"Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and odditiesin his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life traveling to more...

Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.

A reference guide includes records and achievements made by humans, animals, and nature.

A compilation of strange stories, unusual feats, and hair-raising oddities from around the world, including how one woman can crush apples with her biceps and a cafe in Seoul, South Korea that is designed to appear as if customers are in an antimated fantasy series.

Exciting and entertaining, this visual exploration of the edges of human knowledge and the vast world of science waiting to be uncovered presents 100 eye-opening facts.

"Get ready to explore wacky wonders, facts, stats, tidbits, and trivia about America's 50 states and territories! Did you know that there is a floating post office in Michigan? Or that a library book checked out by George Washington was returned to a New York City library 221 years late? Maybe you'd be amazed to discover that the ink used to print U.S. paper money is magnetic? In this latest and greatest edition of Weird But True!, you'll encounter...

The Atlas Obscura Explorers Guide for the Worlds Most Adventuruous Kid is an imaginative expedition to 100 weird-but-true places on earth. The authors take the reader hopscotching from country to country, not by location, but by type of attraction. For example, visit the site of the Tunguska event in Siberia, where a meteor slammed into the earth in 1908and then skip over to the Yucatan, ground zero for the ancient meteor crash that caused the mass...

This unbelievably fascinating dinosaur book for children will teach you all you need to know about prehistoric animals, like which dinosaur had the sharpest teeth, the longest claws, the smallest brain, the largest droppings, and lots more! Did you know that the largest dinosaur was longer than a tennis court but its babies were no bigger than a newborn human baby? That the smallest dinosaur weighed less than a teaspoon of sugar? Or that the largest...

"How many kinds of germs live in your bellybutton? Which creature takes a three-year-long nap? If someone asked you to spare a zeptosecond, how long would that be? Has the Leaning Tower of Pisa ever been straight? And what exactly happens to an astronaut's dirty laundry? The . . . facts are accompanied by bright, whimsical illustrations and the questions are organised into 10 chapters: Human Body, Science and Technology, Animals, Natural World, Space,...

"Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders"--