Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (52 page)

Levine, Josepth E.,
175

Levine, “Uncle” Milton,
322

Lewis, C. S.,
291

Lewis, Jerry,
27

Lewis, Meriwether,
214

Lewis, Sinclair,
276

Lewis and Clark,
214

Libertas,
353

libraries,
82
,
90
,
124
,
338

Library of Congress,
82
,
90
,
132

Libyan flag,
253

lice,
89
,
228

license plates,
39

licorice,
308
,
373

life spans,
26
,
178

liger,
155

light waves,
379

lightbulbs,
96

lightning,
9
,
141

lightning bugs,
368

lilies,
131

Liljenwall, Hans-Gunnar,
320

limerance,
270

Lincoln, Abraham,
6
,
302
,
322
,
355

Lincoln Highway,
105

Lincoln Logs,
292

Lindbergh, Charles,
298

Lindsay, Vachel,
128

lion tamers,
155

lions,
155
,
258
,
344

Lipman, Hymen L.,
305

lipograms,
287

Listerine,
120

Liszt, Franz,
140

literacy,
338

livestock,
143

Livingston, Henry Jr.,
326

Lloyd, Edward,
74

Lloyd's of London,
74
,
354

lobsters,
165
,
196
,
227

Locke, John,
188

Lockwood, Belva,
103

locoweed,
111–112

locusts,
161

Loeffler, Ken,
133

Loewi, Otto,
282

Lofting, Hugh,
191

log cabins,
117
,
355

Logan, James Harvey,
257

loganberry,
257

logging,
292

lol (laughing out loud),
279

London, Jack,
204
,
239

London Bridges,
295

Long, Crawford W.,
106

Long Island,
10

loofahs,
80

loons,
79

Lord of the Rings
trilogy,
204

Lorz, Fred,
211

Los Angeles Lakers,
259

Lost
,
95

lottery winners,
59

Louis XIV,
24

Louis XIX,
317

Louisiana state song,
87

love,
270

love (tennis),
183

Loving, Oliver,
229

Lowe, Edward,
64

Lowell, William,
141

Lucas, George,
27

Lucky Strike,
120

Luna 2
,
46

lung cancer,
120

lungfish,
260

lungs,
175

Lustig, Victor,
192

Luther, Martin,
105

Lyceum,
338

Lynch, David,
27

Lynd, Robert,
65

lysine,
161

M

macadamia nuts,
247

MacArthur, Douglas,
363

MacDonald, Jimmy,
147

Machias Seal Island,
376

Mackenzie, William Lyon,
374

mackerel,
306

macks,
306

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,
19

MAD
Magazine,
81–82

Madison, James,
216
,
334

Madonna,
20

Mafia,
132

maggot cheese,
271

maggots,
238
,
271

Magic 8-Ball,
327

The Magic Flute
,
93

magnetic field,
368

Maguire, Matthew,
255

Mahal, Mumtaz,
345

mailboxes,
83

Mailer, Norman,
204

Maillard, Camille,
36

Maine,
165

Makemake,
50

Mali,
177

malt,
171

malt liquor,
171

mamihlapinatapai
,
3

Mandela, Nelson,
324

Mangeshkar, Lata,
298

Manhattan,
177
,
329

Manhattan
(film),
27

Manson, Charles,
328

maple leaves,
253
,
270

maps,
124

marathon records,
231

marbles,
370

March of Dimes charity,
247

Marconi, Guglielmo,
129

marijuana,
217
,
289
,
339

“Marine's Hymn,”
93

Marlboro cigarettes,
319

Marquesas Islands,
10

marriage,
173
,
225
,
248
,
270
,
323
,
363
.
See also
weddings

Mars,
50
,
110
,
377

Mars, Frank,
187

Mars Candy Company,
187

Mars rovers,
314

marsupials,
315

Martens, Klaus,
365

Martinique,
10

Marvel Comics,
224

Mary, Queen of Scots,
48

Maryland state song,
86

M*A*S*H
,
116

Masonic legends,
93

Massachusetts,
173

Masterson, Bat,
229

matches,
73

mating,
196

The Matrix
,
245

Maxwell House coffee,
355

Maxwell House Hotel,
355

May, Robert,
326

Mayflower
,
184
,
331

McCartney, Paul,
40
,
283
,
311

McDonald's,
29
,
54
,
351
,
362

McGaffey, Ives,
248

McGee, Max,
42

McIntosh, John,
54

McManus, Louis,
116

McQueen, Steve,
204

measles,
339

meat,
2
,
23
,
170
,
258
,
299
,
304

meat, human,
258

meat eaters,
125
,
170

mechanical pencils,
305

Meet the Press
,
316

Melee road rally,
302

Melville, Herman,
21

men,
17
,
45
,
59
,
345
,
366

men, suicides,
71

men's sweat,
125
,
126

Mercury,
50

Mercury, Freddie,
328

Merriam, George,
219–220

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
,
219–220

Mesopotamians,
189

metal,
314

Methodist Church,
117

metric clocks,
250

MGM lion,
155

mice,
143
,
227
,
270
,
273–274

Michaels, Lorne,
311

Michelangelo,
322

Michigan,
272

Mickey Mouse,
147

microbes,
159

microwaves,
314

midden,
91

Middlebrook, William,
75

Miles, Buddy,
328

milk,
160
,
298
,
318

Milky Way galaxy,
159

Milne, Christopher Robin,
191

Milton, John,
287

mini livestock,
161

minimifidianist,
3

Minnesota,
148

Minoxidil,
301

mirrors,
205

Miss America contest,
117

Miss United States pageant,
117

Mississippi River,
313

Missouri River,
313

Mister Ed,
236

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
,
116
,
226
,
237

Mitchell, Joni,
328

Mitchell, William A.,
122

mites,
325

M&Ms,
187

Moby-Dick
,
21

mohair,
349

mole rats,
341
,
349

Molokai,
239

Mona Lisa
,
24
,
354

money,
5
,
36
,
51
,
55
,
195
,
306
,
342

Mongols,
144

monk haircut,
181

monk seal,
239

monkeys,
227
,
297
,
321
,
325
,
330

monkeys in space,
254

Monopoly game,
65
,
324
,
334

Monroe, James,
6
,
49

monsters,
104
,
283

Montenier, Jules,
126

Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel,
19

Montgomery Ward,
326

Moon,
46
,
169
,
195
,
252

moonshine,
79

Moore, Clement,
326

Moore, Mary Tyler,
7

Morgan, Henry,
304

Morgan, Thomas Hunt,
251

morning sickness,
160

Morris the Cat,
233

Morrison, Van,
298

Morse code,
11

mortality rate,
336

mosquitoes,
196
,
208

mothers,
31
,
223
,
227
,
277
,
318

moths,
111
,
180

motorcycles,
95
,
135
,
204

Mount Everest,
103
,
281

Mount McKinley,
350

Mount Pelée,
10
,
201

Mount Rainier,
294

Mount St. Helens,
110

Mount Tambora,
110
,
201

Mount Waialeale,
239

mountain lions,
344