How to Give Yourself Hair Plugs
Luscious locks lost their luster? You could always try Rogaine, or Propecia, or a hair transplant.
From Books
Car Talk: Automobile Records and Firsts
What did the first police car look like? What about the first solar car? Learn about these and other automobile firsts in this article from Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader History’s Lists.
What It Cost in 1980
Remember when you could take the whole family to the movies for $20? Here are some other things that were cheaper in 1980.
8 Strange and Interesting Facts About Cotton Candy
What’s in a normal serving of cotton candy? Two tablespoons of sugar and a lot of air. Nutrition: 96 calories and no fat. And that’s not all. Here are some strange and interesting facts about cotton candy.
The Search for the National Geographic Afghan Girl
This October marks the 125th anniversary of National Geographic. To celebrate, we take a look at the most famous photographs of the 20th century: the National Geographic Afghan Girl. This story was originally published in Uncle John’s Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader.
SNAPSHOT
In December 1984, a National Geographic photographer named Steve McCurry visited the Nasir Bagh refugee camp on the Afghan/Pakistan border while covering the war between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan. While there he snapped a photograph of a 12-year-old girl with haunting blue-green eyes. The girl had been living in the camp ever since Soviet helicopters had bombed her village five years earlier, killing both her parents.
McCurry didn’t have a translator with him that day, so he never got the girl’s name. But the photograph, which appeared on the cover of the June 1985 issue, went on to become the single most recognized photograph in National Geographic’s 125-year history and one of the most reproduced images in the world.
How to Eavesdrop on Astronauts
Over the past few weeks we’re published several excerpts from our very latest annual “Big John” publication, Uncle John’s 24-KARAT GOLD Bathroom Reader, a 544-page behemoth of mind-widening wonder. We brought you:
• The Playboy Playmate Edonomic Indicator
• and Obscure Fads of the 1960s: Piano Wrecking
Just to name a few.
Here’s one more. We think, we hope, you will like it.
HOW TO EAVESDROP ON THE ASTRONAUTS
The International Space Station is one of the wonders of our age, as large as a
football field and the third-brightest object in the sky after the sun and the
moon. Few of us will ever get to visit it, but you can listen in when
it’s passing overhead. It’s easier than you think.
