Index
A
abalone, 107
abbreviations, 37, 275–276
Abdul-Jabar, Kareem, 177
aboveboard, 312
Academy Awards, 4
accidents, 34, 151, 167, 199, 210, 220
accordion, 19
Ace bandages, 22
acne, 113, 126
actors, 103, 109, 127
Adam, 67
Adam’s apple, 135
Adams, Evelyn Marie, 20
Adams, John Quincy, 163, 185, 250
addict, 179
Adidas, 22
admiral, 123
agnostic, 14
AIDS, 353
air freshener, 74
air guitar, 286
Air Supply, 286
air travel, 144
aircraft, 295
aircraft carriers, 107
airlines, 227
airports, 144, 227
Ajax pixies, 159
Alaska, 76, 301
albatross, 138, 198
alchemy, 77
alcohol, 67, 322
Alden, Ginger, 334
Aldrin, Buzz, 1, 356, 360
Ali, Muhammad, 153
allergies, 393
alligators, 12
allowance, 70
alphabets, 290
aluminum cans, 92
Amazon River, 76, 309
amber, 31
American Automobile Association, 9
American Guano Company, 346, 347
ampersand, 45
Anableps fish, 10
Anaheim Angels, 11
And the Sea Will Tell, 347
Andes, 309
Andrews, Julie, 4
Andrews, Tommy Lee, 366
anemia, 350
Angel Falls, 42
angels, 67
animal crackers, 69
Anka, Paul, 273
Anne, Queen, 326
Antarctica, 136, 359
antlers, 319
ants, 84, 126, 201
Apollo, 38
Apollo 11, 356–361
Apollo 13, 244, 360
apples, 79, 143, 212
April Fools’ Day, 79
Aratus of Sicyon, 93
Archimedes, 313
Arctic terns, 125
area codes, 51
Aristotle, 136
armor, 65
Armstrong, Neil, 73, 356
Arnasto, John, 99
Arnaz, Desi, 101
Arnold, Kenneth, 381
art, 306
Arthur, Chester A., 120
artichokes, 212
Ashley, Erik, 380
aspartame, 69
aspirin, 121, 221, 329
assembly line, 228
Astaire, Fred, 109
asteroids, 162
asthma, 48
astronauts, 135, 248, 261, 356–361
Atchoo!, 85
Atlantic Ocean, 294
atmosphere, 36
“Auld Lang Syne,” 38
auto industry, 149, 210
autobiography, 93
automobile assembly line, 228
avalanches, 34, 88
Avis, Warren, 160
Avis Rent-A-Car, 160
Aztecs, 8
B
B.O., 276
babies, 168
baby boomers, 5, 25, 330
Babylonians, 299, 362
Bach, J. S., 19
back pain, 113
bacon, 297
bad breath, 33
bagels, 11
baggage handling, 144
bagpipe bands, 19
Bahamas, 42
Baker Island, 346
balding, 194, 243
ballpoint pens, 116
Balthazard, Victor, 365
bamboo, 254, 32
banana peels, 149
bananas, 55, 143, 180, 215, 254
Band-Aids, 116
Bank of America, 156
banyan tree, 157
baobab tree, 212, 254
barber polls, 78
Barbie, 3, 91, 94
Barkley, Charles, 177
barnacles, 71
Barnum, P. T, 73
Barrymore, Drew, 109, 183
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 29
Baruch’s observation, 139
baseball, 173, 186, 275, 315
basket case, 323
basketball, 177
Baskin, Burton, 245
Baskin-Robbins 31
Flavors, 245
Bassett Furniture, 213
bathrooms, 3, 213, 308
Batman, 153
bats, 46, 217
“Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 38
Battle of Waterloo, 98
Bausman, Jane, 53
Bayard, Thomas, 63
Bayer aspirin, 156, 329
bears, 105, 198
beat the rap, 312
Beatles, 13, 302
beavers, 105
Becton Dickinson Company, 22
beer, 47, 322
beer cans, 27
bees, 55, 84, 217, 235, 280
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 19
beetles, 55, 84, 235
Belgium, 98
beliefs, 180
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1, 163
Bell, Glen W., 160–161
Bell Aircraft, 200
Ben & Jerry’s, 141
Benjamin Franklin, 31
Bennett, Arnold, 59
beriberi, 348–349
Berlin, Irving, 4
Berlin Wall, 230
Bernard, Prince, 352
Bertillon, Alphone, 363
Betty Crocker, 262
Bible, 59, 67
Bic, 116, 141
Bichon, Germaine, 365
big band, 19
Big Bend National Park, 231
Bilderberg Group, 352–353
billionaires, 94
billions, 94
Billy the Kid, 109, 191
Binney & Smith, 267
birds, 39, 74, 107, 125, 138, 198, 259
Birth of a Nation, 183
bison, 105
Black Bart, 191
black holes, 174
black widow spider, 318
bladder, 225
Blair, Linda, 109
Blair, Tony, 353
blankets, electric, 116
blindfold, 328
blisters, 237
blondes, 112
blood, 137, 351
blood cells, 94
blood types, 364
bloodhounds, 54
Bloomberg, Michael, 11
Bohemian Grove, 354–355
Boleyn, Ann, 326
Bolivia, 42, 309
Bolton, Charles E., 191
Bonaparte, Napoléon, 73, 78, 213, 326
bones, 135, 351
boo, 23
books, 128, 242
Boone, Daniel, 73
boot camp, 62
Booth, John Wilkes, 1, 120
Borden, Gail, 206
Boston Marathon, 75
Botts, Alfred, 169
Botts, Elbert, 149
boulevard, 23
bowerbird, 138
Bowes, Walter, 160
boxing, 49
Bozo the Clown, 181
Bracken Cave, 46
brain, 80, 264
brand names, 22
brassieres, 26, 159, 265
Brazel, Mac, 381–382, 383
Brazil, 309
bread, 92, 190
break the ice, 57–58
Breakstone, Joseph and Isaac, 11
breast feeding, 16
breath, bad, 221
breath alert, 63
breathing, 225
Breuster, David, 327
Brewer-Giorgio, Gail, 335, 336, 337
brides, 270
bridge, 7
broccoli, 131, 192
Bronx Zoo, 70
Brown, Dan, 106
Bruegger’s, 11<
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brussels sprouts, 215
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 354
bubble gum, 292
buck, 14
Buckley, William F., 271
Buddhism, 66, 180
buffalo, 317
Bugliosi, Vincent, 347
bugs. See insects
Bugs Bunny, 133
bullet matching, 363
Bunker Hill, 209
Burdon, Eric, 377
burglary, 304
Bush, George, 271
Bush, George H. W., 250
business cards, 78
butter, 92, 143
butterfly, 179
C
cabbage, 131
Cade, Robert, 175
Cadillac Mountains, 76
Caesar, Julius, 181
Caesar salad, 53
caffeine, 6, 256
cake, 69, 260
calculate, 122
calling cards, 78
calories, 182, 192
camels, 114
Camp, Walter, 97
Canada, 16, 89, 155, 305
candy, 69, 104, 260, 292–293
canned foods, 92
cantaloupe, 131
Caplan, Frieda, 131
Capone, Al, 1, 304
Capote, Truman, 272
capsaicin, 320
Captain Marvel, 153
card games, 7
cardinals, 125, 223
Cardini, Caesar, 53
Carey, Drew, 142
Carey, Henry, 327
Carmen, 133
carrots, 146
cars, 102, 149, 151, 210, 220
Carson, Johnny, 101, 142, 273
Cartwright, Rosalind, 236
cash registers, 27
casinos, 34
castle, 23
Castle Grande, 367–371
cat litter, 99–100
caterpillars, 235
Catholic Church, 27
cats, 8, 15, 59, 63, 283, 300
Cats, 19
caught red-handed, 57
cavities, 296
cell phones, 220, 240, 301
cellophane, 116
centipedes, 42, 55
CEOs, 199
cereal, 70, 92
Cervantes, Miguel de, 241
CFCs, 94
chairs, 197, 213, 313
chamber pots, 213
Chamberlain, Wilt, 177
chameleons, 12
chamois, 198
champagne cork, 90
Chan, Jackie, 147
Chaplin, Charlie, 271
Charles, Prince, 326
Charles VIII, 78
chat room lingo, 289
cheap, 195
cheerleaders, 243
cheese, 145
cheesecake, 22
cheetah, 72
chemistry, 36–37, 88
Cherokees, 299
cherries, 310
chess, 75
chew the fat, 324
chewing, 288
Chicago, 47
chickens, 90, 143, 259, 283
Chile, 42, 74
China (Chinese), 5, 8, 30, 62, 93, 266, 268, 362
Chiquita Banana, 55
chocolate, 126, 221, 260
choking to death, 113
Christie, Agatha, 106, 128
Christmas, 17, 102
Christmas Carol, A, 128
Christmas shopping, 119
Churchill, Winston, 73
CIA, 47, 129–130
cigarette gun, 129
cigarettes, 28, 115
Cinderella, 128, 133
cinnamon, 258
circulatory system, 66
Citizen Kane, 147, 370
Civil War, 229, 295
clams, 10
Clark, Alfred, 103
class rings, 83
clean as a whistle, 57
Cleopatra, 73, 326
Cleveland, Grover, 120
Clinton, Bill, 250, 353, 354
clocks, 204
clouds, 166
coat hangers, 117
Coca-Cola, 190, 257
cockroaches, 33, 55, 68, 219, 221, 235
cocktail, 178
coconuts, 32
coffee, 6, 67, 196, 256
coins, 247, 277, 314
cola drinks, 190, 215, 257
coldness, 136
colds, 70
colleges, 239
cologne, 196
Colombia, 309
Colonial America, 287
Columbus, Christopher, 28, 73, 90, 301
comet, 80
comic books, 242
commercials, 159
committees, 139
computers, 240
condoms, 64
Confucius, 142
Connery, Sean, 109, 142
conspiracy theories, 352, 355, 385–386
Constantine, Alex, 378, 379
constipation, 237
contact lenses, 329
cookbooks, 242
Cooke, Captain, 86
cookies, 328
Coolidge, Calvin, 120, 250
corn, 44, 143, 310
Coulter, Ann, 302
country music, 286
cowboys, 191
cows, 35, 143, 310
Cracker Jack, 69, 260
Crawford, Joan, 3
Crayola, 91, 156
crayons, 70, 91, 156
cream cheese, 11
crickets, 278
crimes, 304, 362–365
Cristie, Steve, 232
crocodile-tear syndrome, 113
crocodiles, 12
crops, 310
Crow, Sheryl, 302
crows, 259
cruise liners, 261
cruises, 51
cubism, 306
Custer’s Last Stand, 228
cyanoacrylate, 18
cycad tree, 32
Cyrano de Bergerac, 296
Cyropaedia (Xenophon), 93
D
da Vinci, Leonardo, 200, 306, 313
Da Vinci Code, The (Brown), 106
Dallas, George Mifflin, 321
Dallas Cowboys, 232
Daly, Tom, 11
dandruff, 9
Daniel, Jasper Newton, 161
Dannemann, Monica, 377–378
Danson, Ted, 101
Darwin, Charles, 73
Dassler Brothers Shoes, 22
Davidson, Elaine, 197
Davis, Jefferson, 229
days, 62, 77, 331
deadly sins, 77
decimal system, 20
deer, 319
Demelle, François, 362–363
denim, 195
Denmark, 230
Denny’s, 156
dental floss, 9, 329
dentists, 126, 288, 296
dentures, 296
department stores, 103
deserts, 150
detectives, 363
Devil’s Claw, 157
DeVito, Danny, 142
Dewar, Jimmy, 69
Dial soap, 22
diamonds, 31, 83
Diana, Princess, 211
diaper alarm, 63
Díaz, Andres, 63
dice, 7
Dickens, Charles, 106, 128
Dickin Medal for Valor, 216
Dickinson, Emily, 106
dictionaries, 93, 242
dieting, 182
Dietrich, Marlene, 21, 109, 127
Diff’rent Strokes, 273
dimension, fourth, 40
Dire Straits, 302
Disney World, 121, 231, 284
Disneyland, 121, 231
“Dixie,” 38
Dixie Cups, 116
DNA profiling, 365–366
Dobbie, Scot Sandy, 197
dog years, 145
dogs, 15, 54, 59, 63, 68, 201, 222, 283
dollar bills, 314
dollar sign, 46
dolls, 91
dolphins, 10, 96
dominoes, 7
doozy,
123
dope, 122
Double Bubble gum, 292
doughnuts, 69
Dow, Charles Henry, 161
Dow Chemical, 100
Dow Jones average, 161
Dr. Marten’s, 161
Dr. Pepper, 175, 257
Dr. Seuss, 14, 106, 159
drab, 328
Draper, Kay, 99
dreaming, 236, 249
drinking, 322
drug testing, 47
drunk driving, 304
ducks, 283
Duesenberg, 123
dust, 88
dust storms, 234
E
eagles, 125, 259
Earhart, Amelia, 346
Earn Your Vacation, 101
ears, 48, 221
Earth, 66, 80, 81, 107, 162, 251
earthquakes, 251, 82
earthworms, 84, 198, 204
earwax, 48
Easter, 104
Eastman, George, 1
Eastwood, Clint, 142
Easy-Bake Ovens, 91
Edison, Thomas, 102, 224
Edward I, 132
Edward II, 325
eels, 71
egg rolls, 92
eggplant, 44
eggs, 143, 172, 297
eggshells, 135
Egypt (Egyptians), 8, 15, 68, 93, 150, 173, 206, 244, 299
Eiffel Tower, 197, 303
Einstein, Albert, 73, 211, 248, 300
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 200, 250
El Salvador, 42
electric blankets, 116
elektron, 31
elements, 162, 36–37
elephants, 72, 107, 198, 203
Elizabeth I, 8, 181
e-mail, 240
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 271
Emmett, Dan, 38
Empire State Building, 110, 166, 303
employees, 274, 307
energy, 118
English language, 189
eonite, 100
Epperson, Frank, 292
equal sign, 45
Erie Canal, 301
Erik the Red, 98
erotic, 178
Eskimo pies, 245
Esposito, Joe, 336, 338
Etch-A-Sketch, 91
evidence, criminal, 362–366
exclamation mark, 45
eyes, 255, 348
F
Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel, 161
Fairbanks, Douglas, 183
fairy tales, 128
falcons, 90
false teeth, 296
fantasy stories, 93
farms, 35, 143, 310
farting, 3, 33
fashion, 181, 265
fast and loose, 311
fast-food restaurants, 253
Father’s Day, 104
Faulds, Henry, 364
FBI, 365, 378
feet, 61, 111, 135, 252
ferns, 212
ferrets, 105, 222
film industry. See motion pictures
fingernails, 67, 74, 187, 252
fingerprints, 362, 364, 365
fingers, 252
Finland, 98
fire beetles, 84
firecrackers, 8
fires, house, 25
fish, 10, 71, 145
flags, 280
flamingos, 125, 223
flavor, 154
fleas, 235
Fleer, Frank, 292
Fleischmann, Charles, 60
flies, 55, 84, 216, 235
Flipper, 101
floods, 9
flying fish, 90
flying saucers, 381–387
foam peanuts, 114
food poisoning, 113, 167
foods, hated, 215
foot (measurement), 325
football, 97
“For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” 38
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