People in the U.S. have been collecting baseball cards for more than 100 years. Bubblegum hadn’t even been invented yet when Old Judge cigarettes gave birth to this American institution. This article was first publish in Uncle John’s Sport Spectacular Bathroom Reader.
Quick facts about the least-popular denomination of U.S. currency.
What strange medical condition do Weird Al Yankovic’s 1989 movie UHF and the 1999-2004 UPN supernatural drama Angel have in common?
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This week in 1934, golfer Horton Smith won the first ever Masters golf tournament. From Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Tees Off on Golf, here’s a look at the storied and tumultuous history of “the Super Bowl of Golf.”
Republican senator Ted Cruz this week announced his candidacy for president—the first major declared candidate in the 2016 election. Here’s a look back at the early candidates in previous presidential election.
Two stories about teams whose wins were guaranteed…or were they?
Hey, peep these Peeps facts! Up until the 1950s, Rodda Candy Company was a small manufacturer in Pennsylvania best known for its signature Easter candy: hand-formed, hand-colored yellow baby chicks made out of marshmallow and sugar. In 1953, a Russian immigrant named Sam Born bought the company and changed its name to Just Born—playing off […]
The legendary funk band once used a large UFO prop during their live shows. It disappeared in the ‘80s and no one has seen it since.
Government agencies in the past week have approved for sale some bizarre and potentially lucrative substances. Only two of the three are real, and the third one we made up. Can you guess which? The answer is at the end of the post.
Here are some fun facts about the choice of a new generation.
Art reviewers can definitely be snooty and cruel but these individuals recently took their critiques to a whole different level.
Lead singers tend to get all the attention…and cause most of the problems. Result: the band fires their lead singer, gets a new one, and goes in a new direction.
Stateside KFCs mostly serve down-home fare like fried chicken and coleslaw. Around the world, it’s a free-for-all.
Yes. Lloyd’s isn’t a traditional insurance company, but a “specialist insurance marketplace.” Not backed by one institution, it has the financial interest of several backers, which means that it can offer big payouts if necessary by distributing risk around the multiple parties.
Here are a couple of stories about St. Patrick’s Day from Uncle John’s bottomless archives.
The first St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held in New York City in 1762 or 1766. Given the rather “fluid” nature of postparade celebrations, confusion over the exact date is no surprise. The 1766 date sticks out for officialdom, though, because it was the first of the parades when a military unit led off. Today, more than 150,000 participants march down Fifth Avenue every March 17. The Ancient Order of Hibernians is there and, marching along with them to the cadence of drums and bagpipes, are 30 Irish county societies and Irish nationalist groups of almost every stripe. The pride, the pageantry, and the color—who needs floats?
Popular wisdom advises that if you can’t do the time you shouldn’t do the crime. In the following cases, however, the authorities went a bit overboard.
Public urination is a big problem in many cities. Here’s how a few of them are fighting back….
