Reddit reviews Schott's Original Miscellany

I would recommend these:

• The Economic Naturalist by Robert H. Frank. It's a collection of explanations about microeconomics and industrial production (for example: why are milk cartons rectangular while cans are cylindrical? why do DVDs and CDs have different kinds of cases? why are supermodels paid so much?).
  
  
• The New Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace. Many lists feature short anecdotes you might enjoy.
  
  
• Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott. It's not properly a "trivia book", it's a hodgepodge of charts, tables and lists that cover pretty much every possible topic, from the types of clouds to the slang used by the British gay subculture to the flag of Guadeloupe. By the way, every book by Schott is worth reading.
  
  Surely, there are others I've read and I don't remember at the moment.

Schott's Original Miscellany

Probably Schott's Miscellany.

I found this book at a library used bookstore and it's just a collection of useless info.

http://www.amazon.com/Schotts-Original-Miscellany-Ben-Schott/dp/1582343497