The information miners at the Bathroom Readers� Institute have unearthed a priceless collection of surprising, amazing, headscratching, and hilarious articles. Divided by length for your sitting convenience, 24-Karat Gold is chock-full of little-known history, random origins, weird news, celebrity secrets, and urban legends. As always, you�ll find plenty of dumb criminals, clever wordplay, quirky quotations, and much, much more. Just open up to any page?who knows what treasures await you?The history of the railroadsHow to become a bounty hunterThe third degree on the physics of burnsThe Julius Caesar of AfricaBoiling an egg in a paper cup (and other campfire secrets)Helen Keller: vaudeville starHow to play marblesThe fish hospital and other odd placesReal-life superheroesThe science of fairy talesThe origin of the chain-link fenceDoomed children of famous parents