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
Animal Crackers
Short
Everything's Ducky 88
All the Poop 172
Camel Facts 325
Medium
Weird Animal News 65
Pet Shots 180
Koala Hunters and Lab Monkeys 294
Long
When Worlds Collide 111
Animals Famous for 15 Minutes 205
Zoo-lebrities 239
Awesome Facts
Short
The Last of It 5
The Last of It 348
Medium
Fast Facts 61
Money Fact$ 131
What's in a Name? 158
That's Final! 229
Random Firsts 270
Full Moon Fever 336
Awesome Origins
Short
You're My Inspiration 3
All-American Inventor 29
You're My Inspiration 332
Medium
Random Origins 86
Founding Fathers 150
A Big Forkin' Page of Fork Trivia 195
The World War I Effect 249
Random Origins 313
Bathroom Lore
Short
Bathroom News 261
Bathroom News 308
Medium
Bathroom Hero: the Man Who Gave a Crap 44
Bathroom Styles of the Rich and Famous 103
Toilet Tech 165
The Natural Gas Report 213
Toilet (Low) Tech 290
Uncle John's Stall of Fame 333
Long
Operation Tamarisk 67
Spies in the Bathroom 370
Bathroom Reader Classics
Short
Junk Food Recipes 338
Medium
Crème de la Crud 63
His Lousy Highness 142
Left-Handed Facts 237
Long
The Chaucer of Cheese 393
Blunders & Wonders
Short
It's Funny Money, Honey 6
"Sorry, Wrong_." 106
Warning Labels 275
False Alarms 322
Medium
I'm Stuck! 93
Copywrong 153
Oops! 208
Axe-idents 255
Stamp Flops 281
Long
(B)ad Campaigns 58
You Broke My Art 175
Word Power
Short
Truly Dedicated 73
Are You a Polyglot? 182
Medium
Word Origins 25
The Quirks of Language 51
Unread, Unpublished, Unseen 243
More Quirks of Language 287
More Eponyms 351
Long
Eponyms 121
Thinking Big by Thinking Small 316
Forgotten History
Short
Life in the 2020s 27
Obscure Presidential Firsts 167
The Spinster Prize 241
Headache Cures Through History 301
Medium
Life in 1918 89
The Defectors 257
The Antarctica Timeline 267
Notable Native Americans 373
Long
The Holdouts 145
War Story: "We Are All Jews Here" 187
The Antarctica Timeline, Part II 362
Good News
Short
A Celebrity Saved My Life 115
Medium
Local Heroes 30
Long
Nice Stories 201
Survival Stories 355
Law & Order
Short
Dumb Crooks 265
Medium
Strange Crime 7
Strange Lawsuits 49
Strange Lawsuits 216
Harry Potter and the Lawyer Who Went Rogue 246
Long
Real-Life Superheroes 81
Reality vs. Fantasy 339
Let's Eat
Short
American Pizza 47
The Great Fast-Food Fake Out 92
Medium
Famous Name Food Flops 17
All-You-Can-Ack! 199
Carrots! 234
Long
The Most Famous Face in the Supermarket 283
Lost & Found
Short
Five Ancient Finds 197
Medium
Hidden in Plain Sight 56
Long
You Dig? 13
Lucky Finds 169
Mouthing Off
Short
Parenthood 16
Money Talks 43
Back to Nature 72
Fear Itself 160
Hope Quotes 191
Wanderlust! 218
Impostor Syndrome 236
Truth Bombs 296
Here Comes Trouble 335
Music Makers
Short
Random Bits about '80s Hits 183
Match the Rock Star to the Supermodel 320
Medium
Scandalous Music Videos 133
Unheard Albums 263
Crème de la Crud: Bad Musicals 368
Long
All You Need Is Wax 53
Behind the Hits 108
Pink Floyd's Pig 309
Myths & Legends
Short
Myth-Conceptions 77
A Yule Log Like No Other 129
Myth-Conceptions 315
Medium
The Curse of the Destiny Ring 135
The Great Bathtub Hoax 231
Long
The Real-Life Indiana Jones 225
The Real-Life Indiana Jones, Part II 377
Pop Science
Short
Ask Uncle John 41
Ask Uncle John 330
Medium
Upchuck Science 75
Science Is Amazing 219
Long
According to the Latest Research 139
Ask the Experts 278
Pop-Pourri
Short
1-star Reviews 33
Uncle John's Page of Lists 105
Classic Brainteasers 113
"Pecked by Turkey" 152
The Riddler 289
Medium
Odd Podcasts 11
Can I Write It Off? 117
What's the Difference Between 203
Long
Heeere's Johnny! 396
Small Screen, Big Screen
Short
Game Show Goofs 4
Medium
Finding Ursula 84
I Spy…At the Movies 173
Who Is Black Widow? 251
Bad Santa, Starring James Gandolfini 273
Long
The Office, Starring James Gandolfini 21
Edward Scissorhands, Starring Tom Cruise 126
Sports & Leisure
Short
Bizarre Basketball Records 32
Coach Madden 138
Dumb Jocks 260
Coaching Wisdumb 376
Medium
Silly World Records 19
The Worst Olympic Marathon Ever 156
Long
The Bottom Line 100
A Hart-felt Lie 389
Tech-No
Short
Name That Thing 10
Smartphone "Solutions" 46
Robots in the News 272
Medium
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena 192
Weird Video Game Accessories 292
Long
The Smart History of Crash Test Dummies 357
That's Death
Short
The Last Laugh; Epitaphs 79
Skeletons in the News 114
Decoding Obituaries 304
Medium
"The Man They Couldn't Hang" 34
Weird Ways to Die 95
The van Gogh Awards 210
Let's Do an Autopsy! 276
The History of the Electric Chair, Part II 345
A Most Royally Strange Death 353
Long
The Strange (and Disturbing) History of the Electric Chair 161
The Strange Fate of Iron Mike Malloy 384
It's a Weird, Weird World
Short
Bad Dentists 40
Amazing Luck 98
Medium
Naked News 70
Strange Medical News 124
Ironic, Isn't It? 185
There's a Museum for That! 253
It's a Weird, Weird World 323
Weird Canada 349
Long
COVID in the News 326
Funny Business
Short
Funny Folks 97
Uncle John's Cynic-tionary 178
Groaners 233
More Groaners 303
Speaking of Laughing 321
Medium
Pythonesque 37
The Dustbin of History: The Goodies 221
Why We Laugh 305
And Now for Some More Monty Python 381
Long
Pythonesque, Part II 297
Wordplay
Short
Let Me Write Sign-I Speak English Good 9
Flubbed Headlines 24
Pot Shops 80
Yes! It's Jordan! 144
Celebrity Anagrams 215
Sad? I'm Midas? 224
The Proverbial Truth 245
Medium
Do We Really Need to Read the Article? 119
When John Eats Food Gets Thrown 343
