<div>Celebrate the winners of this competition for Weirdest, Wildest, and Most Hilarious Trivia of the Year . . . Forget the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes&mdash;after two decades of producing interesting and mind-boggling stories&mdash;the folks at the Bathroom Readers&rsquo; Institute have come up with their own collection of pop-culture awards! This unique volume provides a new way to recognize some of the world&rsquo;s greatest (and oddest) achievements. Where else could you find awards for the Most Versatile Condiment, Oldest Scam, and Rudest Gesture? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about . . . <ul><li>The Albino Squirrel Preservation Society</li><li>The history of dreadlocks</li><li>Trendsetting (and ugly) shoes</li></ul> Professional eaters . . . and much more!</div>

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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards

<div>The trivia gurus behind the Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader series plumb the depths of history in this compendium of easily digestible diversions. Whether you&rsquo;re a history buff, or you just like reading great stories, you&rsquo;ll see the past in a whole new light after reading Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader Plunges into History. Uncle John uncovers the truth behind some of history&rsquo;s most persistent myths and flushes out information you were never taught in school. Where else could you learn about the 10 most-forgotten people in history, mistakes that led to great discoveries, and how a certain fish had a hand (er, fin) in beating Napoleon? Read all about . . . <ul><li>The short history of underwear</li><li>Odd deaths of famous figures</li><li>Abe Lincoln, fashion icon</li><li>The real Lady Godiva</li><li>Royal inbreeds and promiscuous popes</li><li>The true story of Braveheart </li></ul> And much more!</div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into History

<div>The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print! At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John&rsquo;s Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers&rsquo; Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay, quotes, and a few surprises (such as some of the &ldquo;creative&rdquo; methods people have used to pay off their alimony). And yes, Uncle John&rsquo;s latest masterpiece is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your can! So hang on tight as you read about . . . &bull; Hairy superstitions &bull; Animals who act like people &bull; The Mother of the Father of our Country &bull; Really BIG Things &bull; Eugene Vidocq&mdash;the world&rsquo;s first private eye &bull; Bill Gates and his &ldquo;Toilet Challenge&rdquo; &bull; Unclassified: The story of the Freedom of Information Act &bull; How to behave like a gentleman . . . 16th century style &bull; Great Gushers: The world&rsquo;s most incredible oil strikes &bull; Who&rsquo;s the Suzette in Crepe Suzette? &bull; Happy Sewerage Day! And much, much more!</div>

Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader

<div>Beauty pageants, bad musicals, bizarre diseases, and more: it&rsquo;s all covered in this collection of fascinating trivia and full-color pictures! It&rsquo;s finally here: the book that Uncle John&rsquo;s fans have been asking for: a full-color, illustrated edition featuring the most entertaining articles from the world&rsquo;s bestselling bathroom trivia series! Hundreds of eye-popping photographs add a new dimension to Uncle John&rsquo;s unique blend of trivia, humor, origins, history, science, and oddities. All the reader favorites are included&mdash;including dumb crooks, weird news, flubbed headlines, strange lawsuits, quirky quotations&mdash;and more. Now they pop off the pages like never before! So stimulate your visual cortexes as you read about . . . &bull;Weird Beauty Pageants &bull;40 Odd Uses for WD-40 &bull;&ldquo;Bagpiper&rsquo;s Fungus&rdquo; and other bizarre diseases &bull;The Wild World of Weird Sports &bull;The &ldquo;putrified forest&rdquo; at Tennessee&rsquo;s Body Farm &bull;The origins of Monopoly, the lava lamp, computer viruses, and B movies &bull;World records that are so risky, Guinness won&rsquo;t even report them &bull;The all-time dumbest business decisions &bull;Harrowing stories from history, including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the Pilgrims&rsquo; uncomfortable ride on the Mayflower &bull;The Toxic Travel Guide &bull;How to cook with roadkill, get your TV show on the air, and more &bull;Whatever happened to Nikola Tesla&rsquo;s death ray? &bull;Real-life superheroes . . . and much, much more!</div>

Uncle John's Weird Weird World

<div>Discover strange gadgets you never knew existed in this volume from the nation&rsquo;s top collector of curious and interesting information! The writers behind Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos&mdash;devilish devices you never knew existed, created by people who thought the world absolutely needed what they had to offer and sell. Read all about: * The onesie that turns your crawling baby into a mop * The fart-stifling blanket * The square watermelon * The video game you control with your mind * The weight loss device that sucks food out of your stomach, and much much more!</div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Inventions

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

Uncle John's New & Improved Briefs

<div>A compendium of funny feline facts and strange stories even more entertaining than a stuffed mouse on a stick! The relationship between cats and us lower animals cannot be summed up in mere words, but leave it to Uncle John to try anyway. Curl up with the Cat Lover&rsquo;s Companion, and you&rsquo;ll explore the unique, amusing, and mysterious side of the common housecat (Felis domesticus). Read about the origins of your favorite breeds, meet some kitty movie stars, and decipher those strange feline mannerisms. Then take a catnap. Then run wildly around your house for no apparent reason. Then read about a cat raised by a gorilla, a cat that uses the toilet (for its intended purpose), and much, much more!</div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Cat Lover's Companion

<div>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&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader has helped you learn amazing things you didn&rsquo;t know. Now, Uncle John will show you how to do things you didn&rsquo;t know how to do . . . and probably should never, never, never actually do, unless you&rsquo;re in a survival situation and really, really, really need to do. It&rsquo;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&rsquo;re expecting &ldquo;how to start a fire,&rdquo; think again. This isn&rsquo;t the kind of book that will tell you how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together&mdash;it will tell you how to make a fire using a car battery. It will also tell you:&middot; How to swing from a vine like Tarzan&middot; How to land an airplane in an emergency&middot; How to fight a bear . . . and win&middot; How to perform emergency surgery in the woods&middot; How to identify what insects you can&mdash;and cannot&mdash;eat And lots, lots more</div>

How to Fight a Bear . . . and Win

<div>A wildly entertaining Q&amp;A collection filled with fun facts on everything from science to sports to late-night infomercials. Find the answers to hundreds of life&rsquo;s most perplexing questions in this entertaining collection from the team behind the multimillion-selling, award-winning Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Readers. Do Geese Get Goose Bumps is filled with simple explanations for complex topics, everything from &ldquo;Why is air transparent?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why do late-night commercials always offer to throw in a second, identical product &lsquo;at no extra cost&rsquo;?&rdquo; Clearly written and thoroughly researched, this book will shed new light on science, history, politics, sports, animals, food, pop culture, and more. It&rsquo;s the perfect book for anyone who&rsquo;s ever wondered: *Can an elephant cry crocodile tears? *Why do clouds float? *Why is abbreviation such a long word? *What&#39;s in a hot dog? *Why does Hawaii have interstate highways? *What did they call a photographic memory before the invention of photography? *Why does Superman wear his underwear on the outside? *Why do dogs come when you call them, but cats ignore you? *What&rsquo;s a male ballerina called? And much, much more!</div>

Do Geese Get Goose Bumps?

<div>Uncle John&rsquo;s latest compendium of the most bizarre and entertaining information imaginable: a Worldwide Weird-opedia! Good news: It&rsquo;s not you, the world really is going crazy! And Uncle John is barely sane enough to guide you through it all in this whirlwind tour of all things strange and weird. Yes, loyal Throne Room readers, these 432 all-new pages of pure crazy will shock and confound you . . . and make your side split open from laughing. (Uncle John takes no legal responsibilities for split sides.) So fire up your egg-beater, strap on your tinfoil hat, and plunge on into . . . * The secret government plot to poison Earth&rsquo;s skies * Animal-human hybrids and what role they&rsquo;ll have in society * &ldquo;Sexy Finding Nemo&rdquo; and other inappropriate Halloween costumes * A cow that eats chicken, therapeutic snake massages, and killer kangaroos * The lady who married the Eiffel Tower, and the man who hugs and kisses his car * Enjoying the world&rsquo;s craziest festivals, where you can eat fried lamb testicles, ride on a ship through the desert, or pierce your skin with a bicycle * Jackasses who copied Jackass and barely lived to tell about it * How to tell if you have Exploding Head Syndrome * Decoding the Mayan Prophecy * Clergy gone wild, and much much more!</div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader The World's Gone Crazy

<div>A collection of strange-but-true crime tales featuring cops, lawyers, and some very unusual suspects . . . The fact-finding folks at Bathroom Readers&rsquo; Institute have rounded up the best cops-and-robber articles we&rsquo;ve ever done, plus a rogues&rsquo; gallery of new offenders. You&rsquo;ll read about dumb crooks and criminal masterminds, mafia henchmen and low-level goons, ancient warriors and Old West gunslingers, crazed cops and jovial judges, and even a few loony lawyers and crooked Wall Street types. Find out about . . . * New York City&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mad Bomber&rdquo; * The Biddle Brothers and the Queen of the Jail * Law and Order: Special Pants Unit * Dopes who hide their dope in the strangest places * America&rsquo;s first private eye * NASCAR&rsquo;s bootlegging beginnings * The real pirates of the Caribbean * Why CSI makes the cops&rsquo; job even harder * Billy the Kid and other outlaws who died with their boots on * George Luger, Samuel Colt, and other fathers of guns * The greatest train robberies * Arrested for farting * And much more!</div>

Uncle John's True Crime

<div>Grab some quiet time for yourself and enjoy hundreds of pages of the world&rsquo;s most twisted trivia! The crackpot staff at the Bathroom Readers&rsquo; 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&rsquo;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!</div>

Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader

<div>Updated &amp; expanded&mdash;this entry in the bestselling bathroom reader series is full of hockey trivia on the sport&rsquo;s colorful history, legendary players, and more. The Bathroom Readers&rsquo; Institute has added seventy all-new pages to this collection of tales and trivia about the Greatest Game on Ice. You&rsquo;ll find loads of new articles, plus updated facts throughout. So tighten your laces and grab your stick&mdash;it&rsquo;s Hockey Time! Read about . . . &middot; Octopuses, rubber rats, and other animal ice-capades &middot; What&rsquo;s up with those hockey haircuts? &middot; The science behind the slap shot &middot; Why are hockey goalies so weird? &middot; And of course&mdash;how did Gretzky get so good? Get ready for some end-to-end action! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Shoots and Scores

<div>Strange-but-true stories, colorful characters, and big-league bizarreness for fans of America&rsquo;s pastime! Why is baseball such a great subject for a Bathroom Reader? Because it&rsquo;s steeped in history and tradition, it&rsquo;s rife with scandals and controversy, and most of the men that dedicate their life to it are just a little bit . . . weird. Uncle John&rsquo;s spirited take on the game takes you deep into that history to paint a detailed picture of where the game came from and where it may be going. You&rsquo;ll go behind the scenes at spring training, listen in on pitcher&rsquo;s mound conferences, and meet the players, coaches, fans, and broadcasters who make this the greatest game in the world! Swing for the fences as you read about . . . * Minor league mishaps * The violent history of umpiring * The true story of Lou Gehrig&rsquo;s heroic rise and tragic fall * The man who pitched a no-hitter while tripping on LSD * The origins of gloves, baseballs, bats, uniforms, helmets, and more * Baseball&rsquo;s most famous call and how it was saved for posterity * The best and worst teams of all time * Animals in the outfield * The birth of Little League * The Abner Doubleday myth * and much, much more! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Takes a Swing at Baseball

<div>With this volume filled with thousands of bizarrely fascinating facts, we&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s organized into hundreds of topics&mdash;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&rsquo;s 1954 hit &ldquo;Smile&rdquo; 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&rsquo;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! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: WISE UP!

<div>The best of the weirdest news, facts, and fun from all over the world! Where else could you learn about a woman who broke her legs flying a pig, a student who got credit for dressing like a lobster, and a man who patented a method for determining the sex of a spinach plant? Uncle John rules the world of bizarre information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about . . . &middot;The world&rsquo;s longest ear hair &middot;A girl raised by dogs &middot;Celebrity death conspiracies &middot;Goblins, the horny horse man, Yowie, and other strange creatures . . . and much more! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Wonderful World of Odd

<div>For 25 years, there’s always been a home in Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for those times in life you wish you could take back--“oops” moments, embarrassing accidents, spectacular failures. Because we never get tired of reading about unfortunate accidents (as long as they’re happening to someone else), here is a whole book of “the best of the worst,” the troubling and funny stories of things got terribly awry. Read all about:* The little math error that took down a spaceship.* A sexy stimulant that led to a man’s multiple amputations.* The politician who lost by one vote . . . because he was out campaigning and forgot to vote.* The couple that won millions in the lottery . . . and lost the ticket.</div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Zipper Accidents

<div>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&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages&mdash;from little-known history to the origins of everyday things&mdash;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: &bull; Weird Body Parts of the Rich and Famous &bull; The Wild Man of Borneo &bull; Cryptic Movie Titles Explained &bull; &ldquo;Pathological Generosity&rdquo; and Other Real Medical Conditions &bull; How to Perform CPR on Your Dog &bull; When Postal Workers Go Rogue &bull; Start Your Own Country! &bull; Animals Under the Influence &bull; Welcome to No Mans Land &bull; The Mad Potter of Biloxi &bull; Saved From the Trash: The &ldquo;Lost Leonardo&rdquo; &bull; The Ten Longest Wars in History &bull; Stomach-churning Food-Safety Mistakes &bull; You Swallowed What? &bull; Incredible Stories of Survival &bull; The Case of the Stolen Bridge and Other Weird Crime Reports &bull; And much, much more </div>

Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader

<div>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!</div>

Uncle John's Facts to Go: History Makers

<div>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!</div>

Uncle John's Facts to Go: International Affairs

<div>A collection of crazy science facts on everything from rocket ships and death rays to atoms, experiments, and bizarre scientists. From the amazing to the amusing, this byte-sized collection will bring you the inside stories behind earth-shattering discoveries, accidental inventions, and outlandish studies. Featuring Uncle John&rsquo;s most mind-bending science articles&mdash;along with a few all-new &ldquo;experiments&rdquo;&mdash;this book will make you think, make you laugh, and make you ask yourself, &ldquo;What the heck were they thinking?&rdquo; Get ready to cackle like a mad scientist as you uncover the truth about . . . &middot; The mystery of Tesla&rsquo;s death ray machine &middot; How to reanimate the dead &middot; The next space race: Interstellar travel &middot; Serendipity: The origins of the microwave oven and Silly Putty &middot; The eccentric Dr. Einstein &middot; The simple science behind nuclear fission &middot; &ldquo;Pigeons&rsquo; Ability to Discriminate Between Monet and Picasso&rdquo; and other strange-but-true studies &middot; Toilets in Spaaaaace! And much, much more </div>

Uncle John's Facts to Go: Mad Science

<div>Take a quiz while you take a whiz! Test your smarts and then stump your friends with this collection of diabolical questions and answers that could only come from the trivia masters at the Bathroom Readers&rsquo; Institute. Sure, everyone knows the Pilgrims sailed to the New World on the Mayflower, but how many people know what that ship smelled like? And it&rsquo;s a somewhat-known fact that Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to the Star Trek theme song, but few people know why he wrote them. Do you? Learn the answer to both of these conundrums&mdash;and hundreds more&mdash;and expand your knowledge on a wide array of topics including science, history, politics, sports, entertainment, language, and more. The questions may seem impossible, but the answers are just a page away! </div>

Uncle John's Impossible Questions & Astounding Answers

<div>The popular bathroom reader series is back with this collection that&rsquo;s flush with laughs. It&rsquo;s new, it&rsquo;s improved, it&rsquo;s the funniest ever! Back by popular demand, this newly revised edition includes plenty of all-time favorites, along with more than twenty-five pages of new content. That&rsquo;s page after page after page of laugh-out-loud dumb jokes, dumb jocks, toasts, pranks, kings, kittens, caboodles, and, of course, poorly translated kung fu movie subtitles such as &ldquo;It took my seven digestive pills to dissolve your hairy crab!&rdquo; So, whether you like your humor witty or witless, light or dark, silly or sublime, you&rsquo;ll laugh until your head explodes. Chortle at: &middot;Dumb crooks: The robber who ran face-first into a wall because he forgot to poke eye holes in his pillowcase. &middot;Witty wordplay: If Snoop Dogg were to marry Winnie-the-Pooh, his name would become Snoop Dogg Pooh. &middot;Flubbed headlines: &ldquo;British Left Waffles On House Floor&rdquo; &middot;Quirky stars: Billy Idol&rsquo;s concert rider demands he have one large tub of I Can&rsquo;t Believe It&rsquo;s Not Butter in his dressing room. &middot;Job lingo: If you hear an ER doc mention a &ldquo;VIP,&rdquo; be on the lookout for a &ldquo;very intoxicated patient.&rdquo; &middot;Sputtering sportscasters: &ldquo;If only faces could talk.&rdquo; &mdash;Pat Summerall And much, much more</div>

Uncle John's New & Improved Funniest Ever

<div>The beloved bathroom reader series returns with this twenty-sixth edition that&rsquo;s flush with weird facts on a wide array of topics. The twenty-sixth annual edition of Uncle John&rsquo;s wildly successful series is all-new and jam-packed with the BRI&rsquo;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&rsquo;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: &middot; The Lamest Excuses of All Time &middot; How to Survive on . . . Roadkill &middot; Astronauts Who Got Kicked Out of Space &middot; The Woman Who Was Her Own Twin &middot; Foiled by Technology: Dumb Crooks Edition &middot; The History of the Teleprompter, the Police Car, and the Fly Swatter &middot; &ldquo;Jogging Makes You Dumber,&rdquo; and Other Real Study Results &middot; The Lost Fortune of Abraham Lincoln &middot; Boxing Lingo &middot; And much, much more2014 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner in Humor!</div>

Uncle John's Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader

<div>From the number one source of bathroom reading, an illustrated guide to trivia surrounding the City That Never Sleeps. You think you know New York? Fugeddaboutit! Uncle John takes you on a whirlwind tour of the greatest place on Earth! Discover fascinating history, odd facts, and the unique people who make New York the Big Apple of the world&rsquo;s eye. Read all about . . . &middot; UFOs visit the Empire State &middot; What ever happened to Crazy Eddie? &middot; The history of bagels &amp; The New Yorker &middot; The Kingdom of Zog &amp; other lost landmarks &middot; New York&rsquo;s grumpiest tourist: Charles Dickens &middot; Could you pass the Ellis Island immigration test? &middot; The New York Times crossword puzzle goofs &middot; The Borscht Belt comedians &middot; The incredible natural phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge &middot; The public library, the subway, and the city&rsquo;s narrowest house &middot; The Naked Cowboy and Lady Liberty&rsquo;s big feet &middot; People who actually tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge &middot; No soup for you! And much more </div>

Uncle John's Plunges into New York

<div>An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things music. From boogie-woogie to Beethoven, from Prince to Pavarotti, from the bards of Broadway to the rebels of rock &rsquo;n&rsquo; roll&mdash;it&rsquo;s all here. Uncle John has created this harmonious collection of tuneful tales for music lovers everywhere. Uncle John has proven once again that he is in tune with our legion of loyal readers. This 516-page musical masterpiece dedicated to all things noteworthy ranges from silly one-hit wonders to culture-changing musical milestones. You&rsquo;ll get a glimpse into the future of music and go back to the days when prehistoric man first started communicating in song. So, plug in your amp, turn the dial up to eleven, and have a blast reading about: &middot; The origins of nearly every genre and style of music&mdash;including rock, country, jazz, the blues, rhythm-and-blues, hip hop, punk, folk, polka, opera, Muzak, disco, and even marching bands &middot; Musical legends, from &ldquo;outsiders&rdquo; like the Shaggs and the Carter family, to giants like the Beatles, Elvis, and Weird Al Yankovic &middot; The stories of legendary music venues like the Grand Ole Opry, the Apollo, and the Fillmore &middot; How a computer glitch led to Right Said Fred&rsquo;s 1991 hit &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Too Sexy&rdquo; &middot; Why waltzing was considered as scandalous in its early days as rock was in its early days &middot; The birth of the banjo, the electric guitar, karaoke, and the Stradivarius violin &middot; How John Williams struck a universal chord with his score for Star Wars &middot; Go underground to play the world&rsquo;s largest natural musical instrument &middot; What happened at Woodstock and other weird concert mishaps And much, much more </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Music

<div>Three cheers for the red, white, and bloopers . . . A US treasury of gaffes, goofs, and weird White House trivia! If they advertised the job opening for President of the United States, the ad would be pretty short. The only basic requirements are to be a natural-born American citizen and at least thirty-five years old. Now you can learn about some of the successful applicants in this special &ldquo;Chief Executive&rdquo; edition of Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader! We&rsquo;ve dug up the most compelling and confounding dirt . . . er . . . statistics on these otherwise ordinary men who achieved great power. Which ones used it wisely? Which ones squandered it? And which ones would have rather been fishing? You&rsquo;ll get an up-close and personal look at each Oval Officer. From the birth of the country to modern-day yuks, Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Presidency is packed with more than 300 pages of amusing anecdotes, little-known history, fun quizzes, and more! Read about . . . * Ford&rsquo;s famous fall and other presidential gaffes * White House ghosts * Homer Simpson takes on the presidency * Ails of the chiefs * Was President Buchanan gay? * Chief Executive Culinary Delights * Mr. President at the bat * Prezzy lols (&ldquo;If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?&rdquo; &mdash;Abraham Lincoln) and much, much more! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Presidency

<div>An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science.Uncle John&rsquo;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&rsquo;ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as&mdash;you can&rsquo;t &ldquo;sweat like a pig&rdquo; because pigs don&rsquo;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, &ldquo;Billions and Billions!&rdquo; So put on your thinking cap and check out: &middot; Pluto denied &middot; Kitchen chemistry &middot; Football gets physics-al &middot; Planet Earth&rsquo;s sudden hot flashes &middot; Food&rsquo;s incredible journey . . .through you &middot; The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding &middot; How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer &middot; How &ldquo;defenseless&rdquo; animals stay alive &middot; Sci-fi that&rsquo;s more fi than sci &middot; Ancient astronomers &middot; Know your clouds And much, much more </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe

<div>Army, Air Force, or Marine&mdash;read all about them in the latrine! Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guard&mdash;the patriotic folks at the Bathroom Readers Institute have stormed the proverbial beaches of Normandy and beyond to bring you this salute to the greatest force for good on planet Earth! Make your way through the ranks and read about the history, triumphs, trials, trivia, and humor of those who serve. At nearly 500 pages, this is the book you want by your side while you wait it out in the foxhole. Read about . . . * The Semper Fi story * A history of the draft * The real Private Ryan * Dog tags then and now * Medal of Honor winners * M*A*S*H: the true story * The original Flying Tiger * Beetle Bailey and other cartoon soldiers * What it takes to be in the Special Forces * Can you see me now? The story of camouflage * and much, much more! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces

<div>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&rsquo; 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&rsquo;ll find plenty of dumb criminals, clever wordplay, quirky quotations, and much, much more. Just open to any page&mdash;who knows what treasures await you? &middot; Judges gone wild &middot; The Barbie scandals &middot; Canada&rsquo;s underpants king &middot; Helen Keller: vaudeville star &middot; The double A-bomb survivors &middot; The history of the umbrella &middot; America&#39;s forbidden island &middot; What the Hokey Pokey is really all about And much, much more </div>

Uncle John's 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader

<div>Take a seat and settle in&mdash;it&rsquo;s a gigantic treasury of trivia and humor for our twenty-fifth (is that porcelain?) anniversary! IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner in Humor ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards, Honorable Mention in Humor &ldquo;Fully Loaded&rdquo; is putting it mildly. This behemoth of a book is overflowing with incredible stories, surprising facts, weird news, little-known origins, forgotten history, fun wordplay, and everything else that millions of loyal fans have come to expect from the world&rsquo;s best-selling bathroom reading series. As always, it&rsquo;s divided by length: quickies for the reader on the go, medium-sized articles for those with a few minutes to spare, and extra-long pieces for those truly leg-numbing experiences. Here are just a few of the hundreds of topics loaded into this edition of America&rsquo;s favorite source of fascinating information: * Forgotten Firsts * Dumb Crooks: Stoner Edition * Bizarre Japanese Video Games * The Kamikaze Instruction Manual * Our Lady of the Little Green Men * The Worst Fire in American History * The World&rsquo;s Worst Business Decision * The New Year&rsquo;s Eve Opossum Drop * Do Blondes Really Have More Fun? * Failed Doomsday Predictions * When Toilets Explode * and much, much more! </div>

Uncle John's Fully Loaded: 25th Anniversary Bathroom Reader

<div>Bite-sized bits of information to give you the edge on trivia night&mdash;from crime and punishment to the rich and famous to ghosts, ghouls, oddballs, and more! Packed with more than 400 pages, Uncle John&rsquo;s Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask? Here are just a few extraordinary examples:* Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.* In the 1960s, astronauts trained for moon voyages by walking on Hawaiian lava fields.* Lloyd&rsquo;s of London insured Bruce Springsteen&rsquo;s voice for 3.5 million English pounds.* Physician Amynthas of Alexandria, Greece, performed the first known nose job in the Third Century B.C.* Military toilet paper is printed in a camouflage design, since white could attract enemy fire.* Elvis Presley always wore a helmet when watching football on TV.* King Henry VIII&rsquo;s ladies at court had a ration of one gallon of beer per day.* It takes the energy from fifty leaves on an apple tree to produce one ripe fruit.* The only country to host the Summer Olympics but not win a single gold medal was Canada, in 1976. And that&rsquo;s just the beginning! So what are you waiting for? Attack! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids

<div>The beloved bathroom reader series continues with this twenty-ninth edition that&rsquo;s overflowing with strange facts on an assortment of topics. What&rsquo;s so uncanny about the twenty-ninth annual edition of Uncle John&rsquo;s? This enduring book series has been delivering entertaining information to three generations of readers (so far) . . . and it&rsquo;s still going strong! How do they do it? Back in 1988, Uncle John successfully predicted the way that twenty-first-century readers would want their information: in quick hits, concisely and cleverly written, and with details so delightful that you&rsquo;re compelled to share them with someone else. (Kind of like the Internet, but without all those annoying ads.) This groundbreaking series has been imitated time and time again but never equaled. And Uncanny is the Bathroom Readers&rsquo; Institute at their very best. Covering a wide array of topics&mdash;incredible origins, forgotten history, weird news, amazing science, dumb crooks, and more&mdash;readers of all ages will enjoy these 512 pages of the best stuff in print. Here are but a few of the uncanny topics awaiting you: &middot; The World&rsquo;s Weirdest Protests &middot; The Wit and Wisdom of Bill Murray &middot; Forgotten Game Shows &middot; Darth Vader&rsquo;s Borderline Personality Disorder, and Other Real Psychiatric Diagnoses of Fictional Characters &middot; Manly Historical Leaders and Their Manly Tattoos &middot; NASA&rsquo;s &ldquo;Pillownaut&rdquo; Experiment &middot; The Secret Lives of Squatters &middot; Cooking with Mr. Coffee &middot; Odd Alcoholic Drinks from Around the World &middot; The History of the Tooth Fairy &middot; Zoo Escapes &middot; And much more IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winner 2017!</div>

Uncle John's UNCANNY Bathroom Reader

<div>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&rsquo;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 (&ldquo;exocannibals&rdquo; eat enemies; &ldquo;indocannibals&rdquo; eat friends). Flip to another page and there&rsquo;s a whole bunch of facts about how long things take (a yak&rsquo;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! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information

<div>For more than 25 years, there’s always been a home in Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for those stories about doctor visits or routine surgeries gone horribly wrong--the wrong limb getting amputated, the wrong person getting a transplant, the nurse who didn’t notice her patient had died…for three days. Because we never get tired of reading about big boo-boos (as long as they’re happening to someone else), here is a whole book of the troubling and funny stories of when good health care goes bad. Read all about:* The woman who needed her gall bladder out…so she removed it herself* The man who waited in an emergency room…for three weeks* The heart surgeon who got caught drawing his signature on his work* And many more stories of dreadful doctors, hospital horrors, and bad medicine.</div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Germophobia

<div>An all-new collection overflowing with weird facts and wild stories! Uncle John and his crack staff of writers are back&mdash;and still at the top of their game after all these years. Where else but in an Uncle John&rsquo;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! </div>

Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader

<div>A collection of some of the wildest and weirdest trivia packed with incredible facts, obscure history, interesting origins, bizarre quotes, and more. The second fully illustrated entry in Uncle John&rsquo;s popular new Weird, Weird World series opens a portal to the bizarre. It&rsquo;s page after page of unbelievable history, odd origins, tales of amazing luck, kooky conspiracy theories, epic fails, astounding facts, and some things that are so weird that they defy description. That&rsquo;s where the pictures come in: Hundreds of eye-popping photographs and illustrations take the humor and the fun to a whole new dimension . . . to the EPIC zone! Read about . . . &bull; How to Hypnotize a Chicken &bull; The Origin of the Lie Detector &bull; Weirdest Ways to Die at National Parks &bull; Feral Cat Day and Other Strange-But-Real Holidays &bull; Here Comes the Spammobile! &bull; Keith Urban Legends &bull; The Power of Poo &bull; Winners of &ldquo;Ugly Dog&rdquo; Contests &bull; Weird World Records &bull; TV Shows That Were All a Dream &bull; Kalshnikov Pat &amp; the Helicopter Jailbreakers &bull; Odd-phrodisiacs &bull; Japan&rsquo;s Most Surreal Video Games &bull; News Pundits Gone Wild &bull; The Pacific Garbage Patch &bull; Calamity Jane and the Old West&rsquo;s Toughest Gals &bull; What Your Nose Says About Your Love Life &bull; Scams That Could Only Be Pulled Off by Identical Twins &bull; Anarchy in the E.R. And much, much more </div>

Uncle John's Weird Weird World Epic

<div>Lots and lots of lists of quick and quirky historical facts, from the Stone Age to the Internet Age! Leave it to Uncle John to find a new way to make history fun and exciting! This quirky collection of lists is the latest volume in the Bathroom Reader&rsquo;s bestselling history series. Over 500 fact-packed pages will breathe life into history&rsquo;s most famous (and most unusual) stories. History buffs, trivia hounds, and readers looking for an educational snack will love learning about some of history&rsquo;s greatest&mdash;and strangest&mdash;events. In one great book, you&rsquo;ll find: * Two famous pioneering trails * Three one-armed men who lent a hand * Four famous folks who literally died laughing * Five horrifying medieval punishments * Six photographic firsts * Seven hotel rooms where history was made * Eight disgusting secret ingredients * Nine famous trains * Ten places you can&rsquo;t go * Eleven disasters that changed the world * Twelve fast food firsts, and much, much more! </div>

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: History's Lists

<div>History repeats itself as Uncle John presents another volume of funny stories and fascinating facts about the past! For our historical trivia collection number two, we dug ever deeper into our bottomless vaults to bring you more of history&rsquo;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 * &ldquo;Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!&rdquo; * Where are they now&mdash;the Goths * The golden age of wife-selling * History&rsquo;s most horrible dentist award * The French monks who invented tennis * What William the Conqueror was called before he conquered * Where are they now&mdash;the Neanderthals * Women of the Gold Rush * and much, much more! </div>

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