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Cover Title Page Our “Regular” Readers Rave! Copyright Thank You! Contents Introduction BATHROOM NEWS

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Bathroom News Happy Toilets

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Uncle John’s Stall of Fame Let’s Play Toilet Golf File Under “Underwear” Toilet Tech The Doo-Doo Man Uncle John’s Stall of Shame

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This Old (Out)house The Outhouse Detectives

THE NAME GAME

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Fun With Names

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Name That Sleuth Name That Country Founding Fathers Founding (hic!) Fathers

A BLUNDERFUL LIFE

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What’s the Number for 911?

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Oops! Crème de la Crud Fabulous Flops Curtains! Oops! World-Class Losers

MYTHS & LEGENDS

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Not What They Seem to Be Myth-Conceptions

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Hoaxmeister Cat Tales Urban Legends You’ve Got Mail! The Ice Worm Cometh

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Classic Publicity Stunts Urban Legends Coyote Rings the Wrong Bell

AMERICANA

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Divorce, Prospector-Style The Way of the Hobo

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Filthy Water People The Dustbin of History Chair-leaders

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Land of the Giants Free With Purchase

BUSINESS

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(B)Ad Promotions Pleased to Meat You

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Space, Inc Uncle John’s Second Favorite Roll Weird-Mart Funny Business The Bigger They Are

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At the Auction * The Worst Business Decision in U.S. History

FORGOTTEN HISTORY

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Things You Didn’t Know About WWII Management Expects

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The Mad Bomber, Part I The Mad Bomber, Part II

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The Great Brinks Robbery The Lady of the Lines Intrepid: Master Spy * The French Foreign Legion

ORIGINS

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Household Origins

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True Glue Everyday Objects Jumping for Joy

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How Paper Became Money, Part I How Paper Became Money, Part II

PHRASES & WORD ORIGINS

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Word Origins

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Familiar Phrases Tawk O’ Da Town Familiar Phrases Word Origins

ANIMALS

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Chicken Nuggets The Bugs and the Bees The Cat’s Meow

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Die-Hard Chicken Animal Name Origins Heroic Birds

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Kibble Me This

CUSTOMS & SUPERSTITIONS

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Wedding Trivia Animal Superstitions Cure For What Ails Ye Food Superstitions

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Maneki Neko Card-Playing Superstitions Now They Tell Us

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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Icky Licky Sticks How to Cook a Porcupine

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Today’s Menu What’s A Jeraboam?

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Birth of the Bagel

LAW & ORDER

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Dumb Crooks of the Old West Go Directly to Jail Dumb Crooks

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Celebrity Lawsuits Strange Lawsuits Dumb Crooks Real Toys of the CIA Celebrity Lawsuits Strange Lawsuits

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* The Federal Witness Protection Program Not-So-Wiseguys

LIFE IS STRANGE

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Lonely Phone Booth Phone Phunnies

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You Call This Art? It’s a Weird, Weird World Lucky Finds Weird Canada I Got It Back! The Santa Chronicles It’s a Weird, Weird World Ironic, Isn’t It? This Is…UJNN

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Revenge!

IT’S A CONSPIRACY!

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Conspiracy Theory

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The Paranoid’s Field Guide to Secret Societies

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Moon Scam? * Who Killed Jimi Hendrix?

THAT’S DEATH

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Famous Last Words The Last Laugh: Epitaphs Reading Tombstones

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A Passing Fancy “Paging Mr. Post”

PUBLIC LIVES

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Made a Fortune Lost a Fortune

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Sorry About That Celebrity Rumors Missing Parts Sorry (Not Really) Exile on Easy Street

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Before They Were Infamous A Lot to Lose The Adventures of Eggplant

POLITICS

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Politalks

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The Rhinoceros Party “Extremism in the Defense of Liberty” King of Canada

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Famous Close Calls The Birth of the Democratic Party “Let Us Begin Anew” The Rise and Fall of the Whigs * Join the Party: The Republicans

POP SCIENCE

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That’s Rich! Let’s Do a Study! Cool Billions Diseases That Just Won’t Die

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Q & A: Ask the Experts The Time It Takes The Ig Nobel Prizes Rise of the Machines Q & A: Ask the Experts Simple Solutions According to the Latest Research Q & A: Ask the Experts

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