Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! Read Free Page B

Professional Golf Association officially sanctioned miniskirts for tournament play.
    After Faye Dunaway wore a beret in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde , thousands of the hats were sold in the United States.
    Chinese brides traditionally wear red wedding dresses.
    Cleopatra’s eye makeup was blue-black (upper lid) and green (lower).
    Mae West was only 5'1". To compensate in films, she wore platform shoes.
    Vivien Leigh often wore gloves because she thought her hands were too large.
    Hot pants, all the rage in the early 1970s, were worn years earlier by European prostitutes.

Science
    A paleoscatologist is an archaeologist who studies ancient poop.
    Every minute, there are two minor earthquakes somewhere in the world.
    The first U.S. patent was issued in 1790 for a process to make potash (potassium carbonate).
    Liquid air (below –310°F) looks like water with a bluish tint.
    French physicist Jean-Antoine Nollet did some incredible experiments during the 1700s. In one demonstration, an electric jolt tossed 200 monks into the air.
    During a total solar eclipse, the local temperature can drop as much as 20°F.
    Hydrofluoric acid will dissolve glass—but can be stored safely in plastic containers.
    The “Armstrong limit” is the altitude at which blood begins to boil (63,000 feet above sea level).
    A typical hurricane lasts nine days.
    Kevlar is five times stronger than steel.
    Scientists have revived bacteria that were 250 million years old.
    Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
    Glow sticks contain an ingredient called luciferin.
    In 2005, scientists found fossilized blood vessels from a T. rex .
    The human eye blinks more than 4 million times a year.
    Botulism bacteria are so toxic that one pound of it could kill every human on earth.

Famous Siblings
    3 D UCKS
    1. Huey
    2. Dewey
    3. Louie
    9 K ENNEDYS
    1. Joe Jr.
    2. John
    3. Rosemary
    4. Kathleen
    5. Eunice
    6. Patricia
    7. Robert
    8. Jean
    9. Edward (Ted)
    3 B ARRYMORES
    1. Lionel
    2. Ethel
    3. John
    6 B RADYS
    1. Greg
    2. Marsha
    3. Peter
    4. Jan
    5. Bobby
    6. Cindy
    5 R OMANOVS
    1. Olga
    2. Tatiana
    3. Maria
    4. Anastasia
    5. Alexei
    4 C AMERONS
    1. Kirk
    2. Bridget
    3. Melissa
    4. Candace
    2 M OZARTS
    1. Marianne
    2. Wolfgang
    6 J OLIE -P ITTS
    1. Maddox
    2. Pax
    3. Zahara
    4. Shiloh
    5. Knox
    6. Vivienne
    3 R EDGRAVES
    1. Vanessa
    2. Lynn
    3. Corin
    9 J ACKSONS
    1. Rebbie
    2. Jackie
    3. Tito
    4. Jermaine
    5. La Toya
    6. Marlon
    7. Michael
    8. Randy
    9. Janet
    4 T UDORS
    1. Arthur
    2. Margaret
    3. Mary
    4. Henry VIII
    4 J ONAS
    1. Kevin
    2. Joe
    3. Nick
    4. Frankie
    5 T RUMPS
    1. Donald Jr.
    2. Ivanka
    3. Eric
    4. Tiffany
    5. Barron

Inspired By…
    Pink plastic lawn flamingos were inspired by a photo of real flamingos in a 1957 National Geographic magazine.
    The polka is thought to have been the inspiration for polka dots, which, in turn, were the inspiration for the game Twister.
    According to Jude Law, he was named after the Beatles song “Hey, Jude.”
    Crooner Michael Feinstein named his production company, Bing Clawsby Music, after his cat.
    The film Stand by Me (1986) is based on Stephen King’s short story The Body .
    Orson Welles admired John Ford’s film Stagecoach (1939) so much that he watched it about 40 times while making Citizen Kane (1941).
    In A Few Good Men , Tom Cruise’s Jack Nicholson impersonation was ad-libbed.
    Author Anne Rice’s real name is Howard O’Brien. (She was named after her father.)
    Young Albert Einstein became interested in science when he was given a magnetic compass.
    The villain in Scream was based on a Florida serial killer known as “the Gainesville Ripper.”
    In 1946, Henrietta Radner saw the movie Gilda . She liked the film so much that she named her daughter Gilda.
    Jeremiah Johnson (1972) was based on the story of real-life trapper John Johnson.
    Star Wars creators modeled Yoda’s face on Albert Einstein’s.
    In 2003, thousands of Russian citizens wrote angry letters to Warner Bros., claiming that the