying to impress your boss, your mother-in-law, attractive singles, or a pack of fourth graders (you know how they love semantics), mental_floss gives you all the tips and tricks to have you sounding like a genius.

Washington Post

“A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine.”

About the Author, Editors Of Mental Floss

Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as first year students at Duke University. Ignoring the lures of law school and investment banking, the pair co-founded mental_floss and have been grinning ever since. Maggie Koerth-Baker is a freelance journalist and a former assistant editor at mental_floss magazine, where she consistently astounded Will and Mangesh with her amazingness.

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Editorials

From Barnes & Noble

You're at a cocktail party; you've just made what you believe is an erudite comment about a French painting; your date leans in and whispers, "No, darling, that's not a Monet; it's a Manet." Mental_Floss: What the Difference? enables you to avoid those embarrassing moments when your knowledge of life's little differences lets you down.

Newsweek

"The titans of trivia."

Washington Post

"A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine."

Calgary Herald

"An ideal reference to settle arguments or jog your memory."

Washington Post

β€œA delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine.”

Newsweek

β€œThe titans of trivia.”

Calgary Herald

β€œAn ideal reference to settle arguments or jog your memory.”

Book Details

Published
July 1, 2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
208
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780060882495

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