Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (46 page)

9Lives cat food,
233

24
,
44

24-hour drive-in funeral home,
233

30 Rock
,
298

60 Minutes
,
113
,
116

588th Night Bomber Regiment,
199–201

1890s temperance movement,
217

3554 Amun asteroid,
314

A

à la mode,
359

abecedarian,
3

absentee ballots,
49

academic library,
338

Academy Awards,
27
,
113
,
316

accidents,
29
,
182
,
249
,
348

accordions,
214–215

AC/DC (rock group),
248

acrocomic,
228

Adams, Abigail,
6

Adams, John,
6
,
49
,
153

Adams, John Quincy,
6
,
240
,
355

Adams, Louisa,
6
,
240

Addams, Charles,
323

Addams Family, The
,
323

adenoids,
242

advertising,
175
,
276
.
See also
commercials

Aesop's fables,
83

Afghan hounds,
139

African bush babies,
361

aging,
26

air pollution,
331
,
336
,
356
,
379

airmail,
190

airplane crashes,
193–195

airplane flights,
10
,
97
,
103
,
193
,
298
,
316

airplanes,
18
,
51
,
95
,
97
,
295
,
308

airports,
51

Alakshak
,
350

alarm clocks,
76
,
136

Alaska,
26
,
51
,
152
,
350

Alaska state flag,
253

albacore,
352

albatross,
178
,
352

Albert, Prince,
24

Albrechtsberger, Johann,
214

alchemy,
352

alcohol,
217
,
352
,
366

alcoholism rate,
366

Alcott, Louisa May,
204

alcove,
352

Alda, Alan,
27
,
116

Alexander the Great,
44

Alhambra,
352

Ali, Muhammad,
270
,
339

Alien
,
27

Alighieri, Dante,
7

Alive
,
194–195

alkali,
352

alkaptonuria,
278

All in the Fa
mily
,
160

All Saints' Day,
105

A
llah,
352

Allen, Briton Euphemia,
93

Allen, Paul,
237

Allen, Woody,
27

allergies,
136
,
364

alligators,
178
,
227
.
See also
crocodiles

alliumphobia,
23

Alma, Arkansas,
363

almond trees,
247

almonds,
247

alphabets, shortest,
317

Alsup, Tommy,
97

aluminum,
314

aluminum chloride,
125
,
126

AM radio waves,
169

Amadeus
,
93

Amazon River,
313

American bison,
144–145

American CEOs,
205
,
329

American cheese,
271

American dollars,
36
,
153
,
195
,
306
,
342

American flags,
253

American Gothic
painting,
155

American Revolution,
302

America's gilded age,
255

Amish men,
291

ammonia,
307

Amynthas of Alexandria,
94

“Anacreontic Song,”
232

Andersen, Hans Christian,
234

Anderson, Alex,
322

Anderson, Ian,
24

Anderson, Pamela,
160

Anderson, Walter,
351

anesthesia,
307

Angelou, Maya,
287
,
363

Angry Birds in Space game,
254

Animal Crackers,
62

animal extinction,
265

animals,
104
,
121
,
142–145
,
227
,
312

Anne, Princess,
211

Anophthalmus hitleri
,
53

Ant Farm,
322

ant queens,
196

Antarctica,
158
,
297

anthems,
86
,
109
,
232
,
317

Anthony, Susan B.,
342

antiperspirants,
125

Antipode Islands,
158

antipodes,
158

ants,
161
,
258
,
278
,
322

anvil,
75

apes,
279
,
325

Apollo 8
spacecraft,
46
,
252

appendix,
241

Apple (company),
310–311
,
367

apple cider,
54

Apple Records,
310–311

apples,
31
,
54

Appleseed, Johnny,
55

aquariums,
165

Arabic words,
352

arachibutyrophobia,
23

Aragones, Sergio,
82

archaeologists,
163

archaeology,
163

Archie Comics,
224

Arctic,
297

Arctic Circle,
181
,
350

arctic fox,
349

arctic hares,
73

Arctic Pole,
158

arctic tern,
178

arena,
141

Ariadne auf Naxos
,
83

Aristotle,
186
,
338

Arkansans, famous,
363

Arkansas state song,
86

armadillos,
64
,
170
,
315
,
330

arteries,
373

artichokes,
78

Aryan race,
167

Asian fruit fly,
251

asphalt,
137

asteroids,
314

astrology,
296

astronauts,
46
,
148
,
337

Atacama Desert,
297

A-Team
,
232

athlete's foot,
186

Atkinson, James Henry,
273–274

Atlanta International Airport,
51

Atlas,
124

atmosphere,
379

atomic bombs,
371

atomic clocks,
76

atomic radiation,
141

ATV lawsuits,
311

Augsburg Cathedral,
189

Australia,
158

Australian dragonfly,
1

authors,
83
,
204

autobahns,
69

automobiles.
See
cars

Autry, Gene,
326

autumn,
32

autumnal equinox,
32

averages,
205

Aykroyd, Dan,
16

Azaria, Hank,
147

Aztecs,
53
,
101
,
108
,
187

B

babies,
87
,
160
,
176
,
318
,
330

baby incubators,
160

Babylonians,
124

Bach, Johann Sebastian,
203

Bacon, Nathaniel,
111–112

badgers,
131
,
349

bagasse
,
179

bagpipes,
67–68
,
328

Bakelite,
72

Baker, Darius,
324

Baker, John,
375

Baker, Russell,
133

bakku-shan
,
319

bald eagles,
359

baldness,
301

Ball, Lucille,
44

balloon animals,
19

balloon incendiary bombs,
19

balloons,
19
,
370

ballpoint pens,
75

balls,
46
,
47
,
63
,
183
,
327
,
378

Bamako,
177

Bambi,
157

Ban Roll-On,
126

banana leaves,
69

bananas,
57
,
288

Banvard, John,
313

bar coasters,
302

barbed wire,
13
,
78

Barbed Wire Museum,
78

Barbie dolls,
262
,
327
,
370

Barking Sands Beach,
239

Barnum, P. T.,
19
,
62

Barrow, Alaska,
331
,
336

Bartholdi, Frédéric-Auguste,
353

baseball,
52
,
79
,
162
,
269
,
327

basketball,
63
,
259

Bass Beer symbol,
171

Batman
(TV series),
99

bats,
99
,
330

Battle of Britain,
105

Battleship,
65

Baum, L. Frank,
104

BB guns,
71

BBC,
167

Beach Boys,
113
,
328

beaches,
141

beaks,
178
,
223

beards,
123
,
291
,
320

bears,
13
,
157
,
281
,
330

Beatles (band),
44
,
159
,
310–311

beauty,
319

beauty contests,
117
,
319

beavers,
24
,
25
,
73
,
145
,
196
,
258

bee stings,
281

beef,
170

beef jerky,
170

beefalo hybrid,
102

beekeepers,
281

beer,
16
,
35
,
171
,
320

beer ads,
171