As someone with admittedly quirky tastes I love this book. It is a strange compendium of facts that no one really cares about or would be useful in your daily life, (heck, the material probably wouldn’t even be useful on Jeopardy!) but are still incredibly interesting. Facts like we don’t know what Einstein’s last words were because he spoke them in German to a nurse who didn’t know any German or that you’re more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider are strange but wonderful facts (not to mention that the last one was rather comforting since I am incredibly arachnophobic). This book covers everyone…