Your Pinkie Is More Powerful Than Your Thumb: And 333 Surprising Facts T hat Will Make You Wealthier, Healthier and Smarter Than Everyone Else by Mark Di Vincenzo

Your Pinkie Is More Powerful Than Your Thumb: And 333 Surprising Facts T hat Will Make You Wealthier, Healthier and Smarter Than Everyone Else by Mark Di Vincenzo

Mark Di Vincenzo, the New York Times bestselling author of Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, brings us another book of fascinating, eminently useful facts certain to make you healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Readers of Schott's Miscellany and other compendiums of helpful information will delight--and profit--from these little known tidbits about health, money, food, death, bugs, politics, history, geography, and more or less everything under the sun.

What surprising truths are hiding in plain sight?

• Counterintuitive Facts: Find out why counting sheep doesn't work, how bad bosses can actually hurt your heart, and why your pinkie is responsible for half your hand strength.
• Surprising Science: Uncover the science behind why some male fish also produce female eggs, how geckos are inspiring a new kind of super-adhesive, and what your dreams really say about your body--not your mind.
• Weird History: Learn what newly declassified documents reveal about Hitler's dinner habits and why archaeologists now believe Neanderthals wore makeup and jewelry.
• Health and Money Tips: Get practical, evidence-based advice, from the real reason you can't touch your toes to how much someone actually paid for a cow named Missy ($1.2 million).

Mark Di Vincenzo, a journalist with nearly two decades of experience, built a name for himself as a reporter who revealed abuses and a writer who made the complex look simple. Before becoming an editor, he received multiple accolades. He left daily journalism in the summer of 2007 to explore book projects and launch Business Writers Group, a writing and public relations firm. Purchase Ketchup in May and Fly At Noon: A Guide to the Perfect Time to Buy This, Do That, and Travel There, a New York Times bestseller, was released by Harper-Collins in 2009. He was born and raised in Cleveland and now lives with his wife and two daughters in the shipbuilding town of Newport News, Virginia, only two blocks from William Styron's childhood home. A third daughter is a University of Oklahoma student.