Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (54 page)

Crawford, Joan,
3

Crayola,
91
,
156

crayons,
70
,
91
,
156

cream cheese,
11

crickets,
278

crimes,
304
,
362–365

Cristie, Steve,
232

crocodile-tear syndrome,
113

crocodiles,
12

crops,
310

Crow, Sheryl,
302

crows,
259

cruise liners,
261

cruises,
51

cubism,
306

Custer’s Last Stand,
228

cyanoacrylate,
18

cycad tree,
32

Cyrano de Bergerac
,
296

Cyropaedia
(Xenophon),
93

D

da Vinci, Leonardo,
200
,
306
,
313

Da Vinci Code, The
(Brown),
106

Dallas, George Mifflin,
321

Dallas Cowboys,
232

Daly, Tom,
11

dandruff,
9

Daniel, Jasper Newton,
161

Dannemann, Monica,
377–378

Danson, Ted,
101

Darwin, Charles,
73

Dassler Brothers Shoes,
22

Davidson, Elaine,
197

Davis, Jefferson,
229

days,
62
,
77
,
331

deadly sins,
77

decimal system,
20

deer,
319

Demelle, François,
362–363

denim,
195

Denmark,
230

Denny’s,
156

dental floss,
9
,
329

dentists,
126
,
288
,
296

dentures,
296

department stores,
103

deserts,
150

detectives,
363

Devil’s Claw,
157

DeVito, Danny,
142

Dewar, Jimmy,
69

Dial soap,
22

diamonds,
31
,
83

Diana, Princess,
211

diaper alarm,
63

Díaz, Andres,
63

dice,
7

Dickens, Charles,
106
,
128

Dickin Medal for Valor,
216

Dickinson, Emily,
106

dictionaries,
93
,
242

dieting,
182

Dietrich, Marlene,
21
,
109
,
127

Diff’rent Strokes
,
273

dimension, fourth,
40

Dire Straits,
302

Disney World,
121
,
231
,
284

Disneyland,
121
,
231

“Dixie,”
38

Dixie Cups,
116

DNA profiling,
365–366

Dobbie, Scot Sandy,
197

dog years,
145

dogs,
15
,
54
,
59
,
63
,
68
,
201
,
222
,
283

dollar bills,
314

dollar sign,
46

dolls,
91

dolphins,
10
,
96

dominoes,
7

doozy
,
123

dope
,
122

Double Bubble gum,
292

doughnuts,
69

Dow, Charles Henry,
161

Dow Chemical,
100

Dow Jones average,
161

Dr. Marten’s,
161

Dr. Pepper,
175
,
257

Dr. Seuss,
14
,
106
,
159

drab
,
328

Draper, Kay,
99

dreaming,
236
,
249

drinking,
322

drug testing,
47

drunk driving,
304

ducks,
283

Duesenberg,
123

dust,
88

dust storms,
234

E

eagles,
125
,
259

Earhart, Amelia,
346

Earn Your Vacation
,
101

ears,
48
,
221

Earth,
66
,
80
,
81
,
107
,
162
,
251

earthquakes,
251
,
82

earthworms,
84
,
198
,
204

earwax,
48

Easter,
104

Eastman, George,
1

Eastwood, Clint,
142

Easy-Bake Ovens,
91

Edison, Thomas,
102
,
224

Edward I,
132

Edward II,
325

eels,
71

egg rolls,
92

eggplant,
44

eggs,
143
,
172
,
297

eggshells,
135

Egypt (Egyptians),
8
,
15
,
68
,
93
,
150
,
173
,
206
,
244
,
299

Eiffel Tower,
197
,
303

Einstein, Albert,
73
,
211
,
248
,
300

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
200
,
250

El Salvador,
42

electric blankets,
116

elektron,
31

elements,
162
,
36–37

elephants,
72
,
107
,
198
,
203

Elizabeth I,
8
,
181

e-mail,
240

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
271

Emmett, Dan,
38

Empire State Building,
110
,
166
,
303

employees,
274
,
307

energy,
118

English language,
189

eonite,
100

Epperson, Frank,
292

equal sign,
45

Erie Canal,
301

Erik the Red,
98

erotic
,
178

Eskimo pies,
245

Esposito, Joe,
336
,
338

Etch-A-Sketch,
91

evidence, criminal,
362–366

exclamation mark,
45

eyes,
255
,
348

F

Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel,
161

Fairbanks, Douglas,
183

fairy tales,
128

falcons,
90

false teeth,
296

fantasy stories,
93

farms,
35
,
143
,
310

farting,
3
,
33

fashion,
181
,
265

fast and loose
,
311

fast-food restaurants,
253

Father’s Day,
104

Faulds, Henry,
364

FBI,
365
,
378

feet,
61
,
111
,
135
,
252

ferns,
212

ferrets,
105
,
222

film industry.
See
motion pictures

fingernails,
67
,
74
,
187
,
252

fingerprints,
362
,
364
,
365

fingers,
252

Finland,
98

fire beetles,
84

firecrackers,
8

fires, house,
25

fish,
10
,
71
,
145

flags,
280

flamingos,
125
,
223

flavor,
154

fleas,
235

Fleer, Frank,
292

Fleischmann, Charles,
60

flies,
55
,
84
,
216
,
235

Flipper
,
101

floods,
9

flying fish,
90

flying saucers,
381–387

foam peanuts,
114

food poisoning,
113
,
167

foods, hated,
215

foot (measurement),
325

football,
97

“For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,”
38

Ford, Henry,
227
,
228

Ford cars,
210

Ford Motor Company,
141

forensics,
362–366

forks,
27
,
65

Fort Knox,
146

fortune cookies,
67

fortune telling,
285

Foster, Jodie,
366

Fox, Michael J.,
127

fragrance (perfume),
181

France,
98

francium,
37

frankfurters,
21

Franklin, Benjamin,
30
,
73
,
142
,
310
,
313
,
352

Fraser, Laura Gardin,
277

Fraze, Ermal Cleon,
27

freckles,
226

Freemasony,
85

french fries,
143
,
172

French language,
189

Freud, Sigmund,
50
,
73

Friday the
13
th,
207

Friedman, Stanton T.,
384

Frisbees,
75

frogs,
12
,
283

fruit,
32
,
131
,
143
,
192
,
350–351

Fulgham, Dan D.,
387

Funicello, Annette,
286

furlong,
325

furniture,
213

fuzz
,
14

G

G. I. Joe,
91

Gable, Clark,
133

Galton, Francis,
364

gambling,
7
,
100

game shows,
372–375

games,
7

Gandhi, Mahatma,
73

garbage,
9

Garden of Eden,
67

Gardiner, Sandy,
155

Garfield, James,
163

Garland, Judy,
1

garlic,
44

garlic juice,
126

garnet,
31

gasoline,
210

Gateway Arch,
303

Gatorade,
175

geese,
283