Disgusting Things: a Miscellany

Front Cover
Penguin, Aug 5, 2008 - Humor - 336 pages
A collection of extreme, gross-out, cringe-worthy-and irresistible-trivia.

How long does the human head remain conscious after decapitation?

What fish communicates by farting?

What birds use vomit and poop as weapons?

What worm lives in your intestine and may crawl out your nose?

What is 'liquid cat?'

What historical figure drank the ashes of her dead husband?

What men can tie their penises into knots?

From trivia expert Don Voorhees, Disgusting Things: A Miscellany is the ultimate book of outrageous, revolting, and repugnant trivia, a collection of equally upsetting and intriguing facts that will leave the reader grossed out and wanting more.
 

Contents

Gross Foods
1
Bugs and Worms
41
Germs
67
Hygiene
85
Urine
111
Feces
125
Bodily Fluids
143
Body Oddities
161
The Female Body
199
The Male Body
215
Death and Beyond
231
Animals
261
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2008)

Don Voorhees is the author of The Incredible Book of Useless Information, The Super Book of Useless Information, The Indispensable Book of Useless Information, The Perfectly Useless Book of Useless Information, The Essential Book of Useless Information, and Disgusting Things: A Miscellany. A native of Morris County, New Jersey, he now lives in Pennsylvania.

Bibliographic information