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Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader - cover

Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader

Institute Bathroom Readers'

Editorial: Portable Press

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Sinopsis

The twenty-eighth edition in the bestselling bathroom-reading series is jam-packed with 512 pages of absorbing trivia material. Uncle John gets a Factastic facelift for the twenty-eighth all-new edition of this beloved book series. All of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages—from little-known history to the origins of everyday things—plus odd news, weird fads, quirky quotes, mind-bending science, head-scratching blunders, and all sorts of random oddities. Oh yeah, and thousands of incredible facts! Feel smarter (and a bit more dignified) as you settle into:  • Weird Body Parts of the Rich and Famous  • The Wild Man of Borneo  • Cryptic Movie Titles Explained  • “Pathological Generosity” and Other Real Medical Conditions  • How to Perform CPR on Your Dog  • When Postal Workers Go Rogue  • Start Your Own Country!  • Animals Under the Influence  • Welcome to No Mans Land  • The Mad Potter of Biloxi  • Saved From the Trash: The “Lost Leonardo”  • The Ten Longest Wars in History  • Stomach-churning Food-Safety Mistakes  • You Swallowed What?  • Incredible Stories of Survival  • The Case of the Stolen Bridge and Other Weird Crime Reports  • And much, much more
Disponible desde: 01/11/2015.
Longitud de impresión: 512 páginas.

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