SOME books were never written for the shelves of bookshops, but rather to adorn counter space by the cash registers of card shops for those looking to find something more substantial – quirky but witty, and occasionally enlightening. This quick read fulfils that role very well.
The authors have trawled through decades of published research, from arcane theses to papers in top scientific journals, to bring us a smattering of the fairly obvious to the curiously intriguing and amusing.
An article from the near-aptly named Annals of Emergency Medicine describes how a rectal massage has proved the only cure for…
