A significant segment of the world's literate population prefers their reading material in short, zippy, punchy sections.
This collection of literary tidbits is deliberately disorganized in an effort to hold the reader's attention. Should the reader find a particular story devoid of interest, he will soon come to the end of it and stumble on something that might appeal to him or her.
No serious effort has been made to be scientifically, historically or grammatically correct.