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Uncle John's New & Improved Briefs

Fast Facts, Terse Trivia & Astute Articles

Published by Portable Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Now Uncle John’s fans can get their dose of trivia…on the go!

Fresh from the package, Uncle John presents his spanking-clean new and improved Briefs! We’ve refreshed a fan favorite that includes many of the greatest one- and two-page articles we’ve written, with more than twenty-five pages of new content. Uncle John’s New & Improved Briefs is chock-full of thousands of great facts and hundreds of quick hits covering history, origins, blunders, sports, pop science, and entertainment—plus a sprinkling of riddles, puns, anagrams, and other classic wordplay. Just open up to any one of these 288 pages. Who knows what you might find? Read about…
  • The secrets of top-secret spy lingo
  • The monkey that got a head transplant…and lived
  • Bizarre recipes: jellied moose nose, steamed muskrat legs, and haggis
  • The worst movie bloopers from Best Picture Oscar winners
  • The little-known story of the best deal in sports history
  • The man behind Death Valley’s “Castle in the Desert”
  • How to decipher the hidden codes on a dollar bill
  • Sinister left-handed facts
  • Earth’s greatest hits

And much, much more!

About The Author

The Bathroom Readers' Institute is a tight-knit group of loyal and skilled writers, researchers, and editors who have been working as a team for years. The BRI understands the habits of a very special market—Throne Sitters—and devotes itself to providing amazing facts and conversation pieces.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Portable Press (August 1, 2018)
  • Length: 288 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781684124176

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