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SNAFU The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups

Ed Helms

A History contains a plethora of insane screwups—otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined during World War I, SNAFU is an acronym that stands for Situation Normal: All F*cked Up. In other words, “things are pretty screwed up, but aren’t they always?”

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In an episode, Ed Helms highlighted his newly released guide to history’s biggest screw‑ups, saying the book would make listeners smarter, funnier and a hit at dinner parties. He also joked about a quirky claim regarding pineapple on pizza, underscoring the book’s tongue‑in‑cheek tone. The overall impression was a strong endorsement of the title as both entertaining and informative.

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Episode: Ed Helms asks about a hill you'd die on

Ed Helms promoted his newly released guide to history's biggest screwups, claiming it would make listeners smarter, funnier and a killer at dinner parties, and he noted he made a tongueincheek claim about pineapple on pizza in an aside of the book.

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He cocreated and starred in Rutherford Falls and recently published a book titled Snafu.

The book is called Snafu, The Definitive Guide to History's Greatest ScrewUps. Read it. It will make you smarter. It will make you funnier. And it will make you a killer at dinner parties.

I made the opposite claim in a little aside in my book.

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