Bathroom Book of Canadian Trivia

Author: Angela Murphy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780973911602
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
An entertaining and lighthearted collection of facts from across the country to tickle your funny bone. Discover: - how many UFOs have been sighted in Canada - how many people in Canada drink beer - the best place to park your car so that it won't be stolen - the curative powers of the Aurora Borealis - the number of deaths attributed to avalanches - the woman who negotiated her weight in gold for a marriage settlement - the number of words we use for snow - the Newfoundland tradition of screeching-in - the largest land animal in North America - which monsters have been sighted across Canada An so much more... A journey through Canada that you'd never imagine. You won't learn this stuff in school!

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1607109239
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 445

Book Description
The Great White North is revealed as the Great Weird North in this entertaining tome from the best-selling Bathroom Reader series. Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That’s just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John’s quirky celebration of Earth’s second largest country. You’ll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the Tim Hortons he’d just robbed to tip the workers), odd places to go (like Mr. Spock’s birthplace in a town called Vulcan), and crazy eats (like the restaurant that makes you eat in complete darkness). So whether you live in Come By Chance, Joe Batt’s Arm, Starvation Cove, or anywhere else inside (or outside) of Canada, yukon count on Uncle John to deliver a world of weirdness from all over this great country. For example: - Cow-patty bingo in Alberta (Rule #1: Wear gloves) - How to enforce the new Quebec law that requires dogs to be bilingual - The sea of Molson Golden that once shut down an Ontario freeway - The mystery of the mini earthquakes in a New Brunswick town - Why it’s illegal to kill a sasquatch in British Columbia - The Nova Scotia company that makes mattresses for cows - Saskatchewan’s Willow Bunch Giant, a real man who could lift a horse over his head - The giant fiberglass “Happy Rock” statue in--where else?--Gladstone, Manitoba And much, much more!

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1607106019
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
From cannibals to conspiracy theories to the origin stories of candy, a compendium of thousands of fun facts to read behind closed doors! Our readers asked for it, and here it is: Uncle John’s first collection of his greatest short facts and quick reading material. Open up to any page of Extraordinary Book of Facts and you might find a list of, say, obscure words (“exocannibals” eat enemies; “indocannibals” eat friends). Flip to another page and there’s a whole bunch of facts about how long things take (a yak’s gestation period: 258 days). On another page: kid facts (the average four-year-old laughs 400 times per day; grownups, about fifteen). Get smarter and laugh a lot more with this amazing collection that features thousands of great facts, plus word origins, myth-conceptions, conspiracy theories, and much, much more. Arranged for simple and speedy reference, this book is the perfect companion for trivia buffs and knowledge junkies everywhere!

Uncle John's Truth, Trivia, and the Pursuit of Factiness Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1684129885
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 760

Book Description
It’s all about the facts—and Uncle John is back with a ton of them! For the 32nd year, Uncle John and his loyal researchers have teamed up to bring you the latest tidbits from the world of pop culture, history, sports, and strange news stories. If you want to read about celebrity misdeeds, odd coincidences, and disastrous blunders, Uncle John’s Truth, Trivia, and the Pursuit of Factiness has what you need. With short articles for a quick trip to the throne room and longer page-turners for an extended visit, this all-new edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader is a satisfying read.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1607107899
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
From the market leader in true facts comes a big book of hilariously false information. The crackpot staff of the Bathroom Readers’ Institute is out of control. After 25 years of laboriously researching facts and verifying them and then verifying them again, Uncle John’s mischievous minions decided to blow off a little steam. The result: Fake Facts. It’s stuff that isn’t even remotely true--we just made it sound real. Why? Because it’s really funny. Fake Facts is 228 pages of origins, facts, weird products, strange diseases, kooky fads, slang terms, historical oddities, and other fascinating bits of information that are too good to be true…because they aren’t true. So put aside your BS detector and settle in to read about: * The ill-fated “Vice President For a Day” for kids program * How the overfishing of dolphins led to the canned tuna industry * “Crumble,” “plaidsy,” “benji,” and other British slang * Abandoned rules of early baseball, and obscure rules of grammar * How early vegetarians gave Boston its “Beantown” nickname * The secret superpowers of twins * James Joyce’s unpublished sci-fi trilogy * Unicorns, wizards, and pirates galore And lots more falsified fun!

So You Think You Know CANADA, Eh?

Author: Marianne Jennings
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734245615
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
A collection of fun and interesting facts about Canada, the kind people who live there, all things maple syrup, hockey and lacrosse, its unique history, the breathtaking nature, and a few words to help you speak Canadian. Inside are fun nuggets of knowledge and trivia about whether or not Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen, why hockey is not the official national sport of Canada, what Canada could have been named, that parts of Canada are as cold as Mars, and that peanut butter was invented by a Canadian pharmacist. To test the reader's knowledge of Canada, a fun short quiz with answers are at the end of the book. If you're Canadian, know any Canadians, traveling to Canada or have ever wanted to know more about Canada, this fun little fact book will help.

Uncle John's Hindsight Is 20/20 Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1645178951
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
This 34th annual edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader offers an all-new collection of fascinating trivia, strange-but-true oddities, and the ever-popular stories of dumb crooks! Uncle John’s Hindsight Is 2020 Bathroom Reader is packed with tons of new articles from the worlds of pop culture, history, and science to help you get everything out of your system the next time you visit the throne room! Articles range in length from a single page to extended page-turners, each as entertaining as the last. From iconic television roles that almost weren’t to the origins of comic books, this 34th edition of fascinating trivia, hilarious lists, and notable quotes compiled by Uncle John and his team at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute will set your mind free to roam the world—and you won’t even need to leave the house!

Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Portable Press
ISBN: 9781879682733
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 526

Book Description
Readers of this hilarious series have been laughing their pants off for 11 years and its success is continuing to grow. For two years these books have topped Raincoast's bestseller list - in North America, nearly 2 million people have discovered Uncle John's Bathroom Readers.A light-hearted, easy-to-read format makes this fascinating compendium of cultural lore accessible to all ages. This newest installment will keep fans entertained and on the edge of their seats, with consistently informative and funny chapters on music, monuments, history, science, oddities, quizzes, fads, gossip, pop culture, and much more. Some of this edition's knee-slappers include weird tourist traps, supermarket history, famous for being naked, dumb criminals, the history of the bra, and TV's most famoustoilets. For bathroom convenience, this clever book is organized by content and by length - short, medium, long, and extended. And one-line factoids of the strange and weird add an extra laugh to every page. Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader makes an excellent gift. No bathroom should be without one!

The Bathroom Book

Author: Editors of Woman's Day
Publisher: Filipacchi Publishing
ISBN: 1933231025
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Filled with inspirational ideas for remodeling and home decoration, this guide to decorating bathrooms features two hundred color photographs that demonstrate how to maximize space and transform the bathroom into a pleasant oasis.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Hollywood

Author: Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592234974
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Flush with delightfully useless--and sometimes even useful--information about sports, movies, music, politics, American and world history, and much more, this book is the most extensive reference guide in the series to date.