What You Don't Know - There's a Weird Side to Every Story

by Publications International Ltd

Overview

What You Don't Know is stuffed with amusing articles, quirky questions and answers, fascinating facts, and trivia tidbits on such topics as history, animals, culture, food, sports, the human body, people, disasters, crime, and more. Inside you'll read about: why ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows, odd sporting events around the world, history's shortest wars and maddest rulers, unexplained mysteries and phenomena, the true identity of Mona Lisa, why the sky is blue, how to survive a sinking car, the shelf life of a Twinkie, why seashells sound like the ocean, Prepare to be entertained and enlightened with What You Don't Know!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680225822
Publisher:	Publications International, Ltd.
Publication date:	08/28/2016
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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Publications International, Ltd. (​PIL) publishes books and products for kids and adults in many categories: reference, leisure, inspirational, automotive, sports, cookbooks, stationery (New Seasons), interactive and early learning (Little Grasshopper Books).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 All About Animals 5

Including: Why Do Cats Purr?

Animals by the Bunch

Deadliest Creepy Crawlies

Why Do Zebras Have Stripes?

Freaky Facts About Animal Mating

How Do Worms Breathe?

Chapter 2 Culture and Traditions 23

Including: Are There Cultures In Which Women Can Have Multiple Husbands?

Why Did Ancient Egyptians Shave Their Eyebrows?

Foreign Slang Terms

Unusual World Customs

Chapter 3 Stuff About Sports 47

Including: Odd Sporting Events Around the World

Wacky Sports Injuries

Biggest Soccer Riots of All Time

The Skinny on Sumo Wrestling

Tumultuous Bowl Games

Unusual College Mascots

Chapter 4 Earth and Space 71

Including: What's the Slowest-Moving Object In the World?

Why Is the Sky Blue?

Laika the Space Dog

Beware of Killer Plants

Do Rivers Always Flow North to South?

The Real Dirt On the Desert

Chapter 5 Crime and Punishment 93

Including: Jack Graham and a New Era of Forensic Science

Outlandish Laws

Jeffrey Dahmer: The Milwaukee Monster

Doomed Cults and Social Experiments

The Non-Suspects in Police Lineups

Chapter 6 Food and Drink 117

Including: How Do They Salt Peanuts in the Shell?

15 Things You Didn't Know About Popcom

What's the Shelf Life of a Twinkie?

Is Jell-O Made From Horses?

Odd Beer Names

Chapter 7 History 135

Including: The Curse of the Boy King

Why Did the Nazis Keep a Record of the Holocaust?

History's Shortest Wars

Why Didn't the Vikings Stay in North America?

Were There Female Druids?

Chapter 8 Around the World 157

Including; Geographic Oddities

Then and Now: Ancient Cities

Fresno's Underground Gardens

Top-Secret Locations

Chapter 9 Weird and Unusual 173

Including: Unexplained Phenomena

Medical Oddities at the Mutter Müseum

Celebrity UFO Sightings

Ghastly Medieval Torture Devices

Ghost Ship Ahoy!

Unexplained Mysteries of the Universe

Chapter 10 Intriguing Individuals 187

Including: Who Were Henry VIH's Tower of London Victims?

7 Famous People Who Died in the Bathroom

The Ida B. Wells Story

History's Maddest Rulers

Walt Disney: The Man Behind the Mouse

Who Was Mona Lisa?

Tall Tales About Napoleon

Chapter 11 Health and the Human Body 211

Including: Do Identical Twins Have Identical Fingerprints?

What Did They Use for Birth Control in the Old Days?

How Many Diapers Does a Baby Go Through Before Being Potty-Trained?

19 Strange Illnesses and Disorders that Almost Nobody Gets

Chapter 12 Disasters and Survival 231

Including: How to Survive a Sinking Car

The All-Time Deadliest Disasters

High Tide: Tales of Survival

Can People Get Sucked Out of Planes?

Three-Ring Tragedies: Circus Disasters

15 Tips for Surviving a Shark Attack

True Tales of Being Buried Alive

Chapter 13 This and That 257

Including: Curious Classifieds

Why Does It Take Longer to Fly West Than East?

How to Beat a Lie Detector Test

The Story of the Straightjacket

Why Does a Seashell Sound Like the Ocean?