Strange History (Strange Series)

Product Description

Whether it’s B.C. or A.D., you’ll be wondering WTF!

This exciting title from the folks at the Bathroom Readers' Institute contains the strangest short history articles from over 30 Bathroom Readers—along with 50 all-new pages. From the 20th century to the Old West, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Dark Ages, from ancient cultures all the way back to the dawn of time, Strange History is overflowing with mysterious artifacts, macabre legends, kooky inventions, reality-challenged rulers, boneheaded blunders, and mind-blowing facts. Read about…

• The curse of Macbeth
• Stupid history: Hollywood style
• The secret LSD experiments of the 1960s
• In search of the lost “Cloud People” of Peru
• The Swedish queen who declared war on fleas
• Unearthing the past with the Outhouse Detectives
• The Apollo astronaut who swears he saw a UFO
• How to brew a batch of 5,000-year-old beer
• The brutal bloodbaths at Rome’s Coliseum
• Ghostly soup from ancient China
• The bathroom of the 1970s

 And much, much more!

Top Reviews

OK, but significantly less content that the Uncle John's books
by i1patrick (4 out of 5 stars)
August 25, 2018

You can tell from the content and writing style this book is from the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader publisher. And that's a good thing. Strange History's content is OK. There there just isn't very much of it.

A large percentage of the stories in it are very short - barely five or six paragraphs. Plus, there's a TON of white space on every page (extremely wide margins all around) and the title fonts for articles are so huge they seem to take up 20% of the page a lot of times. Between the short articles and abundance of white space, I found myself flying through this book.

I'm giving this a four-star review because it was overall entertaining and it cost a lot less than the regular Uncle John books. Had they laid out the typography better, this book could have (should have?) been half as many pages. So my summary is you are getting what you pay for, just don't expect it to last you more than a few "sittings".
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great for the reluctant reader
by MJ Poppyseed (5 out of 5 stars)
December 28, 2018

My 12 year old son is not a consistent reader, as he prefers sports and other physical activities. But we all know that reading is essential for kids and although he gets straight As, I still want him building his vocabulary and imagination through reading. Enter this book and my son can't put it down... he even brings it in the car with us and regales us with the weird historical facts contained within it. And yes, some of the stuff is majorly strange which is what basically keeps his interest. There are tons of pages, too, so lots of info for him to pour over, and much of it is humorous which completely keeps his interest. A great gift for any upper elementary/ middle schooler!
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Worth Reading in Any Room
by Kindle Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
October 29, 2018

This was a delightful romp into the weird, the silly and the really interesting. I ended up reading about half of them out loud to a friend just to share how interesting their individual facts were. I found out the origins of at least a dozen things I'd never known before from other places. For example, when I saw the musical, "Cats," on verse of a song mentioned Duck Whittington. Not being British, I had no clue who he was. Now I know he was the mayor of London who was thought to have a magic cat who was responsible for using magic to get Whittington his job. What a cool story from history! Or how about learning that the first Thanksgiving actually happened in Texas in May of 1541, not November 1692 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It's terrific to know I'd be the same kind of problem parent my father was, telling my kid facts that contradict the teachers right and left! (LOL)

This is a very handy book to keep around.
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Strange history
by S. Winn (4 out of 5 stars)
March 31, 2019

This is a fun book to read. It's a great book to have around when you need something to occupy a few minutes. Most stories are only a page or less in length and are not complex or in-depth. The stories are interesting and put a fun view on many things from the past. This book is written to be lite hearted and to make most readers raise an occasional eye brow and go "Really".
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Terrible Print Quality
by Kim (1 out of 5 stars)
October 21, 2018

Horrible print quality. Front cover is on the back, upside down and not lined up properly. In addition to the issues with the cover several pages are double printed. This was supposed to be a gift but because of this it makes it look cheap and now I have to come up with something else.
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Misprint books
by Tad (3 out of 5 stars)
January 3, 2019

Can barley read the first 32 pages due to a misprint. But other then that, good book.
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really fun read!
by Peter A. Bruenen (5 out of 5 stars)
June 22, 2018

i never thought i would say this but my only complaint would be the facts are too short! really fun read!
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My husband is not an avid reader but he was ...
by carol1964 (5 out of 5 stars)
May 12, 2018

My husband is not an avid reader but he was told to get this book from a person at work. He is enjoying what he has read so far. We are going to order strange science next.
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Strange History
by Delta High School Library (4 out of 5 stars)
September 13, 2016

Thanks to NetGalley and Portable Press for the digital download of Strange History by Bathroom Readers Institute! This incredible book kept me reading from beginning to end and I finished it in one sitting because of its entertainment value! Strange History is a fact driven world history of slang, fads, quotes that stand the test of time, boring parts of history, historical food facts, styles and trends by decades, almost assassinations, misconceptions, freaky facts, made-up languages, obsolete words, real life Frankensteins and a bunch of other historical fact categories. I want to use this book for a jigsaw lesson to teach what facts can be found in the 000's section of the DEWEY Decimal System. Great entertainment
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Given as a gift
by Nicole (5 out of 5 stars)
May 19, 2019

I gifted this to the History nerd in my life, and he loved it. It's not a "story" book, but has little history tidbits like trivia.

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