Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (53 page)

beetles,
55
,
84
,
235

Belgium,
98

beliefs,
180

Bell, Alexander Graham,
1
,
163

Bell, Glen W.,
160–161

Bell Aircraft,
200

Ben & Jerry’s,
141

Benjamin Franklin,
31

Bennett, Arnold,
59

beriberi,
348–349

Berlin, Irving,
4

Berlin Wall,
230

Bernard, Prince,
352

Bertillon, Alphone,
363

Betty Crocker,
262

Bible,
59
,
67

Bic,
116
,
141

Bichon, Germaine,
365

big band,
19

Big Bend National Park,
231

Bilderberg Group,
352–353

billionaires,
94

billions,
94

Billy the Kid,
109
,
191

Binney & Smith,
267

birds,
39
,
74
,
107
,
125
,
138
,
198
,
259

Birth of a Nation
,
183

bison,
105

Black Bart,
191

black holes,
174

black widow spider,
318

bladder,
225

Blair, Linda,
109

Blair, Tony,
353

blankets, electric,
116

blindfold
,
328

blisters,
237

blondes,
112

blood,
137
,
351

blood cells,
94

blood types,
364

bloodhounds,
54

Bloomberg, Michael,
11

Bohemian Grove,
354–355

Boleyn, Ann,
326

Bolivia,
42
,
309

Bolton, Charles E.,
191

Bonaparte, Napoléon,
73
,
78
,
213
,
326

bones,
135
,
351

boo,
23

books,
128
,
242

Boone, Daniel,
73

boot camp,
62

Booth, John Wilkes,
1
,
120

Borden, Gail,
206

Boston Marathon,
75

Botts, Alfred,
169

Botts, Elbert,
149

boulevard
,
23

bowerbird,
138

Bowes, Walter,
160

boxing,
49

Bozo the Clown,
181

Bracken Cave,
46

brain,
80
,
264

brand names,
22

brassieres,
26
,
159
,
265

Brazel, Mac,
381–382
,
383

Brazil,
309

bread,
92
,
190

break the ice
,
57–58

Breakstone, Joseph and Isaac,
11

breast feeding,
16

breath, bad,
221

breath alert,
63

breathing,
225

Breuster, David,
327

Brewer-Giorgio, Gail,
335
,
336
,
337

brides,
270

bridge,
7

broccoli,
131
,
192

Bronx Zoo,
70

Brown, Dan,
106

Bruegger’s,
11

brussels sprouts,
215

Brzezinski, Zbigniew,
354

bubble gum,
292

buck
,
14

Buckley, William F.,
271

Buddhism,
66
,
180

buffalo,
317

Bugliosi, Vincent,
347

bugs.
See
insects

Bugs Bunny,
133

bullet matching,
363

Bunker Hill,
209

Burdon, Eric,
377

burglary,
304

Bush, George,
271

Bush, George H. W.,
250

business cards,
78

butter,
92
,
143

butterfly
,
179

C

cabbage,
131

Cade, Robert,
175

Cadillac Mountains,
76

Caesar, Julius,
181

Caesar salad,
53

caffeine,
6
,
256

cake,
69
,
260

calculate
,
122

calling cards,
78

calories,
182
,
192

camels,
114

Camp, Walter,
97

Canada,
16
,
89
,
155
,
305

candy,
69
,
104
,
260
,
292–293

canned foods,
92

cantaloupe,
131

Caplan, Frieda,
131

Capone, Al,
1
,
304

Capote, Truman,
272

capsaicin,
320

Captain Marvel,
153

card games,
7

cardinals,
125
,
223

Cardini, Caesar,
53

Carey, Drew,
142

Carey, Henry,
327

Carmen
,
133

carrots,
146

cars,
102
,
149
,
151
,
210
,
220

Carson, Johnny,
101
,
142
,
273

Cartwright, Rosalind,
236

cash registers,
27

casinos,
34

castle
,
23

Castle Grande,
367–371

cat litter,
99–100

caterpillars,
235

Catholic Church,
27

cats,
8
,
15
,
59
,
63
,
283
,
300

Cats
,
19

caught red-handed
,
57

cavities,
296

cell phones,
220
,
240
,
301

cellophane,
116

centipedes,
42
,
55

CEOs,
199

cereal,
70
,
92

Cervantes, Miguel de,
241

CFCs,
94

chairs,
197
,
213
,
313

chamber pots,
213

Chamberlain, Wilt,
177

chameleons,
12

chamois,
198

champagne cork,
90

Chan, Jackie,
147

Chaplin, Charlie,
271

Charles, Prince,
326

Charles VIII,
78

chat room lingo,
289

cheap
,
195

cheerleaders,
243

cheese,
145

cheesecake,
22

cheetah,
72

chemistry,
36–37
,
88

Cherokees,
299

cherries,
310

chess,
75

chew the fat
,
324

chewing,
288

Chicago,
47

chickens,
90
,
143
,
259
,
283

Chile,
42
,
74

China (Chinese),
5
,
8
,
30
,
62
,
93
,
266
,
268
,
362

Chiquita Banana,
55

chocolate,
126
,
221
,
260

choking to death
,
113

Christie, Agatha,
106
,
128

Christmas,
17
,
102

Christmas Carol, A
,
128

Christmas shopping,
119

Churchill, Winston,
73

CIA,
47
,
129–130

cigarette gun,
129

cigarettes,
28
,
115

Cinderella,
128
,
133

cinnamon,
258

circulatory system,
66

Citizen Kane
,
147
,
370

Civil War,
229
,
295

clams,
10

Clark, Alfred,
103

class rings,
83

clean as a whistle
,
57

Cleopatra,
73
,
326

Cleveland, Grover,
120

Clinton, Bill,
250
,
353
,
354

clocks,
204

clouds,
166

coat hangers,
117

Coca-Cola,
190
,
257

cockroaches,
33
,
55
,
68
,
219
,
221
,
235

cocktail
,
178

coconuts,
32

coffee,
6
,
67
,
196
,
256

coins,
247
,
277
,
314

cola drinks,
190
,
215
,
257

coldness,
136

colds,
70

colleges,
239

cologne,
196

Colombia,
309

Colonial America,
287

Columbus, Christopher,
28
,
73
,
90
,
301

comet,
80

comic books,
242

commercials,
159

committees,
139

computers,
240

condoms,
64

Confucius,
142

Connery, Sean,
109
,
142

conspiracy theories,
352
,
355
,
385–386

Constantine, Alex,
378
,
379

constipation,
237

contact lenses,
329

cookbooks,
242

Cooke, Captain,
86

cookies,
328

Coolidge, Calvin,
120
,
250

corn,
44
,
143
,
310

Coulter, Ann,
302

country music,
286

cowboys,
191

cows,
35
,
143
,
310

Cracker Jack,
69
,
260