Hundreds of fascinating and flabbergasting facts are at your disposal in this fun-sized compendium. Uncover animal oddities, including the fact that certain species of frogs can survive being frozen solid and thawed. Find out how strange people really are: Did you know that the average human produces in a lifetime - enough saliva to fill two swimming pools? Plus science tidbits about the Earth, inventions, computers, and more.


A handy and fun-size illustrated guide that features big information, with more than 1,000 fun facts about animals - familiar, unusual and just plain bizarre! Whether children are curious about cats, millipedes, parakeets, porpoises or even the giant mola mola fish, the knowledge they uncover here will amaze them: Did you know the forked tongue of the snake allows it to "smell" in stereo? Or that the lungs of a horse are three times larger than the lungs of a lion? * Learn more than 1,000 interesting animal facts that will make you say, "Wow"! * Perfect "shut-up" book for kids on any on any rainy day or holiday. There is so much fun packed into this little book that kids will want to take it with them everywhere and share the fascinating facts! * Another winner in the kids' line of Little Giant Bestsellers: chunky bag-packing books at a great retail price point.