The People's Almanac
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The People's Almanac was a series of books published in the 1970s and 1980s by Irving Wallace, the novelist responsible for co-authoring the series The Book of Lists. The format of the almanac departs from a conventional almanac and included many obscure facts, lists and esoteric knowledge. It, as well as the Book of Lists series, is considered a forerunner of Internet websites such as Wikipedia.
The Almanac contained one list that was reprinted in the Book of Lists: the nine breeds of dogs that "bite the most." In order they were: The German shepherd ("police dog"); the chow; the poodle; the Italian bulldog; the fox terrier; the crossed chow, the Airedale; the Pekingese; and the crossed German shepherd. (The authors noted that Dobermans and mongrels did not make the list.)
