Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (53 page)

mountains,
275
,
294

mousetraps,
273–274

Mozart, Wolfgang,
93

mucus,
107

muggler,
60

mummies,
159
,
307

Murdoch, Rupert and Anna,
95

Murray, Anne,
113

museum beetle,
53

music,
93
,
140
,
263
,
298
,
328

music awards,
113

Music for the Royal Fireworks
,
140

musical instruments, annoying,
67–68
,
213–215

musical scale,
328

musicians,
81
,
203
,
298
,
328

musket shot,
283–284

Mussolini, Benito,
22
,
30

mustaches,
320

mycophobia,
23

mylodon,
265

MySpace,
70

N

Nabokov, Vladimir,
244

Nahuatl language,
101

Naismith, James,
259

Naked fragrance,
24

name game,
372

Napoleon,
30
,
141
,
253

NASCAR,
63
,
162
,
364

nasturtium,
94

nasute,
225

Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs,
2

national anthems,
109
,
232
,
317

national forests,
137
,
350

National Lampoon
magazine,
81

Native American routes,
275

Native Americans,
111–112
,
120
,
145

nature,
121

navel oranges,
55

Nazi propaganda,
167
,
169

Nazi TV broadcasting,
167–169

Neal, Patricia,
83

NECCO (New England Confectionery Company),
308

needlefish,
165

nematodes,
209

nene,
265

Neptune,
152

nerd,
191

nerds, famous,
182
,
237

Nero, Emperor,
328

Netherlands,
177

Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia,
201

New Brunswick,
376

New England Confectionery Company (NECCO),
308

New York Botanical Garden,
189

New York City,
348

New York City Marathon,
231

New York Stock Exchange,
74

New York winemaking,
289

New Zealand,
49
,
158

Newman, Alfred E.,
81–82

Newman, Randy,
82

newspapers,
243

Newton, Isaac,
35

newts,
209

NFL football,
63

NHL games,
354

NHL goalies,
360

Niagara Falls,
22

nickels,
342

nicknames,
182
,
309

Night of the Living Dead
,
343

Night Witches,
199–201

nightmares,
45

nightshade,
111

Niihau,
14

Nike,
311

Nimoy, Leonard,
27

Nin, Anaïs,
270

Nipkow, Paul,
167–168

nitpicker,
89

nitrile,
126

nitrous oxide,
330

Nixon, Pat,
240

Nixon, Richard,
309
,
376

Nobel Peace Prize,
113

noise,
230

North Pole,
331
,
336

North Rock Island,
376

northern lights,
150

nose,
40
,
94
,
107
,
225

nose hair,
228

nose jobs,
94

nose picking,
94

nuclear plants,
130

nurses,
166

nuts,
34
,
108
,
238
,
247
,
364

O

Oahu,
239

oak barrels,
184

oak trees,
9

Oakland cemetery,
106

Obama, Barack,
4

obdormition,
186

obesity,
59

O'Brien, Conan,
182

ocean noise,
230

O'Connor, Sandra Day,
376

octopuses,
176
,
223
,
335

odontophobia,
35

odors,
94

Odyssey
,
287

oenophobia
,
23

Offenbach, Jacques,
93

Official Table of Drops
,
48

Ogilvy, David,
175
,
276

O'Hare Airport,
51

Ohio state flag,
253

Ohio winemaking,
289

oil,
88
,
109
,
165

oil fields,
350

okapis,
31

Okefenokee Swamp,
106

Oklahoma state song,
86

Old Christians rugby team,
194–195

Olympians,
320

Olympic flag,
253

Olympic gold medal,
113

Olympic torch,
134

Olympics,
134
,
168–169
,
211
,
226
,
231

On Civility in Children
,
191

“on the warpath,”
275

opossums,
330

optical drive,
367

optometrists,
325

orange peels,
55

orange roughy,
165

orange trees,
55

oranges,
55

orcas,
127

Orchard Place/Douglas Field,
51

orchid roots,
216

orchids,
334

Oregon state flag,
253

organs, expendible,
241

organs, pipe,
206

orgasms,
138

Orr, Bobby,
369

Oscars.
See also
Academy Awards

osmophobia,
94

Osphresiolagnia,
94

otters,
341
,
349

Otto, Frederick August,
370

owl monkeys,
330

owls,
303
,
325

oxygen,
13
,
188

P

Pacific Ocean,
371

pacifiers,
318

Pac-Man,
296

page of lists,
212

Paine, Thomas,
30

paint colors,
365

Pall Mall (street),
348

Palm Desert, California,
348

Pan Am Clippers,
51

Panorama
magazine,
113

Panorama of the Mississippi
,
313

panther,
344

pantyhose,
369

Papa Westray,
10

papal reign, shortest,
317

paper,
288
,
303
,
340

paper airplane flights,
316

paper clips,
75

paper currency,
251
,
376

paper money,
306

papillotes
,
340

Paradise Lost
,
287

parakeets,
230

Parcel Post,
190

parchment paper,
340

Parker, Isaac “Hanging Judge,”
240

parks,
356

Pasjack, Steve,
320

passenger pigeon,
150
,
265

passwords,
367

pasta,
132

Pasteur, Louis,
184

pasteurization,
184

Patsayev, Viktor,
254

Patton, General George S.,
278

pay phones,
22

pea,
327

peanut butter,
108
,
238

peanut oil,
109

peanuts,
108
,
238
,
364

Pearl Harbor,
371

pears,
31

Peary, Robert,
16

pecans,
247

Pelé,
110

Pelletier, Nicolas Jacques,
48

Penantipodes,
158

pencils,
305

penguins,
196

penicillin,
307

pennies,
55
,
306
,
342

pens,
75
,
314

pepper, black,
361

pepper spray,
361

peppers,
257

Peripatetic school,
338

periscopes,
109

Perlman, Itzhak,
298

persimmons,
257

pesticides,
122

Peter the Great,
35
,
291

Pettit, Don,
254

peyote,
180

Pez candy,
308

Philip II,
266

Philippines,
172
,
173
,
259
,
272

phlegm,
107

phobias,
23
,
35
,
94
,
291
,
341
,
363
,
373

Phoenix
newspaper,
106

phonograph,
147

pianists,
298

piano,
93
,
203

pianoforte,
203

Picasso, Pablo,
322

Pierce, Franklin,
309

Pierpont, James,
106

pies,
98
,
257

pies-in-the-face,
98

Pig War conflicts,
299

pigeons,
150
,
265

pigs,
16
,
137
,
299

pilgarlick,
3

Pilgrims,
18
,
154
,
171

pill bug,
292

Pillsbury Bake-Off,
113

piloerection,
228

piña,
172

pinball games,
327

pine bark,
292

pineapple juice,
172

pineapples,
14
,
172

Pinkerton, Allan,
233

Pinkerton Agency,
233

Pinocchio
story,
118