Table of Contents
Because the BRI understands your reading needs, we've divided the contents by length as well as subject.
Short-a quick read
Medium-2 to 3 pages
Long-for those extended visits, when something a little more involved is required
*Extended-for those leg-numbing experiences
Actual & Factual
Short
Nailed It! 6
The Naked Tooth 92
What the Fact? 235
Fun Gun Facts 336
The End 469
Hamburger Facts 481
Medium
Totally (You)Tubular 161
Save Ferris! 233
Long
It's About Lyme 389
Bathroom News
Short
Bathroom Music 40
Medium
Uncle John's Stall of Fame 142
Farts in the News 185
Stall of Fame: "The Tinder Poo Date" 223
Uncle John's Stall of Fame 293
Extreme Recycling: Bathroom Edition 379
Stall of Fame: The "Shady Lady" 473
Creature Features
Short
Weird Animal News 5
Moos in the News 247
Medium
Escape From Monkey Island 89
Run, Gobi, Run! 153
Remember Me 271
Animal Invaders 344
Historic Horses 412
Customs & Superstitions
Short
The Sayings of Lao-Tzu 80
Happy Bermuda Day! 365
Medium
Today Is What Day? 111
The Gävle Goat 131
Golden Slumbers 441
Govern-Mental
Short
The "Andy Griffith" Show 49
Cat-Idates for Public Office 77
Medium
Filibuster? More Like Bladder Buster 37
Presidents Who Partook 169
Political Animals 183
Whatever Happened to Al Smith? 332
Presidential Also-Rans 415
History Makers
Short
The Fatal Glass of Beer 95
Medium
Are You Smart Enough to Work for Edison? 11
James the [Bleep!] 63
Queen for a Day 195
Anne Frank, Reconsidered 248
Fat Club 288
King Otto the Crazy 382
Long
A Baker to Remember 145
Dustbin of History: Chalmers Goodlin 227
History's Wonder Women 400
International Affairs
Short
"Alo! Sollungal" 218
Loonie Canadian Laws 353
Medium
A Whale of a Tale 47
Russia 1.0 139
Naming Canada 165
Weird Canada 283
Russia 2.0 358
Russian Spy Wars 425
Long
A Long, Strange Trip 267
A Long, Strange Trip, Part II 395
It's a Weird Weird World
Short
"Don't Eat the Paper" 9
A Cure for Insomnia 253
Medium
Spite Houses 44
Fright White 115
A Week of Naked News 263
Ironic, Isn't It? 295
Odd-Time Radio 310
Beyond Spite Houses 334
Long
The Kid Who Stayed Up Really Late 347
It's Just Business
Short
We ♥ Our Workers 32
Fish and Pzza 88
Medium
Child Labor Lows 27
Last One Standing 61
Apollo Insurance Covers 65
Real Estate "Holdouts" 175
Branded 251
Largest American Business Layoffs 384
Long
Thinking Outside (and Inside) the Box 302
Language & Lingo
Short
"I'm Serindipidating" 33
Maine Men 138
"It's a Situationship" 309
100 Words for Snow 339
Just Say No to Chicken Powder 424
Medium
Balance Your Rack 19
Talk Pidgin "Talk Story" 199
Wiseguys and Whales 239
Hen-Scartins with a Chance of Blenky 280
Found in Translation 438
Good Sports
Short
Sports One-Hit Wonders 84
Medium
Would You Buy Sneakers from This Man? 21
Fighting the Good Fight 126
Best Sports Owners 197
Sports Lasts 243
The International League 340
Take Me Out to the Ba' Game 453
Mistakes Were Made
Short
Terrible Typos 172
Typo-Rrific! 285
Medium
Dude, Where's My Car? 13
Vexed by Texts 56
Lost in Space 86
Oops! 208
Here Comes Boaty McBoatface! 241
Sorry, Wrong Number 354
Broadway Bombs 393
MMM…Food
Short
Meat-Free 298
Vegetables, Schmegetables 299
Medium
Name That Soup 75
Food for Thought 113
Your 1981 Grocery List 167
Food Myths 231
Dairy Queen: The "Butter-Cow Lady" 259
Name That Soup, Too 325
Food That's Art & Art That's Food 369
Mouthing Off
Short
Strange Celebrities 16
Thoughts from Thurber 29
"Just Be Yourself 43
The Jeff Abides 46
You're Fired! 72
Wise Women 96
Celebrity Advice? 152
The Mayor of Flavortown 226
Celebrity Wisdom 282
More Strange Celebrities 375
Medium
We Are Not a Fan 106
Origins
Short
You're My Inspiration 3
Card Game Phrase Origins 180
Name the Place 238
A Girl with Heart 324
Medium
All That and a Bag of Chips 100
A Store Is Born 129
Classroom Origins 158
Sweet History 203
The Paper Chase 257
Taking It to the Streets 286
A Store Is Born, Part 2 327
Go Ahead-Have Some More Chips 404
Pop Science
Short
Danger: Magnetars 317
Medium
Everyday Science 7
The Social Life of Trees 34
The Fungus Among Us 117
Wanted: Planetary Protection Officer 173
Missed It by That Much 205
Good News 337
That's Very Cool 372
Long
Planet 9 from Outer Space 420
The Hunt for "Planet X" 482
According to the Latest Research 490
Pop-Pouri
Short
Forget Paris 79
Uncle John's Page of Lists 105
"Princess Takes a Ballet Class" 297
By the Numbers Quiz 444
Medium
Q&A: Ask the Experts 41
Life in 1948 351
Public Lives
Short
The Occupational Name Quiz 273
Medium
The "Barbra Streisand Effect" 58
The Candid Camera Hijacking 181
One Last Hit 192
Not My Best Work 433
It's About Lyme: Celebrity Edition 445
Long
Twantrums 319
The Matilda Effect 456
Reading & Writing
Short
Stop the Presses! 466
Medium
The Secret Lives of Authors 98
The Final Issue 133
Writer's Block! 255
Long
The Princess Letters 407
Thou Shalt Read! 427
Strange Crime
Short
"What's Your Emergency?" 4
Strange Crime: Tattoo Edition 97
Medium
Parking Ticket News 25
Pirates of the Front Porch 163
Dumb Crooks 342
Strange Crime: Selfie-Incrimination 386
Strange Crime 467
Long
The Force Is Not Very Strong With This One 313
Survival Mode
Short
Safe Spaces 10
What Would You Take? 160
Medium
A Good Place to Get Bombed 291
Long
Danger Everywhere! 187
Surviving '17 475
Sunk by the Titanic 495
Tech-No
Short
"Keep Panicking" 217
Medium
The Last VHS Tape 17
Attack of the Drones 53
Robots in the News 124
DNA Kit Discoveries 178
The First Viral Video? 215
Pet Tech 265
That's Death
Medium
They Died Onstage 81
Murder, He Wrote 108
Weird Deaths 150
Recipes to Die For 221
Too Much of a Good Thing 307
Long
William Henry Harrison, Reconsidered 274
How We Die 366
The Big Screen
Short
Bottles & Chokers 318
Actors Who Direct 436
Medium
For Your Eyes Only 70
Star Wars, Starring Jodie Foster 103
Not Coming to a Theater Near You 236
The Sound of Movies 277
You're a Winner and a Loser 363
Attention Earthlings! Warning! 417
The Medical Field
Short
"Total Loss of Tongue" 262
Medium
The Bumhole Resuscitator 51
Rescue Annie 73
Strange Tales of Sleepwalking 119
Your Mind Is a Sewer 201
Miracle Feet 212
Never Events 300
Long
A Letter to the Editor 447
The Small Screen
Short
You've Been Eliminated 24
Television by the Numbers Quiz 254
Mmm…Everything 357
Medium
All in the Family 121
Big Screen $$$ Little Screen $$$ 156
Watching the Detectives 210
Bunkerisms 330
The Censored 11 463
Life Imitates The Simpsons 479
Toys & Games
Medium
The ABCs of RPS 30
The Minecraft Story 67
The Scrabble Scandal 135
Toy Origins 219
Getting in on the Action (Figures) 376
Video Game Lawsuits 470
Wordplay
Short
Gone Coastal 144
Groaners 191
Turn Left on Ugley 312
Horse Jokes 371
The Contronyms Quiz 378
The Art of the Pharm-Manteau 437
Medium
It's the Ants Pants! 93
"Two Chickens to Paralyze" 245
Don't Call It That 361
Answers 500
