Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Wise Up!

Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that"s a fact! At nearly 400 pages (with a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience), Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It"s organized into hundreds of topics--everything from sports and entertainment to word origins and science. Here are but a few of the facts awaiting you:- More women than men talk to their cars.- The melody for Nat King Cole"s 1954 hit “Smile" was composed by Charlie Chaplin.- Acid rain was first identified and named in 1852.- What is your buccal cavity? Your mouth.- There are no skunks in Newfoundland.- The average Super Bowl party has 18 people.- When dropped in water, a fresh egg will sink; a stale one won"t.- The average newborn baby spends 113 minutes a day crying.- Pepper was so valuable during Elizabethan times that it was sold by the grain.- Fossilized termite farts have been preserved in amber. And thousands more!