Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (58 page)

quotation marks,
290

quotations,
271–272

R

R. J. Reynolds Co.,
160

radium,
83

ragweed,
94

railroads,
51
,
261

rain,
80
,
107
,
166

Ramey, Roger,
383
,
384

Ramses condoms,
156

Randle, Kevin,
383

Rape-L,
64

rats,
272

reading,
115

Reagan, Nancy,
273

Reagan, Ronald,
250

reality TV,
372–375

rearview mirror,
117

Record Industry Association of America (RIAA),
99

Recorde, Robert,
45

recycling,
25
,
92

redwood trees,
148

reel-to-reel tapes,
13

Reeves, George,
101

refrigerator,
64

refrigerator magnets,
99

reindeer,
105

Reiss, R. A.,
365

Relleke, Johanne,
113

REM sleep,
236

Rembrandt,
306

remedies,
126

remote controls,
119

Rene, Ralph,
357

restrooms,
3

Revolutionary War,
209
,
287
,
295

Reynolds, Richard,
160

Reynolds Wrap,
160

Rh factor,
137

rice,
190

Richelieu, Duc de,
52

rickets,
351

rickshaw,
261

Ringo, Johnny,
191

Ritty, James J.,
27

Ritz crackers,
172

rivers,
76
,
77
,
150

road rage,
220

roadrunners,
107
,
125

roads,
151

Robbins, Irvine,
245

robins,
198

Robinson, Jackie,
180
,
315

robots,
240

rock music,
286
,
302

Rock of Gibraltar,
251

Rockefeller, David,
354

Rocket Chemical Company,
22

Rocketdyne Systems,
356

Rockwell, T. D.,
197

Rocky IV
,
183

rodents,
272

rodeo,
49
,
66

Rogers, Mister,
101

Rogers, Will,
142

roller coaster,
90

Rolling Stones,
286
,
302

Rolls Royce,
149
,
210

Rome (Romans),
15
,
44
,
51
,
65
,
77
,
173
,
244

Romeo and Juliet
,
147

Ronald, Una,
356

Ronald McDonald,
263

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
159

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
167
,
250

Roosevelt, Theodore,
120
,
185
,
365

rooster,
283

root beer,
257

roses,
134
,
188

Ross, Larry,
21

Rostand, Edmond,
296

Roswell,
381–387

Rotondi, James,
378

roulette,
7

Rousseau, Henri,
306

Rousseau, Rosella,
365

rowing,
75

Royal Scottish Dance Society,
16

Royall, Ann,
185

royalty,
326

Rubik’s Cube,
169

running,
49
,
75

running shoes,
117

Ruth, Babe,
315

Rx
,
276

S

Sabbath,
279

Sacagawea,
317

saccharin,
69

sages,
77

saguaro cactus,
148

Sahara,
76
,
150

salary,
328

salary axiom,
139

Salem witch trials,
228

Salinger, J. D.,
109

saliva,
33

salt,
56
,
226
,
258
,
294
,
328

San Francisco 49ers,
232

San Simeon,
368–371

sand,
88

Sanders, Deion,
97

Santa Claus,
17
,
50

Sara Lee,
22

satellites,
316

Saturday Night Live
,
273

Saturn,
174

Savage, Thomas,
222

scallions,
131

scalping,
208

Scarlet Letter, The
,
242

Scecone, Ettore,
313

Schiff, Steven,
385–386

Schmitt, Donald,
383

Scholl, William,
61

schools,
239

Schroeder, Pat,
272

sci-fi stories,
93

scot-free
,
311

Scotch tape,
26

Scotland,
81
,
98

Scott, Willard,
263

Scrabble,
169

screw loose
,
324

scurvy,
350–351

sea horses,
217

sea otters,
203

sea urchins,
10

seals,
96

Search for Tomorrow
,
273

seasoning,
258

secret societies,
352–355

Seddon, Rhea,
282

seedy,
86

Seeger, Pete,
38

sensitive plant,
157

sequoia,
32

Sesame Street
,
101
,
159
,
273

Seven Dwarfs,
133

seven seas,
77

Seven Sisters,
77
,
162

7-Up,
175
,
257

Seymour, Charles,
173

Shakespeare, William,
16
,
73
,
86
,
147
,
154
,
240

shampoo,
319

Shannon, Sean,
16

sharks,
10
,
71
,
246

shaving,
194
,
243

sheep,
35

Shepard, Alan,
81

ships,
261

shoplifting,
304

shopping carts,
117

showering,
25
,
308

shrimp,
71

shyness,
50

Siamese cats,
300

Siberia,
184
,
268

Sibrel, Bart,
360

Silence of the Lambs
,
366

Silly Putty,
170
,
267

silver,
37

Silverheels, Jay,
317

Simon, Neil,
240

Simon Says,
7

Simpson, O. J.,
97

Simpson, Wallis,
272

Sinatra, Frank,
142

Sioux confederacy,
317

skeleton,
135

skiing,
107
,
119

skin,
226
,
349

skin cells,
33

Skull & Bones Society,
353

skunks,
64
,
222

skyscrapers,
303

slave
,
196

sleep,
236
,
249
,
278

sleepwalking,
67
,
249

Slinky,
91
,
170
,
247

slot machines,
100

sloths,
198

slush fund,
311–312

smell,
48
,
88
,
154
,
214
,
319–320

Smith, Jim,
266

Smith, John,
223

smoking,
28

snack foods,
69
,
172
,
215

snails,
235
,
55
,
62

snakes,
12

sneakers,
265

sneezing,
48
,
237
,
278

Snickers,
190
,
260

snoring,
164
,
249

snow,
184

soapberry bug,
219

Soba, Masato,
365

Sobel, Dava,
381
,
383–384

soccer,
49
,
75

societies, secret,
352–355

socks, Murphy’s law of,
219

sodas, ice cream,
245

soft drinks,
6
,
175
,
215
,
257

software
,
14

solar system,
162
,
174

songs,
38

Sonny and Cher,
302

SOS,
67

sound,
39
,
80
,
88

South America,
309

southpaws,
173

Soviet Union,
62

space junk,
316

space program,
356

spacecraft,
316
,
343

Spam,
207

sparrows,
125

speed,
90
,
107

spices,
258

Spider-Man,
66
,
70
,
153

spiders,
33
,
238
,
318

Spielberg, Steven,
147

spinach,
192

sponges,
71

sports,
49
,
75
,
97
,
173
,
177
,
186
,
275
,
315

squid,
198

squirrels,
272

St. Bart’s,
42

Stallone, Sylvester,
127

stamp collecting,
108

Stanley, David,
339

Stanton, Edwin M.,
229

starfish,
10

stars,
162

starvation,
278

statistics,
20

Statue of Liberty,
29
,
281
,
303

Staubach, Roger,
232

stealth bomber,
295

Steilberg, Walter,
368

Steller, G. W.,
203