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The Dome Dodgers
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Nobody likes to move—it’s a hassle to pack up all your stuff and head for someplace new and unfamiliar. But sports teams do it all the...
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A Great Place to Go…
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Let’s face it: New York City is famous for a lot of things, but the abundance and cleanliness of public restrooms aren’t among them. There...
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Who Invented Mudflaps (and Other Car Parts)?
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader The automobile is an integral part of modern history. From the Model T to the T-Bird, from the Volkswagen Beetle to the minivan, from the...
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Saddam Speaks
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was big news from the 1980s through the 2000s. But it wasn’t until years after his death that the world got...
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Inventing E-Books
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Did you know that although tin cans were invented in the 1810, the can opener wasn’t invented until 1855? If you’re reading this on an iPad...
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Forgotten Heroes: The Accidental Farmer
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Bob Fletcher was an agricultural inspector working in California’s Central Valley in the early 1940s. He might have stayed one, too, had...
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NASA’s Space Poop Challenge
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader One of the harsh realities of life in space is that in an emergency, astronauts may have to live in their space suits for days on end. If...
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The Curious Case of the Blind Baby Epidemic
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader The story of a sad and tragic epidemic that happened just 70 years ago, but which few people know about today. (But you’re familiar with at...
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Trepanning with John and Yoko
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader THIS IS NOT A DRILL In March 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent their honeymoon at a posh hotel in Amsterdam, where they staged their...
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The Curious Case of the Isdal Woman
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Sometimes the most intriguing whodunits aren’t found in mystery novels, they’re found in real life. Take this curious case, which has...
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