1,000 amazing weird facts
2023
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The bizarre beasts, incredible places, and peculiar phenomena featured in this mind-blowing compendium are not just really weird - they're really real. This wacky book explores our world's most exciting oddities. Did you know there's a plant that eats mice? Or that you can dip your toe in a rainbow-coloured river? From fiery tornadoes flying across the sky to huge sinkholes eating up the earth, each example is illustrated with jaw-dropping images and handy fast facts that provide the explanations behind the stories. Whether it's geography, people, places, animals, plants, or weather, this book is ideal for curious young minds who are fascinated by our amazing planet.
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Edition:
Second edition / contributor, Andrea Mills.
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2023.London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2023.
Collation:
176 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as Strange but true by Andrea Mills. 2015.Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780241607558 (pbk)
Dewey class:
032.02
Language:
English
Subject:
Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 9+General KnowledgeChildren's / Teenage: general interestChildren's / Teenage general interest: General knowledge & triviChildren's / Teenage reference: Encyclopaedias, general referencChildren's / Teenage reference: Subject-specific reference
BRN:
2832210