Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Attack of the Factoids (48 page)

cattle,
102
,
144
,
229
,
243
,
321
.
See also
cows

cattlemen,
229

caudate nucleus,
270

cauliflower,
293

caves,
99

cavities,
174

CCA (Comics Code Authority),
81

cell phones,
21

centenarians,
26

CEOs,
205
,
329

cereals,
119
,
188

Ceres,
50

Cerf, Christopher,
311

chamber pots,
159

Chamberlain, Wilt,
259

Chaney, Lon,
44

Changsheng, Dong,
73

Chan's megastick,
178

Chapman, Charles,
55

Chapman, John G.,
16

charcoal briquettes,
292

chariot races,
162–163

Charles, Prince,
95

Charles, Ray,
87

A Charlie Brown Christmas
,
316

Charlotte's Web
,
147

Chávez, Hugo,
76

cheddar cheese,
271

Cheerios,
119

Cheers
,
116

cheese,
18
,
45
,
271
,
285

cheese fly,
271

cheese race,
68

cheeseburger,
271

cheeseburger in a can,
351

cheetahs,
1

Cheney, Dick,
53

chess,
1

Chestnut, Joey,
2

Chicago,
177
,
233

Chihuahuan Desert,
297

child labor,
339

childhood immunizations,
339

childhood obesity,
59

children,
188
,
191
,
336
,
339
,
370

chilis,
361

chimpanzees,
170
,
228

Chinese celebrations,
230

Chinese kale,
293

chipmunks,
247

chiroptologists,
99

chocolate,
187

cholesterol level,
205

“Chopsticks” (song),
93

chortle,
204

Christianity,
165
,
371

Christiansen, Ole Kirk,
321

Christie, Agatha,
163
,
204

Christmas,
66
,
252
,
316
,
326

Christmas Island,
252

Churchill, Winston,
120
,
138
,
276

cibophobia,
23

cicadas,
161
,
230

cigarettes,
120
,
128
,
211
,
306
,
319
,
373
.
See also
smoking

cigars,
120
,
233
,
322

Cinderella
,
16

Circle, Alaska,
181

circulatory system,
373

circus clowns,
62

circuses,
62
,
181

cities, greenest,
356–359

cities, unpopular,
264

Civil War,
5
,
106
,
148
,
174
,
252
,
253

clams,
170

Clark, Eric,
175

Clark, William,
214

clay,
64

clay tablets,
64

Cleaver, Eldrige,
363

Clemens, Samuel.
See
Twain, Mark

Clemson University,
285

Cleopatra,
301
,
307
,
319

Cleveland, Grover,
309

Clinton, Bill,
4
,
363

Clio awards,
321

clock towers,
256

clocks,
76
,
136
,
227
,
250
,
346

Close, Glenn,
20

clowder,
136

clowns,
62

coaches,
133

coal,
159

coal seams,
294

cobalt blue,
365

Cobb, Robert H.,
52

Cobb salad,
52

Cobbett, William,
30

Coca-Cola,
106

cochineal,
290

cocoa,
187

cocoa butter,
187

coconut milk,
34

coconuts,
34

Codex
,
124

codfish,
165

codfish bill,
376

codpiece,
24

Cody, “Buffalo Bill,”
102

coffee,
61
,
74
,
95

coffee beans,
61

coffee berries,
257

coffee milk,
61

coffee trees,
61

Cohen, Ben,
359

coin tosses, famous,
97

coins,
5
,
306
,
342

colds,
22
,
213
,
308
,
331

coleoptera.
See
beetles

collard greens,
293

college,
100

College Park Airport,
51

colors,
17
,
87
,
176
,
325
,
365
,
379

Coltharp, Will,
190

Columbia River Highway,
69

Columbia
space shuttle,
209

Columbus, Christopher,
299
,
361

columella nasi
,
94

comic book code,
224–225

comic books,
81
,
132
,
224–225

Comics Code Authority (CCA),
81

commercials,
42
,
95
,
321
.
See also
advertising

computer screen,
367

concrete,
64
,
137

condiments,
2

Coney Island,
10

Confederate flag,
253

Confederate soldier pardoning,
252

Connecticut,
243

Conrad, Pete,
254

constellations,
88

Constitution, U.S.,
117
,
286
,
371

contact lenses,
189

Cook, Captain James,
178

Cool Whip,
123

cooties,
89

Copenhagen, Denmark,
356

Coppola, Francis Ford,
27
,
74

copyrights,
124

coral,
294

The Core
,
245–246

corn,
293

Cornell University,
195

Cornhuskers,
13

corporations,
117

Cortés, Hernán,
53

Cosby, Bill,
175

Costigan, J. R.,
296

Costner, Kevin,
246

cotton candy,
179
,
291

cougar,
344

counties, smallest,
334

county names,
321

courage,
104

cow cheese,
271

cow chip throwing,
78

cow dung,
303

cowboy boots,
229

cowboy hats,
229

cowboys,
229
,
284

cows,
102
,
132
,
144
,
170
,
229
,
298
,
327
.
See also
cattle

cow's milk,
318

cow's stomach,
321

Cox, Courteney,
116

CPR,
138

crabs,
349

crash-test dummies,
13

Crater Lake,
110

Crater of Diamonds State Park,
363

Craven, Wes,
27

crayons,
370

creosote bush,
297

crepuscular rays,
58

crickets,
118
,
161

crime/criminals,
48
,
77
,
224

Crippen, Hawley,
129

Cristofori, Bartolomeo,
203

crocodiles,
177
,
258
,
347
.
See also
alligators

cross-eyed,
325

crossword puzzles,
277

cruise control,
159

Cry Translator app,
160

crying,
160

cuckoo,
227

cuckoo clocks,
76

Cummings, E. E.,
204

Curie, Marie,
130

Curie, Pierre,
130

Curitiba, Brazil,
358

currants,
257

currency,
5
,
36
,
72
,
195
,
251
,
306
,
376

Curtis, Bill,
210

Curtiss Candy Company,
308

Cushing, William,
286

Cuyahoga River,
313

Cy Young Award,
113

cyclones,
132

Czech Republic,
16

D

Dahl, Roald,
83

Dairy Queen,
233

Dalai Lama,
346

dandelions,
278

Darwin, Charles,
37
,
104

date-rape drugs,
302

Davis, Jacob,
114

Davis, Jefferson,
252

Davis, Jimmie,
87
,
328

Davis, Wade,
41

Davy, John,
227

Day After Tomorrow
,
245

daycare centers,
188

DC Comics,
224

de Cervantes, Miguel,
324

de Maupassant, Guy,
192

de Montaigne, Michel,
95
,
323

de Montalvo, Garci Ordonez,
321

de Ronsard, Pierre,
198

de Soto, Hernando,
299

Dean, Dizzy,
363

Dean, James,
35
,
114

Death Valley,
331

deaths,
2
,
56–57
,
75
,
304
,
329

deaths, on toilet,
56–57

deathwatch beetle,
53

debtors' prison,
324

decaf coffee,
74

Declaration of Independence
(painting),
153

deer,
157
,
257