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

Author(s): Wendy Leonard
Pub: HarperCollins
Pack Qty: 0 (Hardback)
ISBN: 9780007927791 - New
Subjects: Education, Reference, Humor, Form, Trivia, Curiosities & Wonders, Science

195mm x 155mm x 27mm

Publication: 2013

Pages: 320

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.

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