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Comp et iti o n

No. 1205: Useless knowledge

Set by .laspistos:You are invited to supply an extract (maximum 150 words) from an imaginary Encyclopaedia of Useless Knowledge. Entries to `Competition No. 1205' by 25 February. The top winner of this competition will receive, as well as a cash prize, the two-volume encyclopaedia The Joy of Knowledge (retail price £69.50), by courtesy of the publisher Mitchell Beazley.