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That's So Gross!: History

Why Don't You Smell When You're Sleeping?

Why Spacemen Can't Burp...

Modern Cautionary Tales

Happily Never After

Don't Wipe Your Bum with a Hedgehog

Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia

The Bumper Book For The Loo

Fascinating facts, figures and miscellany from one of BBC Radio 4’s best-loved programmes

Desert Island Discs: Flotsam & Jetsam

Do Igloos Have Loos?

That's So Gross!: Animals

That's So Gross!: Creepy Crawlies

That's So Gross!: Human Body

Why You Need a Passport When You're Going to Puke

Why Does Ear Wax Taste So Gross?

Why Do Farts Smell Like Rotten Eggs?

How Much Poo Does an Elephant Do?

Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You

How to Avoid a Wombat's Bum

On Your Farts, Get Set, Go!

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Mitch knows more totally useless things about useless subjects than anybody on Earth.

Mitchell Symons has stats and stories to entertain and amaze you! 
 
Did the Olympians really compete in the buff? 
 
Which striker's shorts fell down when he was taking a penalty? 
 
Which sport consists of running while juggling? 
 
Which football team's fanzine is called Linesman, You're Rubbish?

The eighth collection of terrific trivia from the bestselling author of WHY EATING BOGEYS IS GOOD FOR YOU and double Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award-winner.

Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express.

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