Weird but True! 2: 300 Outrageous Facts (Weird But True, #2) by National Geographic Kids

Weird but True! 2: 300 Outrageous Facts (Weird But True, #2) Reviews

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  Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*

  
  This may be marketed for kids, but I didn't know most of this stuff either.
  
  Such as this giant pizza some guys made (for what reason? fame? party?) in a supermarket in South Africa of all places. I googled it and the picture is impressive. But the book makes it more simple than it needs to be, saying "A supermarket in South Africa created a pizza that was 122 feet, 8 inches across and weighed as much as two male African elephants." That's all good and such, but why not list the actual weight of the pizza too then? My friend Google says the pizza weighed 26, 883 pounds. I guess that may be as much as two African elephants, although I don't feel like looking it up further.
  
  See it as kind of the kid version of a mixture of Guiness book of world records trivia, Ripley's believe or not snippets, and some science reminders from school (i.e. light travels faster than sound. Duh.)
  
  Some things make sense and aren't a surprise, just something I never thought about - such as "Some frogs glow when they eat fireflies." Ew, but kind of cool. Want to see that now, although poor firefly.
  But then there's the irritating facts that shouldn't be in there at all:
  
  "The largest pencil is about as long as seven crocodiles."
  
  What does this even mean? First, how long were the crocodiles? The statement is so nonsensical and incomplete that it shouldn't be put in as any kind of fact. Crocodiles obviously come in massive sizes, so was this pencil over 100 feet? Or were these baby crocodiles and it was one of those dorky novelty giant pencils we bought in the store as kids?
  
  There's some new life lessons in here I need to try to remember -
  
  "Scents smell better through your right nostril than your left one."
  
  Interesting since I have a horrible sense of smell and can't pick up subtle nuances of perfume or lotions at Bath and Body works with my friends. I'll have to remember to inhale in the right nostril from now on. If only that would actually help...
  
  "Eating shrimp can turn white flamginos pink." - Strange, and why? Must google later.
  
  "A cornflake shaped like the U.S state of Illinois sold for $1, 350." - Pathetic.
  
  Overall some interesting stuff in here, National Geographic for Kids displayed it all in a creative and colorful manner, and it's decently thick (200 small pages) to give kids and silly adults enough to ponder.
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  Sophie Crane

  Just what it says. Great fun for those who like wierd and wonderful facts to boggle your mind with. Simple picoral form + phrases. Great fun.
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  Renee

  Turtles lived on the earth before dinosaurs did. Did you know that? I didn’t. This small book is packed with little known facts. Most involve animals such as this fact: only female bees sting. Others involve word origins and inanimate objects like: a space suit costs 10 million dollars. Children should enjoy learning about these interesting tidbits (and might even teach their parents a new thing or two). However, the paperback edition won’t stand up to repeated circulation. Includes an index.
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  Kim

  interesting
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  Liza

  This National Geographic book called 18Weird but true 19 is quite interesting. I liked that the authors who I don 19t know the names of tried to make it like a book but also like a newspaper. The non fiction facts like snow leopards can 19t roar made me very surprised but at the same time having a feeling that you want to read more. This book was made for education and interest. The book was published in 2010 and it has 209 pages. I choose this book because I have seen it in a store once and I really wanted to read it so I saw it online full version and I choose it.
  
  This book gives you information that most people don 19t ever know about, I for example learned that 1CBats have thumbs 1D or 1COnly female bees sting 1D and my favorite 1CThe average dream only lasts for 20 minutes 1D. I think the authors did a good job showing all these facts in an interesting way and fun way too.
  
  In conclusion this is an amazing book in my opinion, it has all it needs pictures, fun facts and entertainment/education. My favorite part of this book was EVERYTHING, I loved every part of it (I have no least favorite part). I would recommend this for 8-10 year olds, it gives entertainment but at the same time they learn stuff
  
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  Isaac L.

  The book is full of zany facts. Di you know that Toe wrestling is a sport? Did you know that Earth is the only planet not named after a roman god. These facts and more in weird but true 2!
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  Lisa Lou

  Wow, so many random things I didn't know! Some were very interesting others just gave me the creepy crawlies!
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  Meg McGregor

  This was a fun read! I love learning new things; and National Geographic is a great source, for learning - that is both fun and educational!
  
  These little gems, of trivia, were my favorites.
  
  A. Nightime rainbows are called moonbows.
  
  B. Turtles lived on earth before dinosaurs did.
  
  C. "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" is the fear of long words.
  
  D. When bald eagles were named, the word, "bald" meant "white."
  
  E. A group of sea otters is called a raft.
  
  As Lord Byron wrote, "Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction."
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  Natalie

  These books are so much fun! I recommend them for ages 5-101. :)
  
  Here are some fun facts I learned:
  
  *Ketchup was originally sold as medicine.
  *The average person walks about 80,000 miles in a lifetime.
  *A "jiffy" is 1/100 of a second.
  *Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
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  Jim

  Ditto. The first one.
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  Karen

  My son loves these books. I like them, too, but be prepared for a running commentary of weird facts when your kid reads them.
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  Awsom

  It was good.
  I really liked the facts.
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  Danielle Hammelef

  Fun and weird facts that kids and adults will like. I wish it included information on where some of the natural features, such as waterfalls, were located.
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  Shawn Hatterman

  i really enjoyed this book because it had a lot of interesting and cool facts that i didn't know were true but are.
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  Amy Diop

  like it , it amazing for kids i'm learning a lot.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Daytona Smith

  Love these books, love learning all the new things that Ive gotten to learn from this, amazinggg!!
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  Jayden

  It has a bunch of crazy info