Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of essential trivia, uncommon knowledge and vital irreverence.

Where else can you find, packed on to one page, some famous lefthanders, the structure of military hierarchy, all of the clothing care symbols, a list of the countries that drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing?

Where else but Schott's Original Miscellany will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the twelve labours of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Mrs Marple?

A book like no other, Schott's Original Miscellany is entertaining, unpredictable and utterly unputdownable.

Importantly, Schott's Original Miscellany makes very few claims to be exhaustive, authoritative or even practical. It does, however, claim to be essential.

It is, perhaps, possible to live one's life without Schott's Original Miscellany, but it seems a curious and brave thing to attempt.

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