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Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
What is the difference between “partly cloudy” and “partly sunny” in a weather report?
When an elevator is illegally overloaded with passengers, who is criminally responsible?
You are driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway. You have barely moved in the last half hour. Then, suddenly, traffic clears. There has been no traffic accident. You pass no clogged on-ramps or off-ramps or any other explanation for the tie-up. What caused the traffic jam? What caused the traffic to clear?
Why are some pistachios dyed red?
Why is the color blue associated with baby boys? Why is the color pink associated with baby girls?
Why is the NBA shot clock 24 seconds?
Why is butter, rather than margarine, served even in grungy eating establishments?
On Jeopardy what is the difficulty level of the daily doubles supposed to be?
Why doesn't a clinical thermometer register room temperature when you take it out of your medicine cabinet?
Why do Corn Flakes and Sugar Frosted Flakes have the same number of calories per serving?
Why do pennies and nickels have smooth edges? Why do all other U.S. coins have serrated edges?
How do they unclog mail chutes in skyscrapers?
When running into the dugout from his defensive position, why is the first baseman thrown a baseball from the dugout?
Why is film measured in millimeters rather than inches?
Why have many movie theaters stopped popping their own popcorn?
How do the networks sell advertising time when live programs run longer than scheduled?
Why are U.S. elections held on Tuesday?
Why do people look up when thinking?
Why do records spin at 33 1/3, 45, and 78 R.P.M.?
Why do women wear such uncomfortable shoes?
Is there any difference between toffee and caramels?
What's the difference in length between a size-6 shoe and a size-7 shoe? What's the difference in width between a size-A and a size-B shoe?
Which fruits are in Juicy Fruit chewing gum?
What is the difference between an Introduction, a Foreword, and a Preface of a book?
How can amputees feel sensations in limbs that have been severed?
Why can't you ever buy fresh sardines in a fish market?
Why do we cry at happy endings?
Why do White Castle hamburger patties have five holes in them?
Why aren't there seat belts in buses?
Why aren't there seat belts in taxicabs?
Why don't cats like to swim?
Why does root beer taste flatter than colas?
Once in a while I hear bells going off in movie theaters. Am I going crazy?
Why do some shampoos direct the user to apply them once? Why do some shampoos direct the user to repeat the application? Why do some shampoos direct the user to leave the shampoo on the hair for several minutes before rinsing?
Why is June the most popular month for weddings?
Why do other people hear our voices differently than we do?
Why do so many old people eat at cafeterias?
If trailer parks didn't exist, would tornadoes exist?
Where do they get that awful music for ice skating?
Why are so many measuring spoons inaccurate?
Why don't we ever see the money from pay phones being collected?
Why do yellow lights in Washington, D.C., traffic signals last longer than those in New York City?
Why does Wendy's have square hamburgers?
Why do most men part their hair on the left?
Why, despite the television and radio announcers' assurances that “for the next sixty seconds, we will be conducting a test of the emergency broadcasting system,” does the test take less than sixty seconds?
Why does chicken always take longer to cook than the recipe specifies?
Why does unleaded gasoline cost more than leaded gas?
Why are green olives packed in jars and ripe olives packed in cans?
Why are typewriter keys in their current configuration?
Why does an X stand for a kiss?
Why is saffron ridiculously expensive?
Why are there so few women pilots on commercial airlines?
Why do some Baskin-Robbins stores charge 5 cents more for an ice cream cup than for an ice cream cone?
How do they determine on which corners of intersections to put street-name signs?
Why does Roger Ebert receive top billing over Gene Siskel on At the Movies? Why did Gene Siskel originally have top billing over Roger Ebert on At the Movies? Why did Roger Ebert receive top billing over Gene Siskel on Sneak Previews?
Why are there two title pages in most books?
Why is the right-hand side of a book always odd-numbered?
Why are there so many irregular sheets? And why are so many fancy-schmancy department stores willing to stock them?
What is the purpose of the red tear string on Band-Aid brand adhesive bandage packages? Why did Nabisco eliminate the red tear string on the wrappers of its Saltine two-packs and four-packs?
Many clothing labels recommend against bleaching, yet many laundry detergents contain bleach. What gives?
Why do we eat ham at Easter?
Why is film sold at 12, 20, 24, and 36 exposures?
When a building is on a corner of an intersection, how do they decide which street's name it will have?
What does 1/2 at the end of a street address mean?
Why do wintergreen Life Savers sparkle in the dark when you bite into them?
Why do labels usually tell you that top-loading washing machines require more detergent than front-loading washing machines?
What does the “L.S.” next to the signature line on contracts mean?
What's that funny beep on the radio just before the network news?
Why are cities warmer than their outlying areas?
What is the purpose of the little slit in the folds of sugar cube wrappers?
Why does the word Filipino start with the letter F?
Why do we itch?
Why do gas stations use machines to print out the amounts of credit card purchases when other merchants write out the numbers by hand?
What is the difference between “gourmet” popcorn and “regular” popcorn?
Why aren't cashews ever sold in their shells?
Why do the minute hands on school clocks click backward before advancing?
If only some people are susceptible to hypnosis, how can stage hypnotists confidently ply their trade?
What causes the holes in Swiss cheese?
How do they decide which category to put the “Mystery 7” under on The $25,000 Pyramid?
How was the order of our alphabet determined? Is there any particular reason why A comes before B or that Z is the last letter of the alphabet?
Why does unsweetened canned grapefruit taste sweeter than fresh grapefruit?
How can cats see in the dark?
How do they get white wine from black grapes?
Why does full service at most gas stations cost much more in proportion to self-service than it did when first introduced? Why does the price differential between self-service and full service vary between the various grades of gasoline at the same service station?
Why does a thumbs-up gesture mean “okay”?
Why can't you buy Hellmann's mayonnaise in the West? Why can't you buy Best Foods mayonnaise in the East?
Why are copyright dates on movies and television shows written in Roman numerals?
Why don't penguins in the Antarctic get frostbite on their feet?
Why haven't the fast-food chains been able to create a successful dessert?
Why is film 8, 16, 35, and 70 millimeters wide?
What is the purpose of a flat toothpick?
How can the relative humidity be under 100 percent when it is raining?
Why aren't there national brands of milk? Why aren't there national brands of fresh meat?
We have all seen signs saying ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED. What is a minor credit card?
Why do dinner knives have rounded edges?
Why is California or New York sparkling wine called champagne and Italian or German sparkling wine not called champagne?
Why do we tie shoes to the back of newlyweds' cars?
Why don't professional wine tasters get drunk on the job?
Why is a mile 5,280 feet?
Why are milk packages so difficult to open and close?
How does Kraft get “five ounces of milk in every slice” of American Singles?
How do the police make crowd estimates?
Why don't we ever see baby pigeons?
Why do they sell 40-, 60-, 75-, and 100-watt bulbs?
Why do women open their mouths when applying mascara?
Help!
Acknowledgments
About the Author
By David Feldman
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
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