Ford, Henry, 227, 228
Ford cars, 210
Ford Motor Company, 141
forensics, 362–366
forks, 27, 65
Fort Knox, 146
fortune cookies, 67
fortune telling, 285
Foster, Jodie, 366
Fox, Michael J., 127
fragrance (perfume), 181
France, 98
francium, 37
frankfurters, 21
Franklin, Benjamin, 30, 73, 142, 310, 313, 352
Fraser, Laura Gardin, 277
Fraze, Ermal Cleon, 27
freckles, 226
Freemasony, 85
french fries, 143, 172
French language, 189
Freud, Sigmund, 50, 73
Friday the 13th, 207
Friedman, Stanton T., 384
Frisbees, 75
frogs, 12, 283
fruit, 32, 131, 143, 192, 350–351
Fulgham, Dan D., 387
Funicello, Annette, 286
furlong, 325
furniture, 213
fuzz, 14
G
G. I. Joe, 91
Gable, Clark, 133
Galton, Francis, 364
gambling, 7, 100
game shows, 372–375
games, 7
Gandhi, Mahatma, 73
garbage, 9
Garden of Eden, 67
Gardiner, Sandy, 155
Garfield, James, 163
Garland, Judy, 1
garlic, 44
garlic juice, 126
garnet, 31
gasoline, 210
Gateway Arch, 303
Gatorade, 175
geese, 283
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
hurr
icanes, 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
Johnson, Edward H., 102
Johnson, Lyndon, 250
Johnson, Magic, 177
Johnson, Tom, 75
Johnston Atoll, 346–347
joke books, 93
Jolly Green Giant, 156, 262
Jones, Edward D., 161
Jones, James Earl, 109
Jordan, Michael, 177
Juan, Dr. Stephen, 204
jukeboxes, 19
jungle animals, 72
Jupiter, 174
K
K, 275
kaleidoscope, 327
karate, 49
kayaking, 49
Kaysing, Bill, 356
Keck Telescopes, 30
Keebler, Godfrey, 61
Keller, Helen, 73
Kelly, Gene, 183
Kenmuir, John, 108
Kennedy, John F., 250, 360
Kentucky Derby, 75
kerosene fungus, 51
Kerouac, Jack, 106
ketchup, 53, 201, 258
kidnapping, 304
kidneys, 225
kilograms, 193
kilts, 181
Kimmel, Jimmy, 380
King, Stephen, 106
King Henry VIII, 241
King of Kings, 183
King Tut’s tomb, 126
Kingman Reef, 344
Kinko’s, 61
kissing, 16, 65, 154, 192, 197, 289
kitchen utensils, 8, 65
kitty litter, 99–100
kiwifruit, 131
Klugman, Jack, 365
knights, 65
knock off work, 312
Krachie, Ed, 21
Kraft, Joseph, 293
Kraft Caramels, 293
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, 52, 305
L
L&M cigarettes, 156
Labric, Pierre, 197
lacrosse, 75
Lake Nicaragua, 42
Lake Titicaca, 42
lakes, 188, 294, 305
land ownership, 47
landfills, 88
Landsteiner, Karl, 364
languages, 189, 283, 298
lapis lazuli, 31
Las Vegas, 180, 284
Latham, Peter Mere, 366
laughing, 50, 70, 119, 221
Lauper, Cyndi, 1
Laurel, Stan, 109
Lavakan, 63
Lavassor, Madame, 102
Lawrence, Joseph, 61
laws, loony, 164, 279
lawsuits, 43
lawyers, 214
layoffs, 274
Lazarus, Emma, 29
lb., 275
lead, 37, 88
leeks, 44
left vs. right, 319
left-handedness, 34, 173, 252
leftovers, 25, 172, 215
Lego, 91
Leigh, Vivien, 133
lemons, 92, 254
Lennon, John, 13, 211
leopards, 223
leprosy, 126
let the cat out of the bag, 324
letters, of alphabet, 290
lettuce, 44
Lever Brothers, 22
Levi’s, 265
Lewis, Jerry, 109
liberal arts, 77
libraries, 242
Library of Congress, 242
life expectancy, 5, 214
Lifebuoy, 276
Lifesavers, 260, 292
light-years, 174
lighthouses, 281
lightning, 34, 80, 166, 203, 291
limelight, 14
limerick, 196
limey, 350
Lincoln, Abraham, 1, 73, 120, 127, 132, 163, 271, 277
Lincoln Logs, 169–170
Lindbergh, Charles, 209, 227
lines, Murphy’s law of, 219
lions, 72
lips, 288
liquor, 322
Lister, Joseph, 61
Listerine, 61
liters, 193
Little Bighorn, 228
Little Red Riding Hood, 128
liver, 225
Locard, Edmund, 365
lollipops, 14
Lombardi, Vince, 97
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 3
lottery, 20, 21
Louis XIV, 326
Louis XV, 313
Lovett, Lyle, 286
Lowe, Ed, 99
Lowe’s law, 139
Lowell, Percival, 341
Lubin, Charles, 22
Lucian of Samosata, 93
luggage handling, 144
Lugosi, Bela, 127
lukewarm, 86
lunar landing, 356–360
lungs, 225
Lynn, Loretta, 286
M
M&M’s, 260, 293
M*A*S*H, 273
Macpherson, Elle, 108
Macy’s, 141
Madagascar, 216
Madison, James, 163, 185
Maertens, Klaus, 161
magazines, 211
mail carriers, 108
make money hand over fist, 57
malaria, 113
mallee bird, 198
Malone, Karl, 177
mammals, 203, 216
Manhattan Island, 208
Mankiewicz, Herman, 370
Mantle, Mickey, 315
manure, 123
maple syrup, 310
maps, Murphy’s law of, 219
Marble Dry Goods Palace, 103
Marceau, Marcel, 19
Marcel, Jesse, 382, 384
mariachi music, 13
Marignac, Jean de, 37
marijuana, 126
marriage, 25, 270
marriage proposals, 134
Mars, 340–343
Mars, Forrest, 293
Mars, Frank, 293
Marston, William Moulton, 153
Martin, Steve, 273
“Mary Had a Little Lamb,” 38
Mary Poppins, 4
matches, 116
Matisse, 306
Matsumur, Fuseo, 365
Mattel, 91
Mayan Empire, 42
Mayflower, 287
mayfly, 55
mayonnaise, 52, 195
McDonald’s, 11, 253, 263
McEnroe, John, 75
McKinley, William, 120
McMahon, Ed, 101
measurements, 193, 325
meat, grades of, 66
Medicis, 103
medieval England, 8
men, 28, 50, 112, 119, 243
Mendelssohn, Felix, 38
mental health, 50
Mercedes-Benz, 210
mercury, 88
Mercury, 162
mesquite bushes, 148
Metallica, 380
metals, 77, 88
meteorites, 80
meteors, 174
metric system, 193
mice, 62
Michelangelo, 306
Michelin, Pierre, 1
Middle Ages, 8, 65
Midway Islands, 344–345
migraine headaches, 24
mile, 325
Miles, Sylvia, 4
military, 295
milk, 35, 143, 310
Mill Novelty Company, 100
Miller Brewing, 141
Miller, Glenn, 99
million, 20
Mills Brothers, 19
Milton Hershey School, 293
Mimosa pudica, 157
miniature golf, 116
Minnelli, Lisa, 109
Minuit, Peter, 208
Mir spacecraft, 30
mirrors, 30
Missio, Lino, 64
Mission Impossible, 101
Mix, Tom, 127
moles, 272
Mona Lisa, 306
money, paper, 314
money, 327
monkeys, 217
Monopoly, 7
Monroe, Marilyn, 127
Montana, Joe, 232
Montessori school, 239
mood, 50
moon, 62, 124, 162, 174, 248
moon landing, 356–360
moose, 105, 223
mopeds, 51
Morgan, Garrett, 313
Morgan, Julia, 368, 369
Morrison, Wade, 175
Morton Salt Co., 56
mosquitoes, 84, 394
Mother’s Day, 104
moths, 217
motion pictures, 4, 103, 109, 127, 133, 147, 183
Mouffet, Thomas, 318
mountains, 76
mourning, 206
mouth, 288, 349
mouthwash, 329
movie posters, 133
movie theaters, 102
Mozart, Wolfgang, 19
Mr. Ed, 159
Mr. Potato Head, 156
Mrs., 275
Mt. Rushmore, 231
mucus, 33
murder, 34, 203
Murphy, Edward A., 218
Murphy’s Law, 218–219
Murrie, Bruce, 293
muscles, 225, 351
mushrooms, 148, 212, 254
music videos, 13
Muslim heavens, 77
Mussolini, Benito, 73
My Fair Lady, 4
myths, 299
N
namby-pamby, 327
Nanook of the North, 183
narcotics, 122
NASA, 21, 51, 248, 313, 341, 342, 355–360
Nasubi, 372–375
National Cash Register Company, 27
national debt, 94
national parks, 231
Native Americans, 208, 317
Navassa Island, 345–346
Navassa Phosphate Company, 345
neckties, 181
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