by Mitchell Symons · tapa dura · ISBN 9780593052402
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«That Book» is Mitchell Symons's book of curiosities and useless facts, published by Bantam Press in hardcover (448 pages, in English).
A collection of surprising and almost useless facts: from language oddities, such as 'stewardess' being the longest word typed with only the left hand, to animal curiosities, like the elephant, the only animal besides humans that can stand on its head.
Published in 2003 by Bantam Press, it is a work of nonfiction, reference and humor; the hardcover edition has 448 pages.
A book for the curious and trivia enthusiasts; you can open it at any page and read without following an order.
Mitchell Symons is a British journalist and writer. Born in London, he was educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE where he studied law. Since leaving the BBC, where he was a researcher and director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer for the early UK editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit, and has devised many television formats. He wrote an opinion column for the Daily Express, for which he was named If It's In the News Columnist of the Year in 2002.
