Weird But True: 200 Astounding, Outrageous, and Totally Off the Wall Facts

by Leslie Gilbert Elman

Overview

Bizarre and fascinating facts for fans of science, nature, history, and more!

The Earth is broadcasting a symphony of sound right now . . . Madagascar is home to enormous suicidal palm trees . . . Blacktip sharks can reproduce by virgin birth . . . In this fascinating book, weird, true facts like these reveal just how much freaky stuff really happens around the world.

We’ve uncovered odd natural phenomena, super-strange historic occurrences, downright bizarre momentous discoveries, and totally peculiar coincidences that will blow your mind. From Biblical latrines to ultimate survivor microbes, if it’s weird—and true—you’ll find it here!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435136977
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	04/12/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	213
Sales rank:	589,552
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Leslie Gilbert Elman is the author of The Ladies’ Room Reader Quiz Book, a collection of 100 trivia quizzes for women. She has also contributed to the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series and has written articles for dozens of magazines, including Shape, Eating Well, Muscle & Fitness Hers, VIV, The History Channel Magazine and Playboy.