Bathroom Readers' Institute's Blog, page 18
July 12, 2019
Space is the Place (But Not For These People)
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first humans to walk on the moon in July 1969, here’s a look at a few individuals who came so close to getting to go into space…but then didn’t. Lance Bass Only a handful of civilians — meaning […]
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July 10, 2019
Putting the REAL in Reality TV
Unscripted, or calculated? You be the judge. Real Housewives Reality Show: Cameras follow the exploits of cliques of well-to-do women from various American cities. Episodes feature fights, betrayal, drinking, and sexual situations. REAL Show: The gossip website RadarOnline posted photos of the cast and crew of Real Housewives of New York City filming a “spontaneous” […]
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July 9, 2019
Weird Celebrity Bathroom Stories
Those Hollywood celebrities: they’re just like us! By which we mean they get themselves into embarrassing situations in restrooms. MAGNUM, PEE? AYE! Even Tom Hanks, the most likeable movie star in the world, can embarrass himself once in a while. In a 2013 interview, he told the story of a moment he wishes he could […]
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July 8, 2019
Alaska is the Only State…
It was back in 1959 — 60 years ago — that Alaska became a state (#49 overall). Here’s some trivia about what makes “The Land of the Midnight Sun,” a.k.a. “The Last Frontier” one of a kind. That will pay you to live there. The Alaskan state government makes so much money off of the […]
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July 5, 2019
The Weirdest Named College Bowls Ever
Sponsors drop in and drop out of college football bowls, leaving some very odd official names in the sports history books. Progressive Gator Bowl (2011) The Gator Bowl has been played for decades, but in 2011 insurance company Progressive bought the “sponsor rights.” The resulting name makes it sound like the game was paid for […]
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The Birth of “Seinfeld” (Before It Was Seinfeld)
On this day in 1989, NBC quietly aired a comedy special on a summer evening when not many people were watching TV. Somehow, it evolved into one of the most popular and acclaimed sitcoms of all time. The Pilot In 1989, NBC asked stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld (and his writing partner, Larry David) to write […]
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The Latest Buzz on Bees
Oh honey, “hive” got a feeling you’re going to love reading these news stories about bees. It’s very much your beeswax. Bee Listening About a year ago, a couple living in a house in Granada, in southern Spain, noticed bees in their yard, and were bothered by a low buzzing sound…which got gradually louder. As […]
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July 2, 2019
The Fourth of July By the Numbers
When a holiday has a number right there in its name, it just makes us want to take a deep dive into the huge numbers that make the United States’ celebratory day of independence so special. 56: The number of signatories to the Declaration of Independence, ratified on July 4, 1776, and establishing the United […]
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June 23, 2019
They Could’ve Been Canadian
July 1st is the day that Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories celebrate Canada Day, commemorating the day the nation officially formed in 1867. Had history gone a bit differently, there’d be a lot more of Canada to celebrate on Canada Day. Vermont From 1777 to 1791, the state of Vermont was an independent republic, […]
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The Odd Gods of Ancient Greece
Back in junior high, you probably learned about the pantheon of Ancient Greek gods and goddesses — Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, and so forth. Your teachers probably didn’t cover these more obscure — and very specific — grand deities. Wandering planet gods The Greeks believed in “Astra Planeti,” a special class of gods that ruled over […]
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