Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader

Bathroom Readers' Institute

Nov 2015 · Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual Book 28 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The twenty-eighth edition in the bestselling bathroom-reading series is jam-packed with 512 pages of absorbing trivia material.

Uncle John gets a Factastic facelift for the twenty-eighth all-new edition of this beloved book series. All of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages—from little-known history to the origins of everyday things—plus odd news, weird fads, quirky quotes, mind-bending science, head-scratching blunders, and all sorts of random oddities. Oh yeah, and thousands of incredible facts! Feel smarter (and a bit more dignified) as you settle into:

• Weird Body Parts of the Rich and Famous

• The Wild Man of Borneo

• Cryptic Movie Titles Explained

• “Pathological Generosity” and Other Real Medical Conditions

• How to Perform CPR on Your Dog

• When Postal Workers Go Rogue

• Start Your Own Country!

• Animals Under the Influence

• Welcome to No Mans Land

• The Mad Potter of Biloxi

• Saved From the Trash: The “Lost Leonardo”

• The Ten Longest Wars in History

• Stomach-churning Food-Safety Mistakes

• You Swallowed What?

• Incredible Stories of Survival

• The Case of the Stolen Bridge and Other Weird Crime Reports

• And much, much more

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About the author

The Bathroom Readers' Institute is a tight-knit group of loyal and skilled writers, researchers, and editors who have been working as a team for years. The BRI understands the habits of a very special market—Throne Sitters—and devotes itself to providing amazing facts and conversation pieces.