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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
THANK YOU!
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BATHROOM LORE
Short
Bathroom News
Bathroom News
Medium
Bathroom Lore
Thomas Crapper
Uncle John’s Bathroom Leader
The Great TP Shortage
You Can Collect Toilet Paper!
Long
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The King of Farts
MOVIES
Short
First Films
Box-Office Bloopers
Monster Movies
Medium
The Birds
At the Oscars
Star Wars
Here’s Looking at You, Kid
WORDPLAY
Short
Word Play
Limericks
Bow-Wow or Wang-Wang?
Holy Puncuation
Diner Lingo
Let Me Write Sign, I Speak English Good
Oxymorons
Medium
Doo-Wop Sounds
CUSTOMS AND CELEBRATIONS
Short
Custom-Made
Happy Birthday!
Give Us a Hand
Superstitions
Customs
April Fools!
Medium
Weird Pastimes
Be My Valentine
Family Holidays
POP SCIENCE
Short
Road Kill
Dumb Science
Q & A: Ask the Experts
Medium
The Story of Astroturf
Left-Handed Facts
No Sweat, Part I
Caffeine Facts
Why Your Feet Smell
No Sweat, Part II
PRIVATE LIVES
Short
Their Real Names
Déja Voice
About James Dean
Medium
A Family Affair
Victims of Circumstance
Celebrity Impostors
More Victims of Circumstance
The Singing Nun
Meet Dr. Seuss
Cary Grant, Acid-Head.
MYTH AMERICA
Short
Nathan Hale, etc.
Bunker Hill, etc.
The Alamo, etc.
Manhattan Island, etc.
The Telephone, etc.
Columbus
Medium
Betsy Ross, etc
The Constitution
POLITICS/THE PRESIDENCY
Short
On the Ballot
Medium
The Year They Stole The Presidency, Part I
Other Presidential Firsts
Other Presidential Firsts
Campaign Smears
Other Presidential Firsts.
The Year They Stole The Presidency, Part II
Long
Presidential Health Secrets
FORGOTTEN HISTORY
Short
Food Fight!
No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Medium
The Toughest Town in the West
The Rock ’n’ Roll Riots of 1956
The Simpul Spelling Moovment
The Space Race, Part I
The Dustbin of History
Great American Quacks
The Dustbin of History
The Zambian Space Program
Long
The Space Race, Part II
BEHIND THE HITS
Short
If Heartaches Were Wine
Medium
The Story of Layla
The Magic Dragon
Real-Life Songs
First Hits
The Monster Mash
MTV Facts
But They’d Never Been There
Long
The “Louie, Louie” Story
THE NAME GAME
Short
Familiar Names
Familiar Names
Crazy Names
The Name Is Familiar
What’s in a Name?
Cartoon Names
Familiar Names
Name That Food
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Short
A Food Is Born
A Food Is Born
Candy Bits
A Food is Born
Cold Foods
Medium
Supermarket Secrets
Junk Food Controversy
Hot Dog!
Long
The Cola Wars
MOUTHING OFF
Short
Free Advice
“Come Up and See Me”
Groucho Sez
A Wild and Crazy Guy
Picasso Originals
Give ’em Hell, Harry
Honestly, Abe
Goldwynisms
W. C. Fields Sez
Zap!
Shakespeare Sayeth
Stengel-ese
Quotes from JFK
Lily Tomlin Says
Vonnegut Says
Nixon Sez
Mark Twain Says
Oh, No, It’s Mr. Bill
Allenisms
Dorothy Parker Sez
Yogi Sez
SPORTS AND GAMES
Short
Baseball Names
Football Names
Basketball Names
Medium
Crossword Puzzles
The First Crossword Puzzle
The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
The Baseball Myth
Long
The Roman Games
Who’s on First?
Monday Night Football
LIFE AND DEATH
Short
Famous Last Words
Final Thoughts
The Last Word
Last Wishes
Medium
Life After Death
Will Power
They Went That-a-Way
Matter of Life and Death
Long
The Death of Marilyn
ELVIS-O-RAMA
Medium
Elvis Movie IQ Test
Fun with Elvis
Elvis’s Toothbrush
Cloudmaster Elvis
The King and I
Long
Elvis Lives
TV or NOT TV?
Medium
Gilligan’s Island
Too Dumb for Television
Star Trek
The Three Stooges
Lost in Space
Tick, Tick, Tick
MTV Facts
M*A*S*H
The Twilight Zone
I Love Lucy
Long
Sesame Street
PREDICTING THE FUTURE
Short
Dumb Predictions
Long
America’s Nostradamus
AMERICANA
Medium
The Numbers Game
The Birth of Kleenex
Everyday Origins
The Origin of the ATM
The Sound of Muzak
Money Talk
At the Drive-In
Diner Lore
POP-POURRI
Short
Just Plane Weird
Dirty Tricks
You’re My Inspiration
Medium
Around the House
Start Your Own Country
Behind the Story
The Mystery of Oak Island
Creative Teacher Awards
Weights and Measures
Innovations in Your Home
Agatha Christie’s Real-Life Mystery
Long
Beagle, Shyster & Beagle
MODERN MYTHOLOGY
Short
Modern Mythology
Rumors
Inside Mother Goose
It’s a Miracle!
Myth Conceptions
Medium
The Origin of Sherlock Holmes
The Evolution of Santa Claus, Part I
Comic Book Heroes
The Origin of Frankenstein
The Evolution of Santa Claus, Part II
Pirate Legends
The Evolution of Santa Claus, Part III
Rumors
The Gumby Story
The Legend of Bigfoot
Rumors
The Evolution of Santa Claus, Part IV
Long
Believe It or Not!
FADS AND FLOPS
Short
Fabulous Flops
Bonehead Ads
Medium
Four Fads
Fabulous Flops
The Latest Thing
Fabulous Food Flops
Fabulous Flops
IN FASHION
Medium
’60s Fashion Fads
The Origin of Levi’s
Birth of the Bikini
The Miniskirt Saga
How Pantyhose Hatched
FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES
Medium
Famous for 15 Minutes I
Famous for 15 Minutes II
Famous for 15 Minutes III
Famous for 15 Minutes IV
Famous (Animals) for 15 Minutes
PRIMETIME PROVERBS
Short
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
Primetime Proverbs
LAW & ORDER
Short
The Naked Truth
Incompetent Criminals
Order in the Court!
Banned Books
Medium
Strange Lawsuits
More Strange Lawsuits
More Strange Lawsuits
Legendary Scams
The “10 Most Wanted”
WHEELS
Short
Car Names
Medium
Lemons
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Mustang, Car of the ’60s
The Jeep Story
The Patented Car
More Lemons
Long
The Birth of the Bug.
PHRASES
Short
Familiar Phrases
Familiar Phrases
Medium
Familiar Phrases
Word Origins
Familiar Phrases
Familiar Phrases
Familiar Phrases
TOYLAND
Short
Toy Origins
A Toy Is Born
A Toy Is Born
Medium
Hula Hoops
The Monopoly Story
What a Doll!
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