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Book Synopsis Uncle John's Facts to Go Fads & Flops by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Facts to Go Fads & Flops written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s pet rocks and faux pas in Fads & Flops! Uncle John takes the nation by storm in this hip new e-book of Bathroom Reader classics and some brand-new articles! Fads & Flops is overflowing with stories of unlikely successes and colossal failures. So whether you were weaned on bell bottoms, parachute pants, baggy pants, or skinny jeans, you’ll find the one thing that never goes out of style: great bathroom reading! Read about… • The world’s stupidest business decisions • Playing real-life Pac-Man on the streets of New York City • From flop to fad: The Rocky Horror Picture Show • The ups and downs of the trampoline • Le Car and other le-mons • Turtles, Transformers, and Power Rangers • Shaky Etch-A-Sketch moments • What the backward messages in rock songs really mean • Dot Bombs And much, much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s an actual fact—Uncle John is the most entertaining thing in the bathroom! Uncle John and his team of devoted researchers are back again with an all-new collection of weird news stories, odd historical events, dubious “scientific” theories, jaw-dropping lists, and more. This entertaining 31st anniversary edition contains 512 pages of all-new articles that will appeal to readers everywhere. Pop culture, history, dumb crooks, and other actual and factual tidbits are packed onto every page of this book. Inside, you’ll find . . . Dogs and cats who ran for political office The bizarre method people in Victorian England used to resuscitate drowning victims The man who met his future pet—a stray dog—while running across the Gobi Desert Searching for Planet X—the last unknown planet in our solar system Twantrums—strange Twitter rants that had disastrous effects The true story of Boaty McBoatface And much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into History Again by : Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into History Again written by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History repeats itself as Uncle John once again takes the plunge into the past! For our big number-two, we dug ever deeper into our bottomless vaults to bring you more of history’s most colorful characters, cultural milestones, funniest mishaps, and earth-shattering events. More than 500 pages of great stories, fascinating facts, and fun quizzes await you. Read about… * Philosophers who fought with fireplace pokers * “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!” * Where are they now—the Goths * The golden age of wife-selling * History’s most horrible dentist award * The French monks who invented tennis * Women of the Gold Rush And much, much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cannibals to conspiracy theories to the origin stories of candy, a compendium of thousands of fun facts to read behind closed doors! Our readers asked for it, and here it is: Uncle John’s first collection of his greatest short facts and quick reading material. Open up to any page of Extraordinary Book of Facts and you might find a list of, say, obscure words (“exocannibals” eat enemies; “indocannibals” eat friends). Flip to another page and there’s a whole bunch of facts about how long things take (a yak’s gestation period: 258 days). On another page: kid facts (the average four-year-old laughs 400 times per day; grownups, about fifteen). Get smarter and laugh a lot more with this amazing collection that features thousands of great facts, plus word origins, myth-conceptions, conspiracy theories, and much, much more. Arranged for simple and speedy reference, this book is the perfect companion for trivia buffs and knowledge junkies everywhere!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Book of Fun by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Book of Fun written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do kids love? Dumb jokes. And so does Uncle John. That's why he's following up his series of Bathroom Readers for Kids Only with this dazzling collection of jokes-gross jokes, monster jokes and knock-knock jokes-as well as riddles, classic games and much more.Here's a painful preview (and don't say we didn't warn you):Knock-knock. Who's there? Ida. Ida who? Ida called first but the phone's not working.
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as—you can’t “sweat like a pig” because pigs don’t sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, “Billions and Billions!” So put on your thinking cap and check out: · Pluto denied · Kitchen chemistry · Football gets physics-al · Planet Earth’s sudden hot flashes · Food’s incredible journey . . .through you · The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding · How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer · How “defenseless” animals stay alive · Sci-fi that’s more fi than sci · Ancient astronomers · Know your clouds And much, much more
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's here! The 23rd annual edition in the popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series. The big brains at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have come up with 544 all-new pages full of incredible facts, hilarious articles, and a whole bunch of other ways to, er, pass the time. With topics ranging from history and science to pop culture, wordplay, and modern mythology, Heavy Duty is sure to amaze and entertain the loyal legions of throne sitters. Read about… * Sideshow secrets * The worst movie ever made * The hidden dangers of watching the Super Bowl * The father of the shopping mall * The physics of breakfast cereal * How to speak dog, and how to crack a safe * The unluckiest train ride of all time * The origins of casino games * Powering your car with pee * Keith Moon, bathroom bomber And much, much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab some quiet time for yourself and enjoy hundreds of pages of the world’s most twisted trivia! The crackpot staff at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has scoured the worlds of pop culture, politics, sports, history, and more to bring you Slightly Irregular, the seventeenth all-new edition in the best-selling series. As always, the articles are divided by length for your sitting convenience. So turn thine eyes away from the shampoo bottle, O bathroom reader, and let Uncle John pepper your brain with these absorbing articles . . . * Women in space * The origin of Kung Fu * The CIA’s secret coup * The great windshield epidemic * Spider eggs in the brain, and other urban legends * What went down at Woodstock * Freedom of McSpeech * How to kill a zombie, and much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Nature Calls by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Nature Calls written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John is heeding the call of nature! So pack a rucksack, and let’s head outside! It’s a wild world out there, and the folks at the BRI want to explore it with you. From hornywinks to Dracula orchids, from alluvium to zymogen, Uncle John is embarking on a back-country safari to track down the wackiest, weirdest, silliest, and most amazing stories about the natural world. It’s 448 wild pages of great outdoor facts, strange stories, incredible science, and fun quotes and quizzes. You’ll feel the fresh mountain air energize you as you read about… * An ape that fries burgers and a lizard that plays video games * The explosive history of America’s deepest (and bluest) lake * The search for the mysterious rhinoceros dolphin * How to distinguish a mushroom from a toadstool * Cats vs. birds: the Feline-Avian War * A waterfall that turns toys to stone * The history of dirt And much, much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great White North is revealed as the Great Weird North in this entertaining tome from the best-selling Bathroom Reader series. Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That’s just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John’s quirky celebration of Earth’s second largest country. You’ll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the Tim Hortons he’d just robbed to tip the workers), odd places to go (like Mr. Spock’s birthplace in a town called Vulcan), and crazy eats (like the restaurant that makes you eat in complete darkness). So whether you live in Come By Chance, Joe Batt’s Arm, Starvation Cove, or anywhere else inside (or outside) of Canada, yukon count on Uncle John to deliver a world of weirdness from all over this great country. For example: - Cow-patty bingo in Alberta (Rule #1: Wear gloves) - How to enforce the new Quebec law that requires dogs to be bilingual - The sea of Molson Golden that once shut down an Ontario freeway - The mystery of the mini earthquakes in a New Brunswick town - Why it’s illegal to kill a sasquatch in British Columbia - The Nova Scotia company that makes mattresses for cows - Saskatchewan’s Willow Bunch Giant, a real man who could lift a horse over his head - The giant fiberglass “Happy Rock” statue in--where else?--Gladstone, Manitoba And much, much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the market leader in true facts comes a big book of hilariously false information. The crackpot staff of the Bathroom Readers’ Institute is out of control. After 25 years of laboriously researching facts and verifying them and then verifying them again, Uncle John’s mischievous minions decided to blow off a little steam. The result: Fake Facts. It’s stuff that isn’t even remotely true--we just made it sound real. Why? Because it’s really funny. Fake Facts is 228 pages of origins, facts, weird products, strange diseases, kooky fads, slang terms, historical oddities, and other fascinating bits of information that are too good to be true…because they aren’t true. So put aside your BS detector and settle in to read about: * The ill-fated “Vice President For a Day” for kids program * How the overfishing of dolphins led to the canned tuna industry * “Crumble,” “plaidsy,” “benji,” and other British slang * Abandoned rules of early baseball, and obscure rules of grammar * How early vegetarians gave Boston its “Beantown” nickname * The secret superpowers of twins * James Joyce’s unpublished sci-fi trilogy * Unicorns, wizards, and pirates galore And lots more falsified fun!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Briefs by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Briefs written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Got a minute to spare? That’s all you’ll need to get a quick hit of great bathroom reading! After hearing from our fans that they’d love an edition with all our best short stuff, we pored through more than 100 past editions to bring you the all-time greatest one- and two-page articles we’ve ever written. Result: Uncle John’s Briefs is chock full of thousands of great facts and hundreds of quick hits covering history, origins, blunders, sports, pop science, and entertainment--plus a sprinkling of riddles, puns, anagrams, and other classic wordplay. Just open up to any one of these 288 pages. Who knows what you might find? Read about… * The secrets of top-secret spy lingo * The monkey that got a head transplant…and lived * Uncle John’s all-time favorite “Stall of Fame” winners * Bizarre recipes: jellied moose nose, steamed muskrat legs, and haggis * The worst movie bloopers from Best Picture Oscar winners * The man who built Death Valley’s “Castle in the Desert” * The little-known story of the best deal in sports history * How to decipher the hidden codes a dollar bill * Sinister left-handed facts * Earth’s greatest hits And much, much more!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-fourth edition in the bestselling bathroom-reading series is jam-packed with over 500 pages of absorbing trivia material. The information miners at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have unearthed a priceless collection of surprising, amazing, head-scratching, and hilarious articles. Divided by length for your sitting convenience, 24-Karat Gold is chock-full of little-known history, random origins, weird news, celebrity secrets, and urban legends. As always, you’ll find plenty of dumb criminals, clever wordplay, quirky quotations, and much, much more. Just open to any page—who knows what treasures await you? · Judges gone wild · The Barbie scandals · Canada’s underpants king · Helen Keller: vaudeville star · The double A-bomb survivors · The history of the umbrella · America's forbidden island · What the Hokey Pokey is really all about And much, much more
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new collection overflowing with weird facts and wild stories! Uncle John and his crack staff of writers are back—and still at the top of their game after all these years. Where else but in an Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader could you find out about . . . the tapeworm diet * forty-four things to do with a coconut * the history of the Comstock Lode * seven (underwater) places to see before you die * medical miracles (and medical horrors) * the godfather of fitness * high-tech underwear * the CSI effect * and much more!
Book Synopsis How to Fight a Bear . . . and Win by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book How to Fight a Bear . . . and Win written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous guide to surviving in the wilderness, that also might make you want to avoid the wilderness forever. For more than twenty-five years, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader has helped you learn amazing things you didn’t know. Now, Uncle John will show you how to do things you didn’t know how to do . . . and probably should never, never, never actually do, unless you’re in a survival situation and really, really, really need to do. It’s How to Fight a Bear . . . and Win. A new approach to survival guides and how-to books, this book provides step-by-step instructions for how to make do in any rugged terrain. But if you’re expecting “how to start a fire,” think again. This isn’t the kind of book that will tell you how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together—it will tell you how to make a fire using a car battery. It will also tell you: · How to swing from a vine like Tarzan · How to land an airplane in an emergency · How to fight a bear . . . and win · How to perform emergency surgery in the woods · How to identify what insects you can—and cannot—eat And lots, lots more
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Biggest Ever Bathroom Reader by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Biggest Ever Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Thunder Bay Press. This book was released on 2002-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sit down and relax with Uncle John's Biggest Ever Bathroom Reader. This hardcover edition of the bathroom reading series will bowl you over. No more frantic searches at the last minute for that perfect magazine. No more agonizing choices between light reading and serious stuff. This biggest ever volume has combined two previous Bathroom Readers in their entirety, Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader and Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader. It has more entertainment, humor, trivia, science, history, and pop culture than ever before. Among lots of other topics, you can read about: * Why the White House is White * Strange Medical Conditions * The History of the Bra * The Origin of the Miss America Pageant * Weird Tales of the Ouija Board * The Hair Museum * Why Thanksgiving is in November * Why Popcorn Pops * The Origin of Pop Tarts. Its all there in Uncle John's Biggest Ever Bathroom Reader!
Book Synopsis Uncle John's Facts to Go: History Makers by : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Download or read book Uncle John's Facts to Go: History Makers written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John takes readers on a journey through the ages, shedding new light onto some of the past’s most famous (and infamous) figures, and digging up obscure history you’d never learn in school. Featuring classic BRI articles along with some great all-new material, History Makers travels from the Far East to the Old West, from ancient times to the recent past, debunking myths and exposing the truth along the way. So wind up your wayback machine and read all about...- The lost “Cloud People” of Peru - Twelve countries that no longer exist- Looney English Lords- The mystery of Great Zimbabwe’s ruins- What happens when a U.S. president goes bonkers- The strange fate of some famous body parts- History’s most hilarious blunders- Building the Great Wall(s) of China- Some startling predictions that didn’t pan out...and some that didAnd much, much more!
