A review by uosdwisrdewoh
More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman

4.0

Another great book of fake trivia from John Hodgman, a bit better, in fact, than The Areas of My Expertise. He at once adds more odds and ends (a "Today in the Past" sidebar on every page, for instance) while also giving it a tighter structure, overcoming the slightly patchwork quality of the earlier book. In this book, Hodgman further details the fake inner workings of the world, giving us the ins and outs of the Electoral College (Rutherford B. Hayes won the election of 1876 by promising the Electors "more and better nutrient slime.") and hinting that he's almost forgiven Jonathan Coulton for forgetting to feed his cats that one time. He even manages to sneak a touching story about his marriage into a fantastic discursive rumination on the existence of aliens.

Just skip the 700 mole-man names. Even Hodgman later writes, "I BEGGED YOU NOT TO READ THEM."