[Uncle John's Bathroom Reader 01] • Attack of the Factoids

[Uncle John's Bathroom Reader 01] • Attack of the Factoids
Authors
Bathroom-Readers'-Institute
Publisher
Portable Press
Tags
humour , non-fiction , reference , yrarbil
ISBN
9781626860407
Date
2014-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.81 MB
Lang
en
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Uncle John is battening down the hatches and preparing for a Fact Attack in this third, un-bowl-ievable volume of fascinating facts!

Packed with more than 400 pages, *Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factiods* is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask? Here are just a few extraordinary examples:

* Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.

* In the 1960s, astronauts trained for moon voyages by walking on Hawaiian lava fields.

* Lloyd's of London insured Bruce Springsteen's voice for 3.5 million English pounds.

* Physician Amynthas of Alexandria, Greece, performed the first known nose job in the Third Century B.C.

* Military toilet paper is printed in a camouflage design, since white could attract enemy fire.

* Elvis Presley always wore a helmet when watching football on TV.

* King Henry VIII's ladies at court had a ration of one gallon of beer per day.

* It takes the energy from 50 leaves on an apple tree to produce one ripe fruit.

* The only country to host the Summer Olympics but not win a sinlge gold medal was Canada, in 1976.

And that's just the beginning! So what are you waiting for? Attack!