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Here, author and journalist eugene byrne rounds up of the most surprising facts from history. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. I have compiled a list of over 200 odd facts some believable, others unbelievable, and some that are just plain bizarre. Oct 23, 2012 did you know that lemons can power lightbulbs, or that some goats climb trees. Its essentially more of the same kind of mindboggling factoids sure to entertain and amaze most readers. This entertaining book will make you laugh, wonder, and utter a few wows with its plethora of interesting facts. This new addition to the wildly popular, mindblowing, factpacked series is taking on the jaws and claws that ruled the mesozoic world. And since you obviously love reading and learning things, we decided to round up some of the most interesting. Add wacky stats, facts, and stories to your arsenal of sports trivia with this new slamdunk addition to the very popular weird but true series. The top 3 highlighted books of all time on kindle are 1 the holy bible by crossway bibles, 2 steve jobs by walter isaacson, and 3 the hunger games. However, after he died, the catholic church exhumed and burned his corpse as punishment for. They are weird but a fact can be anything, we cant change a fact, so you have to accept facts as fact. This facebook page, legendary facts, is genuinely a chamber of wisdom and if until now you thought youre a smartass well, think again. Ripleys weird true facts tells some of the most interesting believe it or not.
Do you want to know the most interesting facts about books. Daily dose of interesting facts and news around the world. Book number 10 is new, and books 19 were refreshed and expanded to include 50 more facts than the originals. Approximately 70% of men refuse to have sex during their girlfriends period.
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They may sound false but believe me every strange fact is true. The original weird but true book was an overnight success, selling tens of thousand of copies through bookstores in its first month on the market. The weird but true facts in the book are funnny, interesting, thought provoking, and presented in a dynamic manner with excellent illustrations. But now with the book weird but true 3,you can learn a lot more than you did before. From the creators of national geographic kids, the worlds most. Kids will have a blast exploring just how wacky in the 10th book in the wildly popular weird but true series, full of 350 surprising and amazing facts. If you dug a hole to the center of the earth and dropped a book down. So, if youve got 10 minutes to spare, why not check out these 100 strange but true facts that will shock you.
From the team that created the ultimate weird but true books, 5,000 awesome facts about everything treats kids to brain candy and eye candy all rolled into one treasure trove of highinterest fascinating facts. Weird but true collectors set best books for ages 9 to 10. The most venomous jellyfish in the world is the irukandji. A ducks quack doesnt echo, and nobody can figure out why.
If you use these small jokes on your presentation materials publication, website, powerpoint, seminars, lecture, tv show, etc, please have the courtesy to quote the source. This book is filled with jawdropping facts like, did you know that there was no ice in antarctica 55 million years ago. The 11story building was supposed to be demolished on monday, but it endured scores of blows from a wrecking ball. If you or, ahem, your children enjoyed the first volume. Youll find 300 more wacky facts like these in weird but true 4. Everything kids want to know about their favorite greek gods, heroes, monsters, quests, and famous philosophers. Seven obscure facts you didnt know about the civil war amid the vast literature of the civil war, its easy to lose sight of some of the stranger facts, coincidences and quirks of. There are around 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
Weird but true by national geographic kids igamemom. In 1993, the entire city of san francisco voted about whether a police officer was. Weird but true 5 by national geographic kids is a great book for anyone who wants to learn many interesting facts while reading. Weird but true is a book that shows facts that are supposed to be weird but also true. Incredibly unusual animal facts youll be surprised. However, i like the myths busted books better than the weird but true books because they actually give an explanation of each myth and why its busted. Find out some strange facts on this episode of weird but true. We have come up with a fantastic compilation of funny, unusual and exciting facts about books. In fact, we have agreed to give the book away as a gift to several other children. Interesting and weird facts about the world you probably didn.
It has very small print and is more factual than quirky and weird. I felt like they could have gotten some better facts. These 27 historical facts are almost too weird to be real, but theyre all true. Weird but true, weird but true 2 and weird but true 3 3 volumes. You might think these facts sound totally false, but trust us, theyre totally true. Get the answers to these questions and more in this series of weird but true. Approximately 40,000 americans are injured by toilets each year. Those weird but true facts that kids love so much are collected in this funtastic set of three compact, easy to handle and fun to browse books. Weird but true 3 gives you amazing new facts that you have never known before.
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