The Mental floss history of the world / Sass, Erik

A collection of humorous anecdotes and trivia from 60,000 years of world history. Includes a hint of matriarchal organization in early Jewish history and significant numbers such as the number of days in the Mayan ceremonial year and the number of libraries in the eighth century in Cordoba.

A collection of little-known stories and outrageous but true facts that chronicle the last sixty thousand years of human history.