Screen LibraryMyths busted!. 2 : just when you thought you knew what you knew... /
"Learn the origin and truth about more than 100 tall tales, suspicious stories, and unbelievable urban legends"--
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National Geographic,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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National Geographic kids
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| Summary: |
"Learn the origin and truth about more than 100 tall tales, suspicious stories, and unbelievable urban legends"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 207 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781426314780 1426314787 9781426314797 1426314795 |
| Index Number: | AZ999 |
| CLC: | N49 |
| Call Number: | N49/K926/2 |
| Contents: | There's no gravity in space -- Tomatoes are vegetables -- Other "vegetables" that are actually fruits -- Poop at least once a day -- Oil comes from dead dinosaurs -- Catch a cold from wet hair -- A watched pot never boils -- Smear burns with butter -- Roosters crow only at dawn -- Use urine to treat jellyfish stings -- Rubber tires and shoes protect from lightning -- More shocking myths about lightning -- Carrots improve eyesight -- Catch a bird with salt -- More bird myths -- The tongue is the strongest muscle -- Tomatoes get ride of skunk smell -- Make your own skunk-smell remedy -- Atlantis is buried underwater -- More mythological places -- Fingers wrinkle from absorbing water -- Dolphins are a deterrent to sharks -- More shark myths -- Viking warriors wore horned helmets -- Eating chocolate gives you pimples -- Bananas grow on trees -- Cracking knuckles will give you arthritis -- Dogs sweat through their tongue -- More myths about your tongue -- Green snot means infection -- More color myths -- An earthworm cut in half grows into two worms -- More animals that can grow new body parts -- Shaved hair grows back thicker -- Caffeine stunts growth -- Highway overpasses protect from tornadoes -- Jump to survive an elevator drop -- Buttered toast lands buttered side down -- Rhinoceroses fight fires -- Diet Coke and Mentos explode in your stomach -- Run zigzag to escape crocodiles -- You can't fold paper more than seven times -- Bears can't run downhill -- More bear myths -- You lose most body heat through your head -- Leave a window open during a hurricane -- Official 2014 hurricane names -- Bag of water repels flies -- Mice love cheese -- Airplane toilet waste is dumped midair -- Groundhogs predict weather -- Other groundhog weather forecasters -- Moss grows only on the north side of trees -- Earwigs crawl into ears -- Coyotes and wolves howl at the moon -- Left-handed people are more creative -- Watermelon seed will grow in your stomach -- Ugly faces will freeze - |