Because the BRI understands your reading needs, we've divided the contents by length as well as subject. | |
Short-a quick read | |
Medium-2 to 3 pages | |
Long-for those extended visits, when something a little more involved is required | |
Animal Crackers | |
Short | |
Everything's Ducky | p. 88 |
All the Poop | p. 172 |
Camel Facts | p. 325 |
Medium | |
Weird Animal News | p. 65 |
Pet Shots | p. 180 |
Koala Hunters and Lab Monkeys | p. 294 |
Long | |
When Worlds Collide | p. 111 |
Animals Famous for 15 Minutes | p. 205 |
Zoo-lebrities | p. 239 |
Awesome Facts | |
Short | |
The Last of It | p. 5 |
The Last of It | p. 348 |
Medium | |
Fast Facts | p. 61 |
Money Fact$ | p. 131 |
What's in a Name? | p. 158 |
That's Final! | p. 229 |
Random Firsts | p. 270 |
Full Moon Fever | p. 336 |
Awesome Origins | |
Short | |
You're My Inspiration | p. 3 |
All-American Inventor | p. 29 |
You're My Inspiration | p. 332 |
Medium | |
Random Origins | p. 86 |
Founding Fathers | p. 150 |
A Big Forkin' Page of Fork Trivia | p. 195 |
The World War I Effect | p. 249 |
Random Origins | p. 313 |
Bathroom Lore | |
Short | |
Bathroom News | p. 261 |
Bathroom News | p. 308 |
Medium | |
Bathroom Hero: the Man Who Gave a Crap | p. 44 |
Bathroom Styles of the Rich and Famous | p. 103 |
Toilet Tech | p. 165 |
The Natural Gas Report | p. 213 |
Toilet (Low) Tech | p. 290 |
Uncle John's Stall of Fame | p. 333 |
Long | |
Operation Tamarisk | p. 67 |
Spies in the Bathroom | p. 370 |
Bathroom Reader Classics | |
Short | |
Junk Food Recipes | p. 338 |
Medium | |
Crème de la Crud | p. 63 |
His Lousy Highness | p. 142 |
Left-Handed Facts | p. 237 |
Long | |
The Chaucer of Cheese | p. 393 |
Blunders & Wonders | |
Short | |
It's Funny Money, Honey | p. 6 |
"Sorry, Wrong_." | p. 106 |
Warning Labels | p. 275 |
False Alarms | p. 322 |
Medium | |
I'm Stuck! | p. 93 |
Copywrong | p. 153 |
Oops! | p. 208 |
Axe-idents | p. 255 |
Stamp Flops | p. 281 |
Long | |
(B)ad Campaigns | p. 58 |
You Broke My Art | p. 175 |
Word Power | |
Short | |
Truly Dedicated | p. 73 |
Are You a Polyglot? | p. 182 |
Medium | |
Word Origins | p. 25 |
The Quirks of Language | p. 51 |
Unread, Unpublished, Unseen | p. 243 |
More Quirks of Language | p. 287 |
More Eponyms | p. 351 |
Long | |
Eponyms | p. 121 |
Thinking Big by Thinking Small | p. 316 |
Forgotten History | |
Short | |
Life in the 2020s | p. 27 |
Obscure Presidential Firsts | p. 167 |
The Spinster Prize | p. 241 |
Headache Cures Through History | p. 301 |
Medium | |
Life in 1918 | p. 89 |
The Defectors | p. 257 |
The Antarctica Timeline | p. 267 |
Notable Native Americans | p. 373 |
Long | |
The Holdouts | p. 145 |
War Story: "We Are All Jews Here" | p. 187 |
The Antarctica Timeline, Part II | p. 362 |
Good News | |
Short | |
A Celebrity Saved My Life | p. 115 |
Medium | |
Local Heroes | p. 30 |
Long | |
Nice Stories | p. 201 |
Survival Stories | p. 355 |
Law & Order | |
Short | |
Dumb Crooks | p. 265 |
Medium | |
Strange Crime | p. 7 |
Strange Lawsuits | p. 49 |
Strange Lawsuits | p. 216 |
Harry Potter and the Lawyer Who Went Rogue | p. 246 |
Long | |
Real-Life Superheroes | p. 81 |
Reality vs. Fantasy | p. 339 |
Let's Eat | |
Short | |
American Pizza | p. 47 |
The Great Fast-Food Fake Out | p. 92 |
Medium | |
Famous Name Food Flops | p. 17 |
All-You-Can-Ack! | p. 199 |
Carrots! | p. 234 |
Long | |
The Most Famous Face in the Supermarket | p. 283 |
Lost & Found | |
Short | |
Five Ancient Finds | p. 197 |
Medium | |
Hidden in Plain Sight | p. 56 |
Long | |
You Dig? | p. 13 |
Lucky Finds | p. 169 |
Mouthing Off | |
Short | |
Parenthood | p. 16 |
Money Talks | p. 43 |
Back to Nature | p. 72 |
Fear Itself | p. 160 |
Hope Quotes | p. 191 |
Wanderlust! | p. 218 |
Impostor Syndrome | p. 236 |
Truth Bombs | p. 296 |
Here Comes Trouble | p. 335 |
Music Makers | |
Short | |
Random Bits about '80s Hits | p. 183 |
Match the Rock Star to the Supermodel | p. 320 |
Medium | |
Scandalous Music Videos | p. 133 |
Unheard Albums | p. 263 |
Crème de la Crud: Bad Musicals | p. 368 |
Long | |
All You Need Is Wax | p. 53 |
Behind the Hits | p. 108 |
Pink Floyd's Pig | p. 309 |
Myths & Legends | |
Short | |
Myth-Conceptions | p. 77 |
A Yule Log Like No Other | p. 129 |
Myth-Conceptions | p. 315 |
Medium | |
The Curse of the Destiny Ring | p. 135 |
The Great Bathtub Hoax | p. 231 |
Long | |
The Real-Life Indiana Jones | p. 225 |
The Real-Life Indiana Jones, Part II | p. 377 |
Pop Science | |
Short | |
Ask Uncle John | p. 41 |
Ask Uncle John | p. 330 |
Medium | |
Upchuck Science | p. 75 |
Science Is Amazing | p. 219 |
Long | |
According to the Latest Research | p. 139 |
Ask the Experts | p. 278 |
Pop-Pourri | |
Short | |
1-star Reviews | p. 33 |
Uncle John's Page of Lists | p. 105 |
Classic Brainteasers | p. 113 |
"Pecked by Turkey" | p. 152 |
The Riddler | p. 289 |
Medium | |
Odd Podcasts | p. 11 |
Can I Write It Off? | p. 117 |
What's the Difference Between | p. 203 |
Long | |
Heeere's Johnny! | p. 396 |
Small Screen, Big Screen | |
Short | |
Game Show Goofs | p. 4 |
Medium | |
Finding Ursula | p. 84 |
I Spy…At the Movies | p. 173 |
Who Is Black Widow? | p. 251 |
Bad Santa, Starring James Gandolfini | p. 273 |
Long | |
The Office, Starring James Gandolfini | p. 21 |
Edward Scissorhands, Starring Tom Cruise | p. 126 |
Sports & Leisure | |
Short | |
Bizarre Basketball Records | p. 32 |
Coach Madden | p. 138 |
Dumb Jocks | p. 260 |
Coaching Wisdumb | p. 376 |
Medium | |
Silly World Records | p. 19 |
The Worst Olympic Marathon Ever | p. 156 |
Long | |
The Bottom Line | p. 100 |
A Hart-felt Lie | p. 389 |
Tech-No | |
Short | |
Name That Thing | p. 10 |
Smartphone "Solutions" | p. 46 |
Robots in the News | p. 272 |
Medium | |
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena | p. 192 |
Weird Video Game Accessories | p. 292 |
Long | |
The Smart History of Crash Test Dummies | p. 357 |
That's Death | |
Short | |
The Last Laugh; Epitaphs | p. 79 |
Skeletons in the News | p. 114 |
Decoding Obituaries | p. 304 |
Medium | |
"The Man They Couldn't Hang" | p. 34 |
Weird Ways to Die | p. 95 |
The van Gogh Awards | p. 210 |
Let's Do an Autopsy! | p. 276 |
The History of the Electric Chair, Part II | p. 345 |
A Most Royally Strange Death | p. 353 |
Long | |
The Strange (and Disturbing) History of the Electric Chair | p. 161 |
The Strange Fate of Iron Mike Malloy | p. 384 |
It's a Weird, Weird World | |
Short | |
Bad Dentists | p. 40 |
Amazing Luck | p. 98 |
Medium | |
Naked News | p. 70 |
Strange Medical News | p. 124 |
Ironic, Isn't It? | p. 185 |
There's a Museum for That! | p. 253 |
It's a Weird, Weird World | p. 323 |
Weird Canada | p. 349 |
Long | |
COVID in the News | p. 326 |
Funny Business | |
Short | |
Funny Folks | p. 97 |
Uncle John's Cynic-tionary | p. 178 |
Groaners | p. 233 |
More Groaners | p. 303 |
Speaking of Laughing | p. 321 |
Medium | |
Pythonesque | p. 37 |
The Dustbin of History: The Goodies | p. 221 |
Why We Laugh | p. 305 |
And Now for Some More Monty Python | p. 381 |
Long | |
Pythonesque, Part II | p. 297 |
Wordplay | |
Short | |
Let Me Write Sign-I Speak English Good | p. 9 |
Flubbed Headlines | p. 24 |
Pot Shops | p. 80 |
Yes! It's Jordan! | p. 144 |
Celebrity Anagrams | p. 215 |
Sad? I'm Midas? | p. 224 |
The Proverbial Truth | p. 245 |
Medium | |
Do We Really Need to Read the Article? | p. 119 |
When John Eats Food Gets Thrown | p. 343 |
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