Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (56 page)

Taft, William Howard,
52
,
286

Tahiryuak Lake,
10

Taj Mahal,
345

Talking Heads,
77

tallow,
258

Taney, Roger B.,
286

Tang,
123

tapioca pudding,
122

tar,
137

Tasmanian tiger,
265

tattoos,
262

taverns,
302

taxes,
13
,
286
,
308
,
311

Taylor, Zachary,
6

tea,
61
,
120
,
236
,
302

tea plant,
236

Teach, Edward “Blackbeard,”
106
,
304

teachers,
169
,
221
,
255
,
338
,
354

teal blue,
365

tears,
73
,
107

teeth,
35
,
115
,
127
,
146
,
174

Teetor, Ralph,
159

telegraphs,
11

telephones,
21
,
243

television.
See
TV

temperance movement,
217

tennis,
133
,
183

tennis balls,
183

tequila,
366

Tereshkova, Valentina,
254

termites,
161
,
330

Terry, Paul,
322

Tesla, Nikola,
96

Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame,
284

Texas Hold 'Em,
65

textbooks,
22

Thai Elephant Orchestra,
328

Thames river,
295

Thanksgiving,
42
,
332

theobromine,
187

Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss),
188
,
191
,
204
,
237

Theophrastus,
361

theory of relativity,
76

thermoelectric power,
132

Thoreau, Henry David,
305

Thoth,
307

thousand island salad dressing,
10

“Three Blind Mice” (nursery rhym),
93

Three Mile Island,
130

thumb wrestling,
204

thylacine,
265

tigers,
121
,
155
,
156
,
278

tigon,
155

Times Square New Year's ball,
327

timidity,
104

Tin Pan Alley,
348

Tinker Toys,
370

Titanic
(movie),
27

Titanic
(ship),
32

Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam,
363

toads,
336

tobacco,
120

Toda, Takuo,
316

Todd, William,
322

toes,
16
,
36
,
38

toilet, deaths on,
56–57

toilet museum,
278

toilet paper,
151
,
159

tokay gecko,
73

Tolkien, J. R. R.,
104
,
204

Tolstoy, Leo,
37

tomatoes,
257

tomcats,
154

Tongass National Forest,
350

Tonka,
314

tonsils,
241–242

tonsure,
181

Tony Awards,
113

Toonie
coin,
342

tooth decay,
115
,
339

toothbrushes,
174

toothpaste,
185

Tootsie Rolls,
182

tornadoes,
13
,
359

tortoises,
94
,
178
,
297
.
See also
turtles

toy trains,
370

toys,
32
,
130
,
188
,
292
,
370
.
See also
dolls

trade routes,
275

trademarks,
171

traffic noise,
230

train sets,
370

trains,
210
,
316
.
See also
railroad

trainspotting,
210

Trans-Alaska Pipeline,
88
,
350

Trans-Siberian Express,
316

trash,
91
,
329
,
357
,
358

Travelers Insurance,
354

Treasure Island
,
304

Treaty of Paris,
374

Treebeard,
291

trees,
121
,
292
,
340

Trekkies,
115

triboluminescence,
96

trick-or-treating,
105

Trinity College,
338

Triton,
152

Trollope, Anthony,
83

Trumbull, John,
153

Tryphiodorus,
287

tsunamis,
28

Tsung, Hien,
306

Tun Tavern,
302

tuna,
352

Tuo, Hua,
289

Tupperware,
103

turkeys,
18
,
102
,
231
,
332

turophobia,
23

Turpin, Ben,
98

turtles,
1
,
146
.
See also
tortoises

Tut, King,
307

TV,
13
,
167–169
,
188
,
226
,
300

TV commercials,
321

TV sets,
13

TV shows,
316

Twain, Mark,
46
,
83
,
204
,
239
,
319

twins,
318

Twister
,
13

Tyler, John,
240

Tyler, Julia,
240

typewriters,
83
,
90

Typhoon Tip,
132

typhus,
89

typing,
277

Tyrannidae
,
132

U

U-boat,
109

UCLA library,
90

UFOs,
296
,
354

ultramarine blue,
365

uncles,
322

Union Jack,
253

unions,
255

universities,
13
,
63
,
90
,
251
,
338

University of Cambridge library,
90

University of Michigan,
63

University of Nebraska football team,
13

University of Rochester,
338

Uranus,
152

Urban VII, Pope,
317

urine,
185
,
278

U.S. cities, unpopular,
264

U.S. Congress,
103
,
329

U.S. Constitution,
117
,
286
,
371

U.S. dollars,
36
,
153
,
195
,
306
,
342

U.S. Mint,
342

U.S. Postal Service,
90
,
190
,
334

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

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

V

Vaaler, Johan,
75

vaccinations,
136

vacuum cleaners,
248

Vader, Darth,
53

Valdez, Alaska,
350

Valencia oranges,
55

Valencia peanuts,
364

Valens, Richie,
97

vampires,
224

Van Buren, Martin,
302
,
355

Van Winkle, Rip,
300

Vancouver, Canada,
357

Vasilyevich, Ivan IV “the Terrible,”
197

Vatican City,
173
,
334

vegetarians,
170
,
188

veins,
373

vena amoris
,
248

ventral tegmental,
270

Venus,
50

Verna, Tony,
63

veterans,
166

vexillology,
253

vice presidents,
371

Victoria Island,
10

video games,
65
,
95
,
296

Vietnamese dongs,
306

Vikings,
215

vineroon,
184

violence,
224

violin bow,
349

violinists,
298

violists,
298

Virginia peanuts,
364

“A Visit from St. Nicholas,”
326

vitamin C,
55

vocabulary,
22
,
205

vocal cords,
147
,
202

voices, hearing in head,
164

volcanic lakes,
272

volcanoes,
110
,
201
,
357
,
377

Volkov, Vladislav,
254

Voltaire,
37
,
74

von Richthofen, Manfred “Red Baron,”
182
,
193

Vonnegut, Kurt,
83

voodoo,
41
,
343

voting,
49
,
116

Vulcan,
110
,
314

vuvuzelas,
213

W

Wagnalls, Adam Willis,
218–219

Wagner, Richard,
93

wagon trains,
229

Wainwright, Loudon III,
328

walking,
59
,
205

walking the plank
,
304

Wall Street,
348

Wallace, Mike,
7

wall-eyed,
325

Walmart,
288

walnuts,
247

walruses,
196

Walt Disney World,
75

Walters, Larry,
19

Wanamaker, John,
276

War of 1812,
374

warpath,
275

Warner Music,
328

Washington, Booker T.,
342

Washington, George,
38
,
49
,
174
,
216
,
286

Washington, Martha,
240

Washington State winemaking,
289

wasps,
161
,
258

waste, human,
91
,
185
,
303
,
315

watches,
346

water,
170
,
178
,
205
,
321