The Book of Useless Information, by Noel Botham & The Useless Information Society

Comments: I think the title is a good enough summary, so I'm skipping straight to commentary. I rather enjoyed all the random facts. Although I think it is accurate that the information is all stuff I'll never need to know, it was rather interesting to learn it anyway. And there were all kinds of topics, too.

The Book of Incredible Information

Summary: All kinds of random information you never needed to know, on a whole variety of subjects. And a surprising amount of random information about Canada.

Comments: This was fun to read. I came across a number of amusing facts. Apparently "E plurbis unum" was first used to describe salad dressing. Every page or pair of pages is a new topic, so this book is very much about breadth of knowledge, if knowledge is the right word for it. And every so often, the topic has something to do with Canada: famous Canadian entertainers, the history of the Mounties, etc. Rather amusing, I though.

5 People Who Died During Sex, and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists, by Karl Shaw

I think the second half of the title sums it up pretty well. I'm pretty sure no book I've ever read uses the word 'anal' as much as this one does. Lots of "Not sure I actually wanted to know that". On the other hand, they are rather amusing lists. And random stuff unlikely to be found in the usual kinds of sources.