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Uncle John's Facts to Go: International Affairs

Uncle John's Facts to Go: International Affairs
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2015-03-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1626862451

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Starting from the depths of the Bathroom Reader archives, you’ll be transported to exotic lands where you’ll learn the local customs and sample the curious cuisine (without those annoying stomach cramps). You’ll also meet some of the strangest people in the world, and you might even learn a new word or two. So hang on tight as you read about... • Why time travel movies were banned in China, and other fun things forbidden in foreign countries• How to give your business card to a Japanese businessman, and other handy travel tips• Uncle John's Stall of Fame• Racing sled dogs in the Arctic, running a marathon across the Moroccan desert, and floating a raft across the Atlantic• What’s all the buzz about in Amsterdam?• How to find your antipodes—the exact opposite side of the planet from you• The world's biggest blunders, best inventions, and worst disasters• Ronnie Biggs—Brazil’s most famous English fugitive• Worldly wisdom, including this from Charles Schulz: “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.”And much, much more!


Uncle John's Facts to Go Nice People

Uncle John's Facts to Go Nice People
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1626862389

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Restore your faith in humanity in just 50 pages. This very special e-book will lift your spirits with inspiring stories of heroism, overcoming adversity, random acts of kindness, wise thoughts, and some really weird tales of people who benefitted from amazing luck. So put on your rose-colored glasses and curl up with these Uncle John’s gems—both old and new—that prove once and for all, the glass really is half full! Some heartwarming examples: • The origin of Mother’s Day • Strangers who saved the lives of strangers • The anonymous good deed that led to the “Pay it Forward” movement • How Rodney Dangerfield finally got some respect • The biologist who wrote a book and gave birth to the modern environmental movement • The bus driver who gave a man his shoes • The heroes of September 11th • Crime-stopping kids And much, much more!


Uncle John's Briefs

Uncle John's Briefs
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1607106493

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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!


Uncle John's New & Improved Briefs

Uncle John's New & Improved Briefs
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1684124182

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Get your trivia on the go with this Uncle John’s anthology of fun fast facts, includes over twenty-five pages of new content! Uncle John’s New & Improved 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. Read about . . . The secrets of top-secret spy lingo The monkey that got a head transplant . . . and lived Bizarre recipes: jellied moose nose, steamed muskrat legs, and haggis The worst movie bloopers from Best Picture Oscar winners The little-known story of the best deal in sports history The man behind Death Valley’s “Castle in the Desert” How to decipher the hidden codes on a dollar bill Sinister left-handed facts Earth’s greatest hits And much, much more!


Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader

Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1684124980

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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!


Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Quintessential Collection of Notable Quotables

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Quintessential Collection of Notable Quotables
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 160710671X

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An all-new follow up quotation book to 2004’s Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Colossal Collection of Quotable Quotes, complete with indexes by name and by subject for easy reference. Here it is: the quintessential collection of notable quotes for all occasions. Grouped together in weird categories as only Uncle John could do, you’ll find quotes about farts, firsts, dogs, Canada, male chauvinist pigs, colors, TV, aliens, and more! And not just quotes, either--there are great facts, fun quizzes, and a few longer articles about how quotations shape our world. As if that weren’t enough, there are a ton of eye-opening new entries for Uncle John’s Quotationary. (Love: “Being stupid together.” --Paul Valery) And to make it easier than ever to find the exact quote you’re looking for, there is a by-subject index as well a by-name index. Here are but a few of the thousands of great quotations awaiting you: * “I don’t really care what I’m famous for.” --Jessica Simpson * “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” --Charlie Chaplin * “The way that I feel about music is there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.” --Fiona Apple * “One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” --A. A. Milne * “Bears are crazy. They’ll bite your head if you’re wearing a steak on it.” --Space Ghost * “I don’t mind not being president. I just mind that someone else is.” --Ted Kennedy * “If little else, the brain is an educational toy.” --Tom Robbins


The Best of the Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

The Best of the Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1607106833

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The wittiest, wackiest, and most popular selections from the last 12 years in the best-selling Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series. We stuffed the best stuff we’ve ever written into 576 glorious pages. Result: pure bathroom-reading bliss! You’re just a few clicks away from the most hilarious, head-scratching material that has made Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader an unparalleled publishing phenomenon. As always, the articles are divided into short, medium, and long for your sitting convenience. So treat yourself to the best of history, science, politics, and pop culture--plus the dumbest of the dumb crooks, the strangest of the strange lawsuits, and loads more, including . . . * The Barbados Tombs * The Lonely Phone Booth * The Origin of the Supermarket * The History of the IQ Test * Robots in the News * Tennessee’s Body Farm * Happy Donut Day! * The Origin of Nachos * The Birth of the Submarine * A Viewer's Guide to Rainbows * How the Mosquito Changed History And much, much more!


Uncle John's Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader

Uncle John's Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 160710931X

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The beloved bathroom reader series returns with this twenty-sixth edition that’s flush with weird facts on a wide array of topics. The twenty-sixth annual edition of Uncle John’s wildly successful series is all-new and jam-packed with the BRI’s patented mix of fun and information. Open to any page and you may find an interesting origin (like the origin of the snow globe) or a piece of obscure history (like the true story of the man who tried to repeal the law of gravity). You’ll also find weird news, urban legends, brain teasers, classic riddles, bizarre headlines, and of course, the incredible factoids at the bottom of each page. Here are a few of the perpetually pleasing articles awaiting you: · The Lamest Excuses of All Time · How to Survive on . . . Roadkill · Astronauts Who Got Kicked Out of Space · The Woman Who Was Her Own Twin · Foiled by Technology: Dumb Crooks Edition · The History of the Teleprompter, the Police Car, and the Fly Swatter · “Jogging Makes You Dumber,” and Other Real Study Results · The Lost Fortune of Abraham Lincoln · Boxing Lingo · And much, much more 2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner in Humor!


Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader

Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1626864276

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The twenty-eighth edition in the bestselling bathroom-reading series is jam-packed with 512 pages of absorbing trivia material. Uncle John gets a Factastic facelift for the twenty-eighth all-new edition of this beloved book series. All of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages—from little-known history to the origins of everyday things—plus odd news, weird fads, quirky quotes, mind-bending science, head-scratching blunders, and all sorts of random oddities. Oh yeah, and thousands of incredible facts! Feel smarter (and a bit more dignified) as you settle into: • Weird Body Parts of the Rich and Famous • The Wild Man of Borneo • Cryptic Movie Titles Explained • “Pathological Generosity” and Other Real Medical Conditions • How to Perform CPR on Your Dog • When Postal Workers Go Rogue • Start Your Own Country! • Animals Under the Influence • Welcome to No Mans Land • The Mad Potter of Biloxi • Saved From the Trash: The “Lost Leonardo” • The Ten Longest Wars in History • Stomach-churning Food-Safety Mistakes • You Swallowed What? • Incredible Stories of Survival • The Case of the Stolen Bridge and Other Weird Crime Reports • And much, much more


Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: WISE UP!

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: WISE UP!
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1607106736

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With this volume filled with thousands of bizarrely fascinating facts, we’re on a roll! Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that’s a fact! At nearly 400 pages (with a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience), Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It’s organized into hundreds of topics—everything from sports and entertainment to word origins and science. Here are but a few of the facts awaiting you: * More women than men talk to their cars. * The melody for Nat King Cole’s 1954 hit “Smile” was composed by Charlie Chaplin. * Acid rain was first identified and named in 1852. * What is your buccal cavity? Your mouth. * There are no skunks in Newfoundland. * The average Super Bowl party has 18 people. * When dropped in water, a fresh egg will sink; a stale one won’t. * The average newborn baby spends 113 minutes a day crying. * Pepper was so valuable during Elizabethan times that it was sold by the grain. * Fossilized termite farts have been preserved in amber. And thousands more!