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Contents
GREETINGS FROM “CURIOSITY CENTRAL”
POP-POURRI
Short
You’re My Inspiration
TV OR NOT TV
Short
Game Show Goofs
ORIGINS
Short
Random Origins
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Short
What World City…?
Medium
Oops!
THE PRINTED WORD
Short
Warning Labels
LIFE IS STRANGE
Short
Animal Houses
Medium
Food Origins
Medium
Lost Attractions
MOUTHING OFF
Short
Dumb Jocks
Medium
Aaaah! Robots!
SCAMS & HOAXES
Medium
“Bunga Bunga!”
Medium
Too Risky for Guinness
Flubbed Headlines
Medium
Box Office Bloopers
Medium
Inventive Advertising
Famous Last Words
The Mustache Report
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Short
Know Your Produce
Research Shows
FORGOTTEN HISTORY
Medium
The Pilgrims, Pt. I: A Church Divided
MYTHS AND LEGENDS
Short
Weird Ghosts
Medium
The Avro Arrow
THAT’S DEATH
Short
Died on the John
Q&A: Ask the Experts
WORDPLAY
Short
Bierce-isms
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
False Friends
Medium
Snakes On A…
Medium
Strange Lawsuits
Medium
G.E. College Bowl
Medium
Life’s a Gamble
Medium
Uncle John’s Stall of Fame
MUSIC
Medium
It’s a Hootenanny!
What Won’t They Tax?
Medium
If Elected, I Promise To…
Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
Medium
The Golden Age of Radio, Part I
Medium
Toy Fads
CANADIANA
Short
Canadian Namin’
Just Plane Weird
April Fools!
Medium
Jargon.com
PUBLIC LIVES
Short
Does Fiona Eat Apples?
POLITICS
Short
Poli-Talks
Making The Godfather, Pt. I
Medium
Beulah Land, Part I
The Who?
I Toast You!
I Curse You!
Bamboo: One Incredible Plant
Office Personalities
Mothers of Invention
Feelin’ Lazy
A Punch in the Arm
A BLUNDERFUL LIFE
Short
A Few Dogs Short of a Kennel
AMERICANA
Short
$pirit of ’76
Medium
Ghostwriters
Upside-Down Pangborn
The Cure for What Ails Ye
Make Your Own Origami Rubber Duck
Lottery Row
Medium
Tha Fas Bouketo
Mile-High Comedians
Long
Join the (Citizens) Band
Medium
Random Origins
How to Build an Atom Bomb
Dumb Crooks
Medium
Uh, Excuse Me, Sir, But Your Microphone Is On
Video Treasures
Medium
When You Gotta Go…
Medium
Modern Mythology
Oh, Martha!
Colbert’s Retorts
The Music Man
Hello, 911?
ON THE RADIO
Short
10-4, Good Buddy!
Long
The 1¢ Magenta
Forever Mankind
Is It Art?
We All Scream
Weird Star Trek News
Founding Fathers
Ol’ Jay’s Brainteasers
High Anxiety
Collect It? Protect It!
Amazing Luck
Sing Along With JFK
Can You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test? (Easy)
Long
The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, Part I
CREATURE FEATURES
Short
Divine Bovine
Dumb Kops
Billy Mitchell’s Battle, Part I
Cute…and Evil
He’s a Curly Wolf
Spicy Stories
BUSINE$$
Short
Bennies from Heaven
Diva of the Desert
It’s Radioactive!
Long
Betty Freeman’s Day in Court
Washington’s Posts
War Plan Red
Class Acts
I’ll Trade You a…
Lebowski 9:29
Familiar Phrases
Like, Totally ’80s Fads
The Pilgrims, Pt. II: Exodus from England
Bad Press
State Nicknames
Peruvian Punch
Movie Review Haiku
Turkmenbashi
Amazing Anagrams
Natural Gas Report
FADS & FLOPS
Short
Odd-O-Mobiles
Bureaucracy in Action
Believe!
Riddle Me This
Death Defiers?
Myth-Conceptions
Long
The Nutmeg Wars
The Black Panties Bandit Strikes Again
Power of the Pen
What’s in Your…
Weird Animal News
TV of the 1940s
Boxers or Briefs?
Long
Card Sharks, Part I
When in Rome…
He Slud Into Third
Acts of Sedition!
Bathroom News
Death Customs
Honk if Anything Falls Off
Taking the Low Road
Why Your Mom Says, “Wash Your Hands!”
The Golden Age of Radio, Part II
LAW & ORDER
Short
State v. Big Hair
Ironic, Isn’t It?
Weird Canada
Mmm…Candy
Dude, Your Pants Are Falling Down
Behind the Hits
Geezers and Rodneys
Life Imitates Art
Long
Dustbin of History: Al Gross
Got Your Ears On?
Creative Crooking
REEL LIFE
Short
Ben Kingsley’s Hair
Flag Trivia
Uncle John’s Page of Lists
Word Origins
Audio Treasures
Q&A: Ask the Experts
G.E. College Bowl
That’s Amore?
Zero-Sum Expansion
Beauty Secrets From the Good Old Days
The Naked Truth
Scam-o-Rama
Long
Building the Wall
POP SCIENCE
Short
Forgotten Firsts in Robot History
Pema Chödrön
Everybody’s a Critic
Vote For Me!
Revenge!
The Culture Club
Superman, Starring James Caan
Nudes & Prudes
BATHROOM
LORE
Short
More Bathroom News
Long
America’s Most Wanted
Can You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test? (Medium)
Deliciously Familiar Phrases
Odd Dogs
The Reivers
Strange Lawsuits
Beulah Land, Part II
Modern Mysteries
Reading Tombstones
Matt’s Musings
Legally Speaking
Destination: Canada
Making The Godfather, Pt. II
Long
Bathroomio Readerus
Random Origins
Make Your Own (Origami) Toilet
More Dumb Jocks
Hey, Ho, Let’s Go!
The Rankin File
It’s a Weird, Weird World
Uncle John’s Stall of Fame
Weird Pitches
I’ve Got a Cunning Plan
Medium
Boodle and Bingo
Let’s Do a Study!
The Two Graves of Mad Anthony Wayne
Toilet Tech
The Ice Age
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Short
Word Origins
Dumb Crooks
LOL (Love On-Line)
Tom Swifties
The Pilgrims, Pt. III: Sailing to America
Long
Billy Mitchell’s Battle, Part II
The Doctor Is Out (of His Mind)
Roller Derby
The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, Part II
Gentleman George
Shockers!
SPORTS & AMUSEMENT
Short
Pig Out
Oscar’s Bloopers
Exit, Stage Right
Sneaky Corporations
The Great Boston Fire
Why You Get Motion Sickness
Card Sharks, Part II
Rally ’Round the Flag
Lincoln’s Duel
Long
The Bristol Sessions
Long
The Glomar Explorer
Audio Treasures
It’s a Weird, Weird World
Ethically Disabled
Long
Talk to the Sword
“The Greatest Canadian”
The Niagara Falls Mummy
Long
More Acts of Sedition!
Can You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test? (Hard)
Rare Conditions
Bingham’s List
*The Über Tuber
Shake the Trees and Rake the Leaves
Billy Mitchell’s Battle, Part III
*The Pilgrims, Pt. IV: The New World
*Vaudeville
*How to Find Your Way Home
Long
*Making The Godfather, Pt. III
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