Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (49 page)

Delaware,
117

Democrats,
270

denim,
114

dentists,
115
,
141
,
169
,
174

dentures,
35
,
174

Denver International Airport,
51

deodorants,
125–126
,
307

Depression, Great,
32
,
122
,
222

deserts,
297

Detroit Lions,
155

Deuteromelia
,
93

diamond mines,
363

Diana, Princess of Wales,
95
,
318

diapering babies,
318

Dickens, Charles,
7
,
182

Dickinson, Emily,
128
,
220

dictionaries,
218–219

digital emunction,
94

dimes,
342

dingoes,
265

dinosaurs,
334

Diocles, Gaius Appuleius,
162–163

Diogenes of Sinope,
182

Dion, Céline,
20

directors,
27

disinfectants,
166

Disney, Walt,
44
,
147

divorce,
17
,
95
,
173
,
345

do Nacimento, Edson Arantes “Pelé,”
182

Dobrovolski, Georgi,
254

dodo bird,
332

dodo tree,
332

Doe River,
317

dog days of summer,
336

dog poop,
315

dogs,
84
,
136
,
139
,
142–143
,
273
,
341

dogsled mushing,
350

dogsleds,
139
,
350

dollar coin,
342

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

dollhouses,
370

dolls,
44
,
262
,
327
,
370

dolphins,
80
,
92
,
227
,
230

Don Juan Pond,
285

dongs,
306

doniker,
62

doodlebug,
292

Douglas, Norman,
175

Douglass, Charles,
116

doves,
150

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan,
296

Dr. Martens shoes,
365

Dr. Seuss,
188
,
191
,
204
,
237

dragonflies,
1
,
161

“Dream of Autumn,”
32

dreams,
45
,
136
,
282–283

Drebbel, Cornelius,
109

driving,
29
,
74
,
285
,
300
,
351
.
See also
cars

dropouts, famous,
11

drowning,
184
,
329

drugs,
57
,
81
,
111
,
126
,
188
,
302

drunk,
252
,
365

drupes,
34

Dubai World Cup,
269

ducks,
1
,
330

Duke, James,
338

Duke University,
338

dung,
290
,
303
,
306
,
315
.
See also
poop

dung beetle,
290

Dusenberry, Philip,
276

dust,
96
,
367

dustbin lorry,
91

Dutch Water Line,
267–268

dwarf planets,
50

Dynasty
,
24

E

eagles,
18
,
359

Earhart, Amelia,
103
,
193–194

earmuffs,
331

Earp, Wyatt,
7

ears,
94
,
136
,
228
,
244

Earth,
46
,
50
,
58
,
121
,
158
,
371

earthquakes,
28
,
152
,
307

earwax,
202

earworms,
263–264

Easter,
131
,
308

Easter lilies,
131

echidna,
196

Ederle, Gertrude,
103

Edison, Thomas,
21
,
100
,
117
,
147
,
188
,
300
,
367

Edmund II,
56

education,
22
,
100
,
188
,
338

eel blood,
373

eggnog,
252

eggs,
196

Egyptians,
125
,
165
,
176
,
248
,
307
,
335

eider ducks,
1

Eiffel, Gustave,
353

Eiffel Tower,
192
,
353

Eilts, Bernd,
346

Einstein, Albert,
182
,
300
,
369

Eisenhower, Dwight,
47
,
66
,
197

eke name,
182

Elagabalus, Emperor,
56

Elasmotherium
,
8

election campaigns,
49

Election Day,
49

electric chair,
48

electric fish,
96
,
165
,
260

electric shocks,
96

electrical fields,
367

electricity,
148
,
165

electricity, static,
96

electromagnetic waves,
379

The Elements of Style
,
220–221

elephant dung,
290
,
303
,
315

elephants,
121
,
281
,
290
,
312
,
328
,
345

elevators,
1

Elich, Jorge,
155

Elizabeth I, Queen,
319
,
320

Elizabeth Tower,
256

Elk Island Park,
145

Ellis Island,
10

e-mail from space,
254

EMI record company,
310

Emmy Awards,
1
,
226

empleomania,
3
,
49

Encarta Encyclopedia,
219

encyclopedias,
218–219

English Channel,
103

ENIAC,
367

Entertrainment Junction,
370

entomophagy,
161

Eostre,
131

epidermophytosis,
186

equator,
181

equatorial circle,
181

erasers,
305

Erasmus, Desiderius,
191

Erector Set,
370

ergophiles,
329

Eris,
50

escapees,
303

esotropia,
325

Etch-a-Sketch,
94
,
370

European cuckoo,
227

Everdry,
125

“Every Breath You Take,”
203

executions,
48

exotropia
,
325

extinction,
265

eye charts,
325

eyeballs,
73

eyebrows,
228
,
325

eyelashes,
325

eyelids,
325

eyes,
73
,
160
,
238
,
261
,
325

eyes, artificial,
325

F

Facebook,
70
,
159
,
205

factory tours,
79

The Facts of Life
,
116

faffle,
148

Fahrenheit 451
,
90

fake food,
122–123

fall,
32

farmers,
65

Farmville game,
65

Farnsworth, Philo T,
167–168
,
226

fashion,
24

fashion models,
24

fast-food workers,
84

fat,
59

Fatburger fast-food chain,
351

fathers,
160
,
216

Fathers' Day,
376

fathom,
148

Faulkner, Sanford (Colonel),
86

Faulkner, William,
190

FDR dime,
247

fear,
104
,
270
,
341

feathers,
123

feces,
303
.
See also
dung

Federal Reserve,
306

feet,
186

Fellini, Frederico,
27

felt-tip pens,
75
,
314

Ferrari,
29

fertilizers,
122

feudalism,
142

Fey, Tina,
298

FHWA Series Font,
69

FIFA World Cup,
378

FiFi award,
113

Fillmore, Millard,
338

fire hydrants,
79

firecrackers,
230

fireflies,
368

firing squad,
48

First Ladies,
240

fish,
165
,
254
,
258
,
260
,
313
,
347

fish, electric,
96
,
165
,
260

fishermen,
92
,
165

fishmongers,
260

fishwives,
260

Fiskars,
75

Fitch, John,
69

Fitch barriers,
69

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
20
,
204

flags,
253
,
322

flap-dragon,
65

flashers,
189

flea circus,
62

fleas,
62
,
136
,
142

Fleming, Ian,
83

flies,
209
,
238
,
251
,
364

Florida,
26

Florida state song,
86

flu viruses,
40
,
299

fluorescent bulbs,
96

fluoridated water,
339

fluoride,
174

flycatchers,
132

Flying Fortress Hell's Angels,
195

FM radio waves,
169

follicle mites,
325

fonts,
69

food, bugs in,
161

food, fake,
122–123

food, in space,
185
,
337

food fears,
23