Schott's Original Miscellany is a book written by Ben Schott[?] in 2002. It consists of many bits of trivia generally centered on the culture of the United Kingdom (and to a lesser extent the rest of the European Union). Schott plans two follow-ups: one on sport and one on food.
... sight, but is surprisingly simple. It can easily be understood with a little knowledge of gyroscopes. Their striking property is that the axis of a spinning gyroscope will ...