Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things [Hardcover]

From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcastStuff You Should Knowcomes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew.

Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcastStuff You Should Knowback in 2008 because they were curiouscurious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood.

As it turns out, they aren't the only curious ones. They've since amassed a rabid fan base, makingStuff You Should Knowone of the most popular podcasts in the world. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they uncover the weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics.

The pair have now taken their near-boundless whys and hows from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first timefeaturing a completely new array of subjects that theyve long wondered about and wanted to explore. Each chapter is further embellished with snappy visual material to allow for rabbit-hole tangents and digressionsincluding charts, illustrations, sidebars, and footnotes. Follow along as the two dig into the underlying stories of everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost.

Have you ever wondered about the world around you, and wished to see the magic in everyday things? Come get curious withStuff You Should Know. With Josh and Chuck as your guide, theres something interesting about everything (&except maybe jackhammers).

From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcastStuff You Should Knowcomes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew.Josh ClarkandChuck Bryantare the duo behind the award-winning tri-weekly podcast Stuff You Should Know. The pair have been working together on the show since it began in 2008, and it has l£`