Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! by Bathroom Readers’ Institute Page A
Authors: Bathroom Readers’ Institute
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most movie Draculas don’t? A mustache.
The amount of lather shampoo produces has little to do with its cleaning ability.
Famous redhead Lucille Ball actually had brown hair.
Most wig changes in a movie: 35, by Angela Bassett in What’s Love Got to Do with It?
The ancient Romans thought unibrows were sexy.
Some shampoos contain formaldehyde.
Walt Disney first started drawing cartoons in exchange for free haircuts.
The tall wigs worn by British judges are called perukes .
Cleopatra used a mixture of horse teeth, bear grease, burned mice, and deer marrow in an attempt to cure Julius Caesar’s baldness.
Doubles
Eighty Eight, Kentucky, was named by a man who had 88 cents in his pocket on the day he founded the town.
What do 11 and 88 have in common? They both read the same upside down.
Baseball player Bill Voiselle, who was from a South Carolina town called Ninety Six, wore the number 96 on his uniform.
The right-field wall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh is 21 feet high…a tribute to Roberto Clemente, who wore number 21.
From 1971 to 1974, the UCLA men’s basketball team won 88 straight games.
The novel Catch-22 was originally titled Catch-18 .
Prince’s song “7” made it to number 7 on the pop charts.
Real headline on a newspaper article about a golf tournament: “Shot Off Woman’s Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66.”
Stephen Foster, composer of “Camptown Races,” died with 38 cents in his pocket…when he was 38.
First tabloid: The Illustrated Daily News (now the Daily News ), published in New York City in 1919.
Matthew Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel in 1875. It took about 22 hours.
Early in his career, Babe Ruth wore the number 3 on his jersey because he batted third.
It takes Mercury 88 days to travel around the Sun.
U2 has won 22 Grammy Awards to date, the most of any band.
States of the Union
According to statistics, New Jersey has the lowest suicide rate of any state.
The state of Florida has the most golf courses in America. The fewest: Alaska.
Wisconsin leads the nation in production of paper and paper products.
Pennsylvania was the first state to display its Web site address on its license plates.
Rhode Island is the most heavily industrialized state in proportion to its size.
Because of its shape on a map, Oklahoma has been called “the nation’s largest meat cleaver.”
Only 54.3 percent of Louisiana high school students graduate, the lowest rate of any state.
On average, Hawaiian residents live longer than people in other U.S. states.
Indiana ranks first among U.S. states in both mobile-home sales…and “danger from tornadoes.”
North Dakota is the only state in the United States never to have had an earthquake.
Dreams
THE 12 MOST COMMON BAD DREAMS
Falling or drowning
Being lost or trapped
Being chased or attacked
Being injured, ill, or dying
Car or other vehicle trouble
House or property loss or damage
Poor test or other poor performance
Missing a boat or other transport
Machine or telephone malfunction
Natural or man-made disasters
Being menaced by a spirit
Being naked or inappropriately dressed in public
* * *
DREAM SYMBOLS FOR FOODIES
Corn: abundance
Watermelon: fiery passion
Bread: the basic needs of life
Grapes: wealth and decadence
Gravy: failing health or business
Oranges: health and prosperity
Sandwich: pressure and stress
Apples: knowledge and prosperity
Eggs: fertility and creative potential
Vinegar: worries about a negative matter
Strawberries: sensual desires and temptation
Causes of Death
First victim of the guillotine: a highwayman named Nicolas Pelletier, on April 25, 1792, in Paris, France.
In 1940, German spy Josef Jakobs became the last person to be executed at the Tower of London.
The first attempt on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life came in 1958, when a woman stabbed him in the chest with a letter opener.
Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv were both assassinated during their consecutive terms
The amount of lather shampoo produces has little to do with its cleaning ability.
Famous redhead Lucille Ball actually had brown hair.
Most wig changes in a movie: 35, by Angela Bassett in What’s Love Got to Do with It?
The ancient Romans thought unibrows were sexy.
Some shampoos contain formaldehyde.
Walt Disney first started drawing cartoons in exchange for free haircuts.
The tall wigs worn by British judges are called perukes .
Cleopatra used a mixture of horse teeth, bear grease, burned mice, and deer marrow in an attempt to cure Julius Caesar’s baldness.
Doubles
Eighty Eight, Kentucky, was named by a man who had 88 cents in his pocket on the day he founded the town.
What do 11 and 88 have in common? They both read the same upside down.
Baseball player Bill Voiselle, who was from a South Carolina town called Ninety Six, wore the number 96 on his uniform.
The right-field wall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh is 21 feet high…a tribute to Roberto Clemente, who wore number 21.
From 1971 to 1974, the UCLA men’s basketball team won 88 straight games.
The novel Catch-22 was originally titled Catch-18 .
Prince’s song “7” made it to number 7 on the pop charts.
Real headline on a newspaper article about a golf tournament: “Shot Off Woman’s Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66.”
Stephen Foster, composer of “Camptown Races,” died with 38 cents in his pocket…when he was 38.
First tabloid: The Illustrated Daily News (now the Daily News ), published in New York City in 1919.
Matthew Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel in 1875. It took about 22 hours.
Early in his career, Babe Ruth wore the number 3 on his jersey because he batted third.
It takes Mercury 88 days to travel around the Sun.
U2 has won 22 Grammy Awards to date, the most of any band.
States of the Union
According to statistics, New Jersey has the lowest suicide rate of any state.
The state of Florida has the most golf courses in America. The fewest: Alaska.
Wisconsin leads the nation in production of paper and paper products.
Pennsylvania was the first state to display its Web site address on its license plates.
Rhode Island is the most heavily industrialized state in proportion to its size.
Because of its shape on a map, Oklahoma has been called “the nation’s largest meat cleaver.”
Only 54.3 percent of Louisiana high school students graduate, the lowest rate of any state.
On average, Hawaiian residents live longer than people in other U.S. states.
Indiana ranks first among U.S. states in both mobile-home sales…and “danger from tornadoes.”
North Dakota is the only state in the United States never to have had an earthquake.
Dreams
THE 12 MOST COMMON BAD DREAMS
Falling or drowning
Being lost or trapped
Being chased or attacked
Being injured, ill, or dying
Car or other vehicle trouble
House or property loss or damage
Poor test or other poor performance
Missing a boat or other transport
Machine or telephone malfunction
Natural or man-made disasters
Being menaced by a spirit
Being naked or inappropriately dressed in public
* * *
DREAM SYMBOLS FOR FOODIES
Corn: abundance
Watermelon: fiery passion
Bread: the basic needs of life
Grapes: wealth and decadence
Gravy: failing health or business
Oranges: health and prosperity
Sandwich: pressure and stress
Apples: knowledge and prosperity
Eggs: fertility and creative potential
Vinegar: worries about a negative matter
Strawberries: sensual desires and temptation
Causes of Death
First victim of the guillotine: a highwayman named Nicolas Pelletier, on April 25, 1792, in Paris, France.
In 1940, German spy Josef Jakobs became the last person to be executed at the Tower of London.
The first attempt on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life came in 1958, when a woman stabbed him in the chest with a letter opener.
Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv were both assassinated during their consecutive terms
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