How many bees does it take to make a jar of honey? Did you know sharks are so sensitive that they can detect the current from batteries 1,000 miles apart? Believe it or not, it's true.
Discover more amazing and seemingly impossible facts in It Can't Be True! 2. By combining hard to believe facts with CGI renderings and photographs, this book places information with visual aids that puts everything to scale, including how the Titanic would be in the shadow of today's huge ocean liners.
Kids will love the weird, out-of-this-world facts for just about anything. See how big a squid can grow compared to people, figure out how much water an elephant can hold in its trunk, and look at how a tiny frog can fit on a coin.
Readers will pore over the pages of this book to find astounding facts in this new collection. It Can't Be True! 2 uses photography, infographics, and snappy text to bring facts to life that will have kids eager to find out more bizarre facts to share with family and friends.
Author(s): DK
Publisher: DK Children
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 192
Contents 2
Planet Earth and beyond
How many trees are there? 6
What’s the longest mountain range? 8
How big is the Pacific Ocean? 10
How much salt is in the sea? 12
How much rain falls in a year? 14
How heavy is a cloud? 16
How much electricity is in a lightning bolt? 18
How long would it take to fall to the center of Earth? 20
EARTH DATA 22
How far away is the Moon? 24
How high can you jump in space? 26
What’s the hottest planet? 28
What’s the most massive planet? 30
How big is Pluto? 32
How large are Saturn’s rings? 34
How big is Comet P67/C-G? 36
How much space junk is there? 38
SPACE EXPLORATION DATA 40
The natural world
What’s the smallest frog? 44
What’s the biggest dog? 46
What’s the biggest jellyfish? 48
How long can animals hold their breath in water? 50
How tall is a termite mound? 52
How big is a locust swarm? 54
How much water can an elephant hold in its trunk? 56
How big is a hippo’s mouth? 58
What’s the ocean’s deadliest animal? 60
What’s the most indestructible animal? 62
How heavy is a blue whale’s heart? 64
Which bird builds the biggest nests? 66
ANIMAL DATA 68
How big can a snail grow? 70
How many eggs do animals lay? 72
What’s the smallest living reptile? 74
What’s the most venomous snake? 76
How big can a squid grow? 78
How many bees make a jar of honey? 80
What’s the biggest rat? 82
What’s the loudest insect? 84
What was the biggest insect ever? 86
What’s the smallest insect? 88
How big can beaver dams get? 90 Which animal sleeps
the most? 92 How much wool do sheep
produce? 94 PLANT DATA 96
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The human world
How many people live on Earth? 100
How long have people been on Earth? 102
How many ancestors do I have? 104
How far does a person walk in a lifetime? 106
TIME DATA 108
How strong is hair? 110
How much power does your brain have? 112
How much saliva do you produce in a day? 114
How much oxygen is in your body? 116
How much do your feet sweat? 118
How small is a virus? 120
BODY DATA 122
How much rice is eaten in a year? 124
What’s the hottest chili pepper? 126
How many apples do people eat in a year? 128
How much sugar is in our food? 130
Which food has the most vitamin C? 132
How much milk do we consume? 134
FOOD DATA 136
Feats of engineering
How big was the Titanic? 140
What’s the world’s biggest truck? 142
How many cars are in the world? 144
How big is the biggest plane? 146
How big is the biggest submarine? 148
How big is the largest hot-air balloon? 150
What’s the longest subway in the world? 152
How many shipwrecks are there? 154
BUILDINGS DATA 156
How tall is the tallest statue? 158
What’s the fastest ball in sports? 160
How far could a pencil draw? 162
What’s the most extreme roller coaster? 164
How many solar panels could power the world? 166
INTERNET DATA 168
Which film cost the most to make? 170
How big is the biggest screen? 172
What’s the smallest camera? 174
How powerful were the earliest computers? 176
How much paper does it take to print the world wide web? 178
How heavy is the Internet? 180
What’s the largest diamond? 182
What’s the most expensive object ever built? 184
MONEY DATA 186
Index 188
Acknowledgments 192
