Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids

by Bathroom Readers ' Institute (Author)

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  Paperback
  2014

  $6.69

  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!