Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (54 page)

pipe organs,
206

pirates,
304

Pisa, Leaning Tower of,
280

piss ants,
278

pissant,
278

pistachios,
247

Pittsburgh Steelers,
42

pizza,
77
,
98
,
339

placenta,
39

plagues,
136
,
142
,
143
,
281

planes.
See
airplanes

planets,
50
,
152

plankton,
202

plants,
74
,
244
,
293
,
307
,
315

plastic,
72
,
292
,
327
,
358

plastic bag ban,
358

plastic surgeons,
94

plastic wrap,
72

platinum,
314

platypus,
196
,
227

Pluto,
50
,
152

Plymouth Rock,
331

Pocahontas,
53
,
232

pocket protectors,
237

poetry,
287

poets,
128

pogonology,
291

pogonophobia,
291

poison ivy berries,
257

polar bears,
157

police,
84

police dogs,
84
,
139

polio,
247
,
339

politicians,
3
,
49
,
103

Polk, James,
216

Pollock, Eliza,
211

pollution,
331
,
336
,
356
,
379

polo balls,
327

poltergeists,
296

polydactyl,
16

Pony Express riders,
60

poodle haircut,
139

poop,
78
,
95
,
180
,
303
,
315
.
See also
dung

Pop Rocks,
122–123

Pop Tarts,
54

popcorn,
237

popes,
317
,
339

Popeye the Sailor,
148

porcupines,
196
,
362

pork,
299

porpoises,
92

port,
215

Portland, Oregon,
97
,
110
,
171

Portman, Natalie,
38

Portuguese man o' war,
146

Post, Wiley,
193

post office,
334

Post Toasties,
119

postal service,
190

postcards,
190

potato beetle,
290

Potter, Harry,
90
,
124
,
191

poult,
231

powwow,
45

pregnancy,
159

Premarin,
144

presidents,
6
,
49
,
216
,
324
,
338
,
355
.
See also
White House

Presley, Elvis,
20
,
57
,
63

Prieste, Haig,
134

primates,
170

prison/prisoners,
306
,
324

privateers,
304

proboscis,
244

Probst, Jeff,
10

profanity,
225
,
277

Prohibition,
366

propaganda,
167
,
169

prostate cancer,
139

protein,
125
,
172
,
205
,
300
,
318

proverbs,
121

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska,
350

psychiatrists,
159

psychologists,
159

puchipuchi
,
235

Puchner, Martin,
175

Pugin, Augustus,
256

Pulitzer, Joseph,
353

Pulitzer Prize,
113

puma,
344

pumpernickel,
36

pumpkin pies,
98

pumpkins,
105
,
257

punt,
289

pupilla,
325

pupils,
325

Puritans,
66

pygmy shark,
146

pyrethrins,
246

python,
227

Q

Quaker Oats,
141

quarters,
342

quartz crystal,
346

quebec
,
313

Quechua language,
250

Queen rock band,
298

Quimby, Harriet,
103

qwylwryghte,
60

R

rabbits,
227

rabies,
136

radiation,
141

radiation sickness,
130

radio,
11–12
,
129
,
169
,
226

radio, HAM,
11

radio commercials,
129

radio waves,
379

radioactivity,
130

radium,
130

railroad,
102
,
210
,
229
.
See also
trains

railroad stations,
210

rain,
34
,
96
,
239
,
297
,
331

Raleigh, Sir Walter,
304

rams,
154

Ramsey, Alice,
29

Rand, Ayn,
83

Rankin, Jeannette,
103

raspberries,
257

rats,
136
,
142
,
143
,
186

rattlesnakes,
299

Ravenscroft, Thomas,
93

razorbacks,
363

Reagan, Ronald,
4
,
173
,
309
,
376

recycled garbage,
358

recycled paper,
340

recycling,
314
,
340
,
358

The Red Balloon
,
19

Red Baron,
182
,
193

Red Cross,
113

Red Delicious apples,
54

red eye,
73

red wine,
184

Redenbacher, Orville,
237

redheads,
7

Redwood Highway,
69

redwoods,
292

reference book duos,
218–220

Reformation,
105

Reich Broadcasting Corporation (RRG),
167–169

reincarnation,
296

religious freedom,
223

Reno, Janet,
338

Republic of Madawaska,
376

Republic of Upper Canada,
374

Republicans,
270
,
291

Revere, Paul,
76
,
376

The Revlon Revue
,
116

“Revolution,”
311

Revolutionary War,
374

Reykjavik, Iceland,
357

Reznikoff, John,
44

rhinorrhea,
107

rhinos,
8

Rhode Island,
10

Rice Krispies,
119

Richardson, J. P. “the Big Bopper,”
97

Richter, Charles,
28

Richter scale,
28

Ride, Sally,
254

Right Guard,
126

Ringling brothers,
62

Rip Van Winkle,
300

Risk board game,
19
,
65

Ritter, Frank,
115

river pirates,
304

river routes,
275

rivers,
267
,
275
,
304
,
313
,
317

rivets,
114

Riyadh Airport,
51

roads,
137
,
275

robins,
227

Robinson, E. A.,
128

Robinson Crusoe
,
148

rock candy,
179

rock 'n' roll stars, dead at 27,
207

Rocket 88 engine,
88

rocket necklace,
198

rockets,
198

Rocky and Bullwinkle
,
147

rodents,
143

rodeo cowboys,
284

rodeos,
229
,
284

Rodgers, James,
48

Rogaine,
301

Rogers, Fred,
116
,
226
,
237

Rogers, Will,
193
,
276

roller coasters,
1
,
331

roller derby,
359

Rolling Stones,
113

roly-poly,
292

Roman Catholic Church,
166
,
266–268

Roman Catholic priests,
323

Romani people,
335

Romero, George A.,
343

Ronay, Egon,
354

Rood, Floyd Satterlee,
47

Roosevelt, Edith,
240

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
20
,
323

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
20
,
32
,
226
,
247
,
355

Roosevelt, Theodore,
20
,
113
,
128
,
309
,
355

Roper, Silvester H.,
135

Rosenbaum, Alissa,
83

roses,
45
,
270

Rotokas language,
317

roundworms,
209

Route 66,
69

Royal Canadian Mint,
342

RRG (Reich Broadcasting Corporation),
167–169

rubber stamps,
90

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
,
316
,
326

Ruggieri, Claude,
198

ruminants,
31

Rumpke Landfill,
159

Rumsfeld, Donald,
53

runner peanuts,
364

Russia,
350

Ruth, Babe,
52

Rutles,
311

S

Sacagawea,
342

saffron,
95

Sagan, Carl,
367

Sahara desert,
297

sailing,
148

sailors,
148
,
320

Saint Andrew's Cross,
253

Saint Apollonia,
35

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux,
166

Saint Clare of Assisi,
226

Saint Elmo's fire,
148

Saint Fiacre,
369

Saint Harvey,
325

Saint Isidore,
367