Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (55 page)

gems,
31
,
83

General Mills,
53

genuine
,
179

George I,
326

George III,
287

George Washington Bridge,
303

German language,
189

Geronimo,
317

gestures,
298

ghost stories,
93

ghosts,
121

Gilligan’s Island
,
101
,
273

gin,
322

Ginsberg’s theorem,
139

giraffe,
72

Girl Scout cookies,
52

give someone “the bird,”
57

glaciers,
294

glass,
80

Glinieckj, Al,
197

god,
146

Goddard, Henry,
363

Goethe, Johann,
352

gold,
31
,
37
,
80
,
83
,
126
,
162

gold records,
99

gold rush,
31

Golden Gate Bridge,
303

goldfish,
10
,
71

Goldilocks,
128

Goldwyn, Sam,
271

golf,
81
,
116

golf ball,
90

gomer,
14

Gone With the Wind
,
133
,
147

goose bumps,
226

gorillas,
222

government,
47
,
248

Graceland,
58
,
95
,
338

grams,
193

grandparents,
114

Grant, Ulysses S.,
120

grapple tree,
157

grass,
212

grasshoppers,
235

Grateful Dead,
302

Grauman’s,
183

Graves, Peter,
101

Grease
,
133

Great Indian Hornbill,
138

Great Wall of China,
62
,
303

Greece (Greeks),
19
,
77
,
303

Greek mythology,
31
,
180

Green, Robert M.,
245

green cards,
47

green onions,
131

Green’s law,
139

Greenland,
98

greeting cards,
60

Gregorian calendar,
20

greyhounds,
107

Grigg, Charles L.,
175

grocery shopping,
297

Guano Islands,
345

Guatemala,
42

Gummi Bears,
69

gun ownership,
9

gypsy,
23–24

H

Haas, Eduard,
292

hail,
184

hair,
67
,
111
,
112
,
194
,
214
,
278
,
319

hair spray,
329

Hale, Nathan,
287

Hales, Sarah Joseph,
38

Haley, Jack, Jr.,
109

Haley, John,
64

half-mast,
280

Hall, Charles,
100

Hall, Joyce C.,
60

Hallmark Cards,
60

Halloween,
104
,
153

hamburgers,
196

Hamilton, Margaret,
142

Hamlet,
16

Hamlet
,
147
,
241

hammocks,
14

hamsters,
330

Handel,
331

hands,
252

handshakes,
298

hangnails,
24

Hanks, Tom,
127

“Happy Birthday,”
38

Harding, Warren G.,
186

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,”
38

Harley-Davidson,
141

Harn Darn Jun,
93

Harrison, Benjamin,
185

Harrison, William Henry,
120

Harry, Deborah,
13

Hart, Dolores,
127

Harvard University,
239

Hasbro,
156

hats,
181
,
265

haunted houses,
9

Haut, Walter G.,
387

Hawaiian Islands,
287
,
347

Head, Edith,
4

headache,
126
,
237

hearing,
48

Hearst, William Randolph,
367–371

Hearst Castle,
367–371

heart,
137
,
225

heart attack,
237

heaven,
77
,
114
,
180

Hecht’s law,
139

Hefner, Hugh,
211
,
262

height,
9
,
135

Heinz, Henry J.,
53

Heinz ketchup,
258

Heisman, John,
97

helicopters,
200

helium,
36
,
88

Hellman, Richard,
52

Hemingway, Ernest,
106

Hendrix, Jimi,
13
,
376–380

Henkin, Robert,
320

Henry I,
325

Henry VIII,
66
,
326

herbicides,
32

herbs,
258

heroin,
156

Herschel, William,
364

Hershey, Milton,
293

Hershey Bar,
293

Herzegh, Frank,
210

Hetherington, James,
181

Hewitt, Foster,
75

Hewlett, William,
60

Hewlett-Packard,
60

hiccups,
237

Hickock, Wild Bill,
191

highways,
110
,
204

Hill, Marcus,
177

Hinduism,
66
,
299

hippopotamus,
72

Hires, Charles,
257

histamine,
393

Hitchcock, Alfred,
4

Hitler, Adolf,
51

hoaxes,
361

hockey,
66

hockey sticks,
75

Hodgson, Peter,
170

Hoffa, Jimmy,
73

Hoffman, Dustin,
142

holidays,
104

Holliday, Doc,
191

Holly, Buddy,
95

Holmes, Sherlock,
364

Homer,
128

honey,
143
,
280

hooker
,
122

Hooker, Joseph,
122

Hooper, William,
100

Hoover, Herbert,
250

Hoover, J. Edgar,
337

Hope, Bob,
142

Hopkins, Anthony,
366

Hopper, Grace,
240

horns,
319

horse racing,
75

horsepower,
146

horses,
35

hospitals,
113

Hostess Twinkies,
260

hot dogs,
21
,
172

Houdini, Harry,
54

hounds,
222

household accidents,
34

household hints,
201

houses, buying,
9

Howe, Julia Ward,
38

Howland Island,
346

Huey (helicopter),
200

hula skirts,
265

hummingbirds,
43
,
107
,
125
,
138
,
259

hurricanes,
64
,
80
,
234

Huxley, Thomas Henry,
14

hydrogen,
36

I

IBM,
141

ice,
299
,
330

ice cream,
16
,
69
,
245
,
260
,
297

ice hockey,
66

Iceland,
98
,
190
,
230
,
251

ichthyosis,
226

Ideal Toy Corporation,
169

Illuminati,
352

imaginary friends,
70

Incan Empire,
309

inch,
325

income, annual,
114

income tax,
103
,
121
,
330

India,
150

Indians,
317

insects,
33
,
55
,
84
,
216
,
219
,
235
,
320

insomnia,
113
,
249

interstates,
110

inventions,
63–64
,
99–100
,
155
,
224
,
313

Iraq war,
295

iron,
88

Iron City Beer,
27

irony,
1
,
40

Isabella, Queen,
326

islands, owned by U.S.,
344–347

Israel,
279

Issawi’s law,
139

Italian language,
189

Italy,
98
,
322

J

Jack Daniel Distillery,
161

jackpot
,
122

Jackson, Andrew,
163

Jacob, Mary Phelps,
26

Jagger, Mick,
13
,
286

jam,
260

James, Jesse,
191
,
229

James, Richard,
170
,
247

Japan (Japanese),
15
,
77
,
81
,
372–375

Jarvis Island,
347

jaw,
288

Jaws
,
147

Jazz Singer, The
,
183

jeans,
265

Jeans, James,
118

Jefferson, Thomas,
163
,
185
,
271
,
352

Jeffrey, Michael,
379–380

Jeffreys, Alec,
365

Jell-O,
69
,
172

jellyfish,
10

Jeopardy!
,
101
,
273

Jerusalem artichokes,
131

jet lag,
331

jewelry,
83

jiffy,
20

“Jingle Bells,”
17

Joan of Arc,
73

jobs,
199
,
274
,
307

Jockey shorts,
116

jockeys,
75

Joel, Billy,
142

Johnny Appleseed,
127