Mental Floss: What's The Difference by Will Pearson

Mental Floss: What's The Difference by Will Pearson

Enlighten Up Already

Monet? Manet? Who can even tell the difference? Well, with the help of the newest mental_floss tome, you can Want to learn how to tell egg rolls from spring rolls, nuclear bombs from dirty nuclear bombs, or even how to tell an idiot from a moron (there's a real scientific difference)? Piece of cake Whether you're trying to impress your boss, your mother-in-law, attractive singles, or a pack of fourth graders (you know how they love semantics), mental_floss gives you all the tips and tricks to have you sounding like a genius.

Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met at Duke University as first-year students. Despite the temptations of law school and investment banking, the two co-founded mental_floss and have been smiling ever since. Maggie Koerth-Baker is a freelance journalist and former assistant editor at mental_floss magazine, where she dazzled Will and Mangesh with her brilliance.