More Toilet Trivia or The Outhouse of Knowledge! While I was able to squeeze a lot of toilet trivia and plumbing history into the book, I couldn’t fit it all. Here’s a few of Jim Waters’s “knowledge nuggets” that didn’t make it into the book, but certainly would have ended up in his American Toilet [...]
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hile researching Sira’s summer school project, “KANSAS: 100 YEARS OF FREAKY & FASCINATING FACTS,” I tried to compile all 100 facts, 0-99. While I didn’t finish the entire list, here’s what I have so far. (Maybe you can help finish it.) KANSAS: 100 YEARS OF FREAKY & FASCINATING FACTS ’00 1900 – Tea-totaling terrorist, Carrie [...]
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Emmy – Outstanding Writing In a Children’s Series: “Between the Lions” (2008-2009) Emmy—Outstanding Writing In a Children’s Series: “Between the Lions” (2007-2008) Emmy—Outstanding Writing In a Children’s Series: “Between the Lions” (2003-2004) Genesis Award for HBO Special: “Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals In Danger” (1995) Suck It Up, nominee for the 2010-2011 Truman Readers Award [...]
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Many writers have a defining moment when they realize they want to be a writer. I’m still waiting for mine. But I do remember a moment when I realized I had GGS: Get Goofy Syndrome. One night, when I was six or seven, and my parents were subjecting us to the agony of listening to [...]
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If you can’t hold it any longer and must know more about the history of toilets, here are links to provide relief: The American Sanitary Plumbing Museum in Worcester, MA. A great place to visit and flush out knowledge. They don’t have a website, but for more information, here’s a link: http://www.pack91.info/SanitaryMuseum2.htm www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org – The [...]
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