{"product_id":"unhinged-freaky-downright-weird-facts-for-smart-curious-kids","title":"Unhinged, Freaky, \u0026 Downright Weird Facts: For Smart \u0026 Curious Kids","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B0H6SS2X7D\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWombats poop in perfect cubes. Dead people can get goosebumps. And the US military really did spend $20 million trying to train soldiers to kill goats by staring at them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the stuff your teachers left out — 1,000+ of the weirdest, wildest, occasionally disgusting, and 100% TRUE facts about the world you thought you knew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePLUS: 100 bonus trivia questions in two rounds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Round 1 finds out if you were paying attention. Round 2 separates the casually curious from the certified weird. Score 96 or higher across both and you're officially too smart for your own good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInside you'll discover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYour Body Is Basically a Horror Movie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e You're made of roughly 37 trillion cells, and most of them are up to something deeply weird. Stomach acid strong enough to dissolve a razor blade. A blind spot in each eye your brain has been hiding from you your entire life. But hey — at least you're alive!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYour Dinner Is Trying to Murder You.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Raw cashews contain the same toxin as poison ivy. Rhubarb leaves can kill you, but the stalks are perfectly safe. Worcestershire sauce is made from fish left to dissolve in a barrel for a year. Your kitchen is a chemistry lab, and you're the experiment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnimals Are Evolutionary Mistakes That Somehow Work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Male seahorses get pregnant. Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood. Some dinosaurs had feathers. Evolution spent millions of years throwing random features at creatures to see what would stick, and the results are WILD.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eScientists Have Made Some VERY Questionable Decisions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Psychic soldiers. A CIA plan to turn a live cat into a spy. A researcher who gave himself stomach ulcers on purpose and won a Nobel Prize for it. The pursuit of knowledge has produced some spectacularly strange moments, and you're about to learn all of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePLUS SO MUCH MORE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeography that makes absolutely no sense\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory's most bizarre moments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCultural traditions that are basically mass hysteria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSports involving cheese-chasing, toe wrestling, and ferret-legging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime and space facts that will break your brain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n   \u003c\/ul\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe perfect gift for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurious kids ages 8–12 — a great birthday or holiday gift for 9, 10, and 11 year old boys and girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReluctant readers who need a book that's ACTUALLY interesting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStocking stuffers, white elephant gifts, and the kid who has everything\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrivia lovers, science nerds, and know-it-alls of all ages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n   \u003c\/ul\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShort, snappy entries mean kids can read one fact or fifty — perfect for bedtime, car rides, or the dinner table. 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