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Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader

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Long ago, Bathroom Reader fans everywhere cried out in terror when Uncle John's legendary 5th, 6th, and 7th editions were taken out of print. But then they rejoiced at the release of this ginormous book: Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader! Weighing in at a whopping 673 pages, the entire texts of those long-lost editions have been reanimated into one of the BRI's all-time best sellers. You'll be rewarded with thousands of amazing facts, hundreds of incredible quotations, and dozens of short, medium, and long articles (and a few extra-long ones, too), covering history, sports, politics, origins, language, blunders, and more. Find out what half a million readers already know: Legendary Lostis quintessential Uncle John. A few examples:

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- Pizza history

- The Godzilla quiz

- How Wall Street got rich

- The strange fate of the Dodo bird

- The best of the worst country song titles

- People who were famous for 15 minutes

- Miss Piggy's timeless wisdom

- Accidental discoveries

- The king of farts

And much, much, much, much more!

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 678 pages

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