Why Fish Fart and Other Useless Or Gross Information About the World

<b>From the author of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller* <i>Why You Shouldn?t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless (or Gross) Information About Your Body</i>: the be-all and end-all compendium of odd, quirky, and otherwise nauseating information.</b><br><br> H ere is another thoroughly distasteful yet utterly compelling book from the author of the <i>New York Times</i> (extended list) bestseller <i>Why You Shouldn?t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless (or Gross) Information About Your Body</i>. In <i>Why Fish Fart and Other Useless (or Gross) Information About the World,</i> Francesca Gould sifts through the world?s most unpleasant creatures, diseases, physical deformities, culinary delicacies, ritual practices, and hideous torture tactics to uncover every horrifying and stomach-turning fact under the sun. This book is full of questions you never thought to ask?and perhaps will wish you?d never had answered?including:<br><br> ?What exactly is maggot cheese?<br> ?How did anal hair help to lead to the conviction of the Great<br> ?Train Robbers?<br> ?What is the job of a ?fart catcher??<br> How exactly do ?crabs? cause such intense itching around one?s private parts?<br> ?The <i>real</i> story behind why the toilet is often referred to as ?the john.?<br> ?Why you might want to steer clear of some coffees. (Hint: If poo isn?t exactly your idea of appetizing . . .) <br><br> <i>Why Fish Fart and Other Useless (or Gross) Information About the World</i> is sure to delight any and all hard-core fans of the obscure, esoteric, and?last but not least?grotesque.