Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (55 page)

Saint John River,
313

Saint Lawrence Insurance Agency,
354

Saint Lawrence River,
313

Saint Lawrence Seaway,
313

Saint Nicholas's bones,
30

Saint Sebastian,
188

Saint Servatus,
186

Saint Valentine,
281

Sales, Soupy,
98

Salieri, Antonio,
93

Salter, Susanna,
103

saltwort,
352

San Bernardino County,
132

San Francisco, California,
357–358

sand,
141
,
239

sand dunes,
141

sandbox,
141

sandpaper,
141

sanitation workers,
329

Santa Claus,
326

Santa Claus, Indiana,
66

sardines,
10

Sardinia,
10

Saturday Night Live
,
311

Saturn,
152

savoy,
293

Scalia, Antonin,
83

Scarborough suitcase,
320

schools,
22
,
100
,
338

Schubert, Franz,
140

Scott, Bill,
147

Scott, George C.,
113

Scott, Ridley,
27

Scott, Sir Walter,
197

screenwriters,
74

scroggling,
3

scumber,
315

sea caves,
99

sea fossils,
294

sea turtles,
1
,
146

seagulls,
60

seals,
227

seam squirrels,
89

Second Street,
348

Secret Service,
355

Secretariat,
269

seeds,
209
,
315
,
332
,
334

Selkirk, Alexander,
148

Seltzer, Leo,
359

Semple, William Finley,
179

Seneca Trail,
275

senior citizens,
26
,
29
,
350

Sequoia National Park,
292

Serlo, Bishop,
44

Sesame Street
,
240
,
311

Sesame Street Records,
311

sesterces,
162–163

Seuss, Dr.,
188
,
191
,
204
,
237

Seven Wonders of the Modern World,
222

sewing machines,
282–283

sex,
45
,
225
,
300

Shakespeare, William,
37
,
83
,
204
,
279

shampoo,
165

sharks,
146
,
227
,
313

shaving,
291
,
307

shaving brushes,
349

Shaw, George Bernard,
37

Shea Stadium,
159

sheep's milk cheese,
271

sheet metal,
314

Sheffield, Illinois,
97

shellac,
290

Shelley, Kevin,
292

Shelley, Mary,
283

shells,
294

Shepard, Alan,
46

Sherwood Smith, Maria Ann,
54

Shields, Brooke,
20

ships,
109
,
148
,
166
,
320
.
See also
boats

shocks, electrical,
96

shoes,
38
,
52

shorthand,
232

shrews,
331

Shrikanth, Kishan,
27

Shuster, Joe,
237

Siamese twins,
323

Sickles, Daniel,
20

sidewalks,
137

Siegel, Jerry,
237

silkworms,
180
,
240

Silly Putty,
327

silver, sterling,
159

Simpson, Bart,
44

The Simpsons
,
147
,
371

singing sand,
141

Sirius, the Dog Star,
336

skies,
379

skyscraper,
148

slam dunks,
259

slang,
225

Slapshot
,
360

slapstick humor,
279

slavery,
77

sled dogs,
139

sleep,
45
,
160
,
180
,
226
,
300
,
329
,
330

Sleeping Beauty,
319

sleeping pills,
300

slime eel,
176

slime-mold beetles,
53

slings,
64

Sloan, Ray,
79

sloth,
265

smartphones,
21

smells, fear of,
94

Smith, Hurley,
237

Smith, John,
232

smoke, secondhand,
373

Smokey the Bear,
147
,
157

smoking,
306
,
329
.
See also
cigarettes

snails,
261

snakes,
104
,
136
,
299

snapdragon,
65

Snellen, Herman,
325

snoker,
3

snotter,
332

snow,
331
,
350

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
,
147

snowman,
359

snowshoe baseball,
79

soap and water,
166

soap bubbles,
319

soccer,
378

sock hops,
369

socks,
369

solar flares,
368

solar system,
13
,
50
,
152
,
159

solar-powered plane flights,
316

Soleto, Mike,
49

somnambulism,
300

somniloquence,
300

“Songe d'Autome,”
32

songs,
263–264
,
298

Soul Train
,
298

souling,
105

space fatalities,
254

space food,
185
,
337

space junk,
303
,
348

space shuttle,
254

space stations,
185
,
337

space travel,
32
,
209

SPAM,
239

Spangler, James,
248

Spanish Inquisition,
266–268

Spanish peanuts,
364

spas,
130

spatherdab
,
3

Spears, Britney,
124

spectroheliokinematograph,
58

spices,
95

spiders,
43
,
217
,
303

spiderwebs,
43
,
351

Spielberg, Steven,
27

spinach capital of the world,
363

spined pygmy shark,
146

Spock, Dr. Benjamin,
134

Spock (
Star Trek
),
373

sponges,
80

spring,
131

Springsteen, Bruce,
74
,
147

Sputnik 4
,
348

squeezebox,
214–215

squid meat,
170

St. entries.
See
Saint entries

Stagg, Amos Alonzo,
243

stained-glass windows,
189

stalactites,
99

Stalin, Joseph,
277

Stanley, Lord,
376

Stanley Cup,
376

stapler,
75

star sailor,
148

“The Star Spangled Banner,”
204

Star Trek
,
373

starboard,
215

Starbucks,
74

Starr, Bart,
42

Starr, Ringo,
44

stars,
13

state flags,
253
,
322

state parks,
334

state songs,
86

static electricity,
96

Statue of Liberty,
353

statues,
314

Steinbeck, John,
124

sterling silver,
159

Sterry, Thomas,
306

Stetson cowboy hats,
229

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
66
,
304

Stewart, John,
274

Stilson, Jeff,
104

stilts,
240

Sting (musician),
296

stool pigeon,
150

Story of Doctor Doolittle
,
191

stout infant fish,
317

Straight, Dorothy,
83

Strauss, Joseph,
222

Strauss, Levi,
114

Strauss, Richard,
83

Stravinsky, Igor,
93

strawberries,
55
,
257

street musicians,
298

streetlights,
348

streets,
348

stress,
230
,
329

stridulation,
118

strike, workers',
255

Strunk, William Jr.,
220–221

Strunk & White,
220–221

submarines,
109

sugar,
179

sugar beets,
179

sugarcane,
179

suicide,
71
,
128

Summer of Love,
336

summer vacations,
336

summertime,
336

sumo wrestling,
59
,
181

Sun,
58
,
371
,
379

sun protection,
297

sundials,
76

sunsets,
379

Super Bowl,
42

Superman,
237

Supreme Court, U.S.,
103
,
286
,
376

surfing,
239

Survivor
,
10

suspicion,
104

Suttee,
71

Swahn, Gomer,
211

sweat,
125–126

swimmers,
1
,
25
,
53
,
103
,
127
,
156

swimming pools,
132
,
278

Switzerland,
166

symphonies,
140

T

Tabasco,
361

Tabei, Junko,
103

table-tennis balls,
327

tackling dummy,
243