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The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Science Fact-o-pedia A Startling Collection of Scientific Trivia You'll Never Need to Know by Wendy Leonard

The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Science Fact-o-pedia A Startling Collection of Scientific Trivia You'll Never Need to Know by Wendy Leonard

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Calling all of the trivia buffs! Loaded with over 200 entries and almost 2,000 bits of trivia, this book will arm you with hundreds of useless scientific tidbits - perfect for curious minds.


Organized from A ('Amino Acids') to Z ('Zombie Etiquette'), and packed with great cartoons, The Useless Science Fact-o-Pedia is a treasure trove of fun facts for the inquiring mind. It's perfect, whether you're looking to stimulate your brain or impress at a party!
Featuring such fantastic and useless facts as:

  • Did you know that the U.S. Center for Disease Control published a blog post on preparing for the zombie apocalypse to teach the public about preparedness in emergencies?
  • Or that Saturn is so light, it would float on water?
  • Or that most mammals yawn, as well as some birds and reptiles?
  • Or that the first roller coaster can be traced to 15th-century Russia?
  • Or that Leonardo da Vinci sketched plans for a humanoid robot back in 1495?
  • How about the fact that the North Atlantic Ocean gets 1 inch wider every year?
Written by an award-winning and accessible expert medical writer, The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Science Fact-o-pedia is an extraordinary look at our seemingly ordinary world.

Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 2013-01-17
Pages: 320
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780007927791-X
Dimensions: 195.0 x 155.0 x 27.0 mm
Weight: 0.679 kg View full details