Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (51 page)

Hillary, Edmund,
281

hills,
294

Hilton, Paris,
186

Himalayas,
294

Hippocrates,
361

hippopotamus,
177
,
258
,
347
,
361

Hirohito, Emperor,
346

Hirshfield, Leo,
182

A History of New York
,
326

Hitchcock, Alfred,
27

Hitler, Adolf,
13
,
53
,
192
,
378

hoary bat,
239

hockey,
354
,
360

Hockey Hall of Fame,
296

hole in one,
230

Holliday, Doc,
7

Holly, Buddy,
97

Hollywood Foreign Press,
113

Holmes, Oliver Wendell,
26
,
286

Holmes, Sherlock,
296

homelessness,
166

honey,
281

honeybees,
73
,
281

Hong Kong, Japanese attack on,
252

Hood, Oliver,
87

Hook, Theodore,
190

hooker,
148

Hooker, William Chauncey,
273

Hoover, Herbert,
240
,
355

Hoover, Lou Henry,
240

Hoover, William,
248

Horie, Yukio,
75

hornbill,
196

horse chestnuts,
247

horse races,
269

horsehide,
269

horseradish,
79

horses,
16
,
144
,
178
,
229
,
269
,
284

hospital ships,
166

hospitals,
138
,
160
,
166
,
318

hot dogs,
2

hot peppers,
361

hot springs,
377

hot-air balloons,
19

Houdini, Harry,
292

House of Wisdom,
90

houseflies,
238

Howe, Elias,
282–283

Hubble Space Telescope,
370

hubcaps,
79

Huckleberry Finn
,
204

Huckleberry Hound
,
116

Hughes, Langston,
128

Human Be-In free concert,
336

human meat,
258

human waste,
91
,
185
,
303
,
315

hummingbirds,
172
,
334

Hunt, Helen,
113

hurricanes,
320

Hutchins, Levi,
76

hydroelectric power,
96
,
357

hydrogen balloon,
19

hydronymy,
321

hydropower,
357

hyponome,
223

I

ibis birds,
307

Ibsen, Henrik,
7

ice ages,
312

ice golf,
47

ice skates,
267–268

Iceland,
288
,
357

ichthyoallyeinotoxism,
260

ichthyophobia,
23

Idle, Eric,
311

If I Ran the Zoo
,
191
,
237

Illinois,
233

immunizations,
339

in vitro fertilization,
318

Incas,
249

income tax,
286

incubator baby exhibits,
160

India,
361

Indian Stream,
374–375

Indiana,
137

infatuation,
270

infections,
166

Infinite Loop,
367

influenza,
40
,
166

ink,
335

Innes, Neil,
311

insect poop,
290
,
315

insects,
1
,
43
,
53
,
117
,
178
,
209
,
336

insects, eating,
161

instant replay,
63

insurance,
95
,
135
,
354

Insurance Capital of the World,
354

International Astronomical Union,
88

International Space Station (ISS),
185
,
254
,
337

Internet,
123
,
338

Interstate 77,
77

interstate highways,
137

iPhones,
21

IQs,
336

Ireland,
173

Irving, Washington,
326

Irwin, Steve,
104

ischemia,
138

islands,
10

ISS (International Space Station),
337

iTunes,
310

Ivory Coast national soccer team,
378

J

J. Fred Muggs Awards,
113

jack-o'-lanterns,
105

Jackson, Andrew,
6
,
100
,
216
,
355
,
376

Jackson, Janet,
42

Jackson, Michael,
298
,
311

Jackson, Phil,
133

Jackson, “Shoeless Joe,”
52

Jacques-Etienne,
19

Jagger, Mick,
24

Jahan, Shah,
345

jalapeño jellybeans,
361

Jamestown, Virginia,
111–112

Jamestown weed,
111–112

Japanese attack on Hong Kong,
252

jeans,
114

Jeff, Tina,
298

Jefferson, Martha “Patsy,”
6

Jefferson, Thomas,
6
,
49
,
90
,
153
,
286
,
355

Jefferson Airplane,
336

jellybeans,
361

jellyfish,
73
,
165

Jenga game,
292

Jennings, Peter,
129

Jesus,
66
,
131
,
165
,
366

Jew's harp,
214

JIF plant,
108

Jiminy Cricket,
118

jimsonweed,
111–112

“Jingle Bells,”
106

Jobs, Steve,
107
,
237
,
310–311

John I,
309

Johnson, Andrew,
252

Johnson, Lady Bird,
240

Johnson, Samuel,
37

joints,
132

Joplin, Janis,
113

Jordan, Michael,
259

Joyce, Archibald,
32

Judaism,
371

Juneau, Alaska,
350

Juneau, Joe,
350

juniper berries,
257

Juno Awards,
113

Jupiter,
50
,
58
,
152

jury duty,
84

K

Kaczmarek, Dale,
296

Kaddara
(opera),
140

Kafka, Franz,
276

Kahanamoku, Duke,
134

kale,
293

Kangaroo, Captain,
116

kangaroos,
196

kaolin,
64

kayak races,
316

Keg River,
320

Kellaris, James,
263

Kemmler, William,
48

Ken dolls,
262
,
370

Kentucky Derby,
269

Kentucky state song,
86

Key, Francis Scott,
20

Key, Philip Barton,
20

kidnappings,
248
,
320

Kilauea volcano,
110

kindergarten,
339

King, Billie Jean,
103

King, Stephen,
191
,
204

Kingsford, Edward,
292

kissing,
29
,
277
,
339

kitty litter,
64

knees,
132
,
159

Knievel, Evel,
7

knights,
329
,
338

knitting,
231

Knott, Walter,
257

knuckleball,
52

koalas,
157

kohl,
297

kohlrabi,
293

koi fish,
260

Koko (gorilla),
226

Krakatoa, Indonesia,
201

Kroc, Ray,
351

Krueger, Freddy,
27

Kublai Khan,
139

L

“La Cucaracha,”
339

Labatt, John Sackville,
320

Labor Day,
255

lachanophobia,
23

Lady Liberty,
353

ladybugs,
117
,
290

Lake, John,
257

Lake Baikal,
272

Lake Erie,
285

Lake Huron,
272

Lake Michigan,
272

Lake Nicaragua,
285

Lake Okeechobee,
272

Lake Peigneur,
272

Lake Superior,
272

Lake Tahoe,
272

Lake Victoria,
272

lakes,
148
,
177
,
259
,
272
,
285

Lamorisse, Albert,
19

lamp shades,
77

Land of Lincoln,
233

land routes,
275

Lander, David,
52

language,
104
,
277

lapis lazuli stones,
365

Larson, Gary,
7

larva,
296

Las Sergasde Esplandian
,
321

latex gloves,
361

Lau, Charlie,
52

laugh it off,
279

laughing,
279

laughing gas,
330

laughing out loud (lol),
279

law school,
338

lawn mowers,
336

lawyers,
13

Laysan albatross,
178

Leacock, Stephen,
276

lead,
305

Leaning Tower of Pisa,
280

Leary, Timothy,
336

Leclerc de Buffon, Georges Louis,
198

Lee Jeans Company,
114

left-handers,
4
,
333

Lego,
321
,
370

lemon shark,
146

Lennon, John,
328

Lent,
131
,
258

leopards,
156
,
344

leper colony,
239