Bizarre Bathroom Reader

Author : Diego Jourdan Pereira
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1631586807
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bizarre Bathroom Reader written by Diego Jourdan Pereira and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of thrilling facts and trivia from murderous cults to UFOs! Did you know legendary skyjacker D. B. Cooper was most likely a Boeing employee? How about the fact that the Manson Family’s killing spree was meant to incite racial rioting? Or that rather than arriving from outer space, UFOs have been operating from deep within Earth’s oceans for centuries? Learn true, confidential information about these and other—even stranger!—subjects in this mammoth volume. With mind-boggling facts from the most varied sources, find out all about monsters, magic bullets, and mass hysteria, in five unsinkable chapters: • Puzzling Places • Befuddling Beliefs • Strange Subcultures • Peculiar People • Mystifying Mysteries Whether you’re interested in conspiracies, ghosts, lucha libre, or the Bermuda Triangle, there is an anti-boredom list, entry, or chronology for everyone in this freakishly huge toilet (or travel) companion. Plunge into the Bizarre Bathroom Reader to find answers to all of those lifelong questions you may have! Featuring interviews with Elizabeth Gracen, J. M. DeMatteis, John H. Newton, Bruce A. Smith, and Preston Dennett!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607106019
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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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!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607107945
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Inventions written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover strange gadgets you never knew existed in this volume from the nation’s top collector of curious and interesting information! The writers behind Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader present this totally true treasury of amazing gizmos—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!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Portable Press
ISBN 13 : 9781607108917
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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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!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 160710931X
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Perpetually Pleasing Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684124980
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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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!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1645178951
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Hindsight Is 20/20 Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 34th annual edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader offers an all-new collection of fascinating trivia, strange-but-true oddities, and the ever-popular stories of dumb crooks! Uncle John’s Hindsight Is 2020 Bathroom Reader is packed with tons of new articles from the worlds of pop culture, history, and science to help you get everything out of your system the next time you visit the throne room! Articles range in length from a single page to extended page-turners, each as entertaining as the last. From iconic television roles that almost weren’t to the origins of comic books, this 34th edition of fascinating trivia, hilarious lists, and notable quotes compiled by Uncle John and his team at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute will set your mind free to roam the world—and you won’t even need to leave the house!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607106531
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John channel-surfs through America’s favorite pastime: television. What does Homer Simpson call “friend…mother…secret lover?” Television, you meathead! Here comes your wacky neighbor Uncle John to present TV the way only he can. From test patterns to Top Chef, from My Three Sons to Mad Men, as well as TV news, advertising, scandals, sitcoms, dramas, reality shows, and yadda yadda yadda, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV is “dy-no-mite!” Read about… * Gilligan’s seven deadly sins * The inside story of TV’s first commercial * What goes on behind the scenes of Jeopardy! * The most incredibly bizarre shows from around the world * Why Gene Roddenberry tried to beam the original Star Trek cast into space * What reality show producers don’t want you to know * How the King of Late Night crushed his competition * What really went down on the island of LOST * Unexpected sitcom fatalities * TV’s greatest chimps And much, much more!

Author : Josh Richman
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811857826
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's Your Poo Telling You? written by Josh Richman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With universal appeal (everyone poops, after all), this witty, illustrated description of over two dozen dookies (each with a medical explanation written by a doctor) details what one can learn about health and well-being by studying what's in the bowl. A floater? It's probably due to a buildup of gas. Now think back on last night's dinner, a burrito perhaps? . . .All the greatest hits are here: The Log Jam, The Glass Shard, The Deja Poo, The Hanging Chad ... the list goes on. Sidebars, trivia, over 60 euphemisms for number 2, and unusual case histories all make this the ultimate bathroom reader. Who knew you could learn so much from your poo?"--Publisher website (October 2007)

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1667205676
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Weird, Wonderful World Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John is back with the 36th annual Bathroom Reader, an all-new collection of entertaining articles that explore the weird and wonderful world we live in. In this 36th edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, longtime fans and new readers alike will be astounded by a treasure trove of wonderfully weird (and true!) stories that explore the realms of pop culture, history, sports, science, and everyday folks, including the always popular misadventures of dumb crooks. Uncle John and his team at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have reached into all corners of the world to bring you this all-new collection of entertaining and informative articles that include short reads for a quick trip to the throne room as well as longer page-turners for when you take an extended visit. You’ll also find a plethora of amusing lists, odd factoids, quotes, and quizzes that will tickle every trivia enthusiast’s fancy.