The Useless Information Society

In 1995, a secret society was formed comprising Britain's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists to explore the world's most bizarre nooks and crannies and to trade and share useless information (or, as founding member Keith Waterhouse, playwright and journalist, would have it, "totally bloody useless")-usually over a pint or two at a local pub.  Now, The Useless Information Society shares its findings with American readers in this first of what they threaten will be several volumes.

That excerpt above is the back of The Book of Useless Information, whose enigmatic mascot, the squirrel, takes up the first page with some random facts:

~ It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels every year.

~ Squirrels can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground.

~ Squirrels may live fifteen or twenty years in captivity, but their life span in the wild is often only about one year.  They fall prey to disease, predators, cars, and humans.

~ A squirrel cannot contract or carry the rabies virus.

Just something different...

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