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The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information
By The Onion (Audiobook, 2012)
Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known.

Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE is packed with valuable information-such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.
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Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known.

Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE is packed with valuable information-such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.

In a history spanning 24 years, eight popular books, and numerous awards, The Onion has attracted legions of loyal fans drawn to its fearless reporting and scathing commentary on world events, human behavior, and journalistic convention. Its home offices are in Chicago.


  • THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE by The Onion


  • THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE by The Onion

  • Praise for OUR DUMB CENTURY:

    "An especially clever lampoon of American ignorance." (New York Magazine).

  • "This atlas finds ways to ridicule countries around the world....Each dig is more hilarious--and less politically correct--than the last." (Wired).

  • "Irreverent and indispensable, Our Dumb World presents hokey, hilarious illustrated flag designs and dictator fashions as sidesplitting sidebars." (Elle).

  • "Genius...the most consistently hilarious spot on the flogged dead horse of American comedy." (Esquire).

  • "Makes its readers teary-eyed with laughter...The Onion gleefully offends, armed with a ... combination of puerility and intelligence." (Washington Post).

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The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
  • Publisher: Hachette Audio
  • Price: $24.98 US/$27.98 CAN
  • Audio Run Time: 210
  • ISBN-13: 9781619692206
  • On Sale Date: 10/23/2012
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