Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (59 page)

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
106

Stewart, Alexander Turney,
103

Stewart, Rod,
142

stilts,
313

stomach,
225

storms,
166
,
234

street names,
266

stroke,
113

Stuart, Mary,
326

suede,
195

sugar,
143
,
192
,
310

sun,
62
,
118
,
162
,
174

sundaes,
245

Super Bowl,
97
,
232

superglue,
18
,
365

superheroes,
70
,
153

Superman,
153

supermarkets,
215
,
297
,
304

superstition,
30
,
187
,
244

surgery,
113
,
126
,
237

surnames,
266

sweating,
33
,
226
,
252
,
282

Sweet’N Low,
156

swine flu,
221

Swiss cheese,
145

sword swallowing,
110

symbols,
45–46

synesthetes,
302

T

T-shirts,
181

tablecloths,
65

Taco Bell,
161

Taft, William Howard,
186

Taki,
189

tapeworms,
33

Taso Pi,
93

taste,
48
,
154

taste buds,
288

Tatis, Fernando,
315

tattoo
,
86

taxes,
47
,
103
,
121
,
248
,
330

taxonomic classifications,
77

Taylor, Elizabeth,
109
,
147

tea,
6

tears,
33
,
255

teenagers,
289

teeth,
288
,
296

telephones,
25
,
240
,
313

television,
101
,
115
,
159
,
273

Temple, Shirley,
4
,
109
,
127

tempura
,
123

tendons,
225

tennis,
49

Terminator II
,
133

termites,
55
,
84
,
235

Terry, Alfred,
228

Terzakis, Nia,
394

Thanksgiving,
104
,
208

thiamine,
348–349

thinking cap,
63
,
311

third degree
,
85

13 (number),
244

Thomas, R. L.,
103

Thompson’s theorem,
139

Thoreau, Henry David,
229
,
271
,
366

3-M Company,
26

Three Musketeers bar,
293

Three Stooges,
127

thunder,
166

thunderstorms,
234

Thurmond, Strom,
47

Tierney, P. J.,
1

ties,
307

tigers,
72
,
300

Tijuana,
121

time capsules,
207

Time
magazine,
211

time measurement,
207

time zones,
76

tin,
37
,
88

tinnitus,
221

tipping,
9
,
79
,
112

tires,
149
,
203
,
210

Tiro, Marcus Tullius,
45

Titantic
,
301

toads,
12

toasting,
78

tobacco,
28

Todd’s law,
139

toenails,
252

toes,
135

toilet paper,
308

toilet seat,
63

toilets,
3

tomatoes,
53
,
148
,
201

tombstones,
206

Toms, John,
363

tongue,
288
,
350

tonsillectomy,
126

Tony the Tiger,
156

tooth decay,
237

Tooth Fairy,
79
,
288
,
296

toothbrushes,
308

toothpaste,
25
,
26
,
171

Tootsie-Roll Pops,
260

tornados,
158
,
234

totem pole,
8

touch and go
,
312

tourist attractions,
71

Toyota Corolla,
149

toys,
91
,
169–170

traffic jams,
204

train robbery,
51

trains,
261

transfusions,
126

transportation modes,
51
,
261

Trans-Siberian Railway,
51

trash,
88

trees,
32
,
148
,
254

trepanning,
126

Trilateral Commission,
354

triskaidekaphobia,
244

trophy
,
24

Truman, Harry S,
123

Tukey, John W.,
14

tuna,
297

tungsten,
37

turkeys,
35
,
107
,
125
,
143
,
195
,
259

turquoise,
31
,
196

turtles,
12
,
71

Tut, King,
206

TV Guide
,
94

Twain, Mark,
106
,
272
,
313

Tweety Pie,
4

“Twelve Days of Christmas,”
19
,
38

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,”
38

Twinkies,
69
,
260

tycoon
,
85

Tyler, John,
120

Tyndale, Walter,
328

U

UFOs,
50
,
134
,
305
,
381–387

Unfaith,
380

United Fruit,
55

United States Steel,
94

University of Guelph,
16

unspeakable law,
139

Urada, Kenji,
240

urine,
329

U.S. armed forces,
66

U.S. Constitution,
47

U.S. Marines,
62

U.S. Navy,
47

U.S. Postal Service,
108
,
141

V

V.I.P
.,
275

Valentine’s Day,
104
,
214

vampire bats,
46

Van Buren, Martin,
163

van Gogh, Vincent,
68

vanilla,
258

Vatican City,
98

vegetables,
32
,
44
,
131
,
192

vegetarians,
121
,
350

vending machines,
117

Venice,
230

Venus,
340

Venus flytrap,
212

vertigo,
48

Vespucci, Amerigo,
142

Victoria, Queen,
126
,
326

Victoria Falls,
150

Vidocq, Eugéne François,
363

Villemain, Jean Nicot de,
28

virtues,
77

vision,
255
,
348

vitamins,
348–351

Vitascope Hall,
102

volcanoes,
251

Vollmer, August,
365

volunteering,
134

vomitoriums,
65

voting,
9

Vucetich, Juan,
364

vultures,
125
,
259

W

waiting,
9

Wake Island,
344

Walden
(Thoreau),
229

Wales,
44

walking,
261

Wall Street Journal
,
161

Walls, Jeannette,
380

Wal-Mart,
141

walrus,
96

Walt Disney World,
231

Ware, Paul,
366

Warner, Charles Dudley,
272

Warren, Bill,
345

warthog,
105

Washburn Crosby Company,
53
,
262

Washington, Booker T.,
277

Washington, George,
132
,
163
,
188
,
287
,
296

Washington Monument,
231

wasps,
55

watches,
265

water,
56
,
80
,
88
,
90
,
143
,
294

water beds,
100

water treatment,
33

watermelon,
143

waterskiing,
49

Watkins, John Elspeth,
388–390

Watt, James,
146

Wayne, John,
127

WD-40,
22

We Never Went to the Moon
(Kaysing),
356

weapons, concealed,
129–130

weather,
80
,
166
,
184
,
234

webs, spider,
238

weddings,
270

weight,
135

Weishaupt, Adam,
352

well-heeled
,
323

Wellington’s law,
139

Welwitschia mirabilis
,
157

“We’re Off to See the Wizard,”
38

Wesley, Charles,
38

West, Mae,
109

whales,
74
,
96
,
164
,
198
,
217

wheat,
143

Wheaties,
53
,
141
,
192

whiskey,
161
,
322

Whistler, James McNeill,
306

White House,
3
,
47
,
248

wieners,
21

Wilcox, George,
382

Wiley, Ralph,
100

Williams, Tennessee,
128

willy-nilly
,
14

Wilson, Woodrow,
120
,
250

windmills,
303

wine,
322

Winthrop,
65