“An irreverent romp through history’s best bits,”
The Mental Floss History of the World
is an amazingly entertaining joyride through 60,000 years of human civilization. As audacious as it is edifying, here is a hilarious and irreverent—yet always historically accurate—overview of the ascent (or descent) of humankind, courtesy of the same rebel geniuses who brought you
Mental Floss
presents Condensed Knowledge
and
Mental Floss Presents Forbidden
Knowledge.
Updated with all the hot topics and events of the past few years,
is proof positive that just because something’s true doesn’t mean it’s boring.