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Ken Jennings wants to find out if mother and father always know best. Yes, all those years you were told not to sit too close to the television (you'll hurt your eyes!) or swallow your gum (it stays in your stomach for seven years!) or crack your knuckles (arthritis!) are called into question by our country's leading trivia guru. Jennings separates myth from fact to debunk a wide variety of parental edicts: no swimming after meals, sit up straight,...
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"It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders-- the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India....
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
2010
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206 p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
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English
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The creators of National Geographic Kids, the nation's most popular kids' magazine, present: 300 wacky, wild, mind-bending facts about everything on Earth and beyond ; animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, weather, and more; trivia that will wow your family and friends.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2023]
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304 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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Discover Earth's strangest natural wonders, animals, festivals, ancient architecture, news, and more in this annual compendium of everything Weird But True! fans love ... and then some. Readers will journey across the seven continents, dive into the ocean, and even blast off into space to discover a whole wide world of weird. From volcano-surfing in Nicaragua to a beach in Japan where the "sand" is shaped like stars to extreme ironing competitions...
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day-and Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change.
In Beyond the Map, Bonnett presents stories of the world's most extraordinary spaces-many unmarked on any official map-all...
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Ripley's believe it or not! volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2015]
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253 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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English
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Ripley's believe it or not! volume 3
Publisher
Ripley Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
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256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
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English
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Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2009
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144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
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English
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Presents trivia about weird real-life phenomena and mind-boggling scientific adventures and offers instructions for such activities as bringing a dead plant back to life, growing a bacteria colony, and making ectoplasm.
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Ripley's believe it or not! volume 11
Publisher
Ripley Publishing, a Jim Pattison Company
Pub. Date
2014.
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253 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 31 cm.
Language
English
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A full-color roller-coaster ride of a book combines shocking photography with unbelievable facts, amazing stories, incredible animals and bizarre humans from around the world.
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