Schott’s Original Miscellany

As a child, I loved to read almanacs. I was just enamored with the endless collections of tables and facts. Schott’s Original Miscellany is a terrific book about nothing and everything. It’s a collection of trivia and random useless information, it contains great trivia such as “War Cries of Some Scottish Clans”, “Ivy League Fight Songs”, the words to the “The British Riot Act”, a list of “Untimely Deaths of Musicians”, etc. If you’re looking for a trivia fix, take a look.