by Reader's Digest
I was just randomly browsing through my books on GR when I came across this. Of course, now I know that the "facts" reported by Reader's Digest are mostly fantasy, but this book gave me an introduction to many fascinating things which I had no knowledge of: it also kindled an interest for the bizar...
Something else that I dearly loved back in the day, and now realize is almost entirely crap. The stories are truly amazing if you don't bother to do any research.