I NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS t BUSTED a O JUSTWHEN YOU THOUGHTYOU KNEW WHAT YOU KNEW C 0 Emily Krieger Illustrations by Tom Nick Cocotos NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WASHINGTON D C WORLD S FASTEST ANIMAL
50 CONTENTS Competing in Gymnastics Stunts Your Growth You Can Tell a Ladybug's Age by Counting its Spots Breathing Requires Lungs Walking Under a Ladder Brings Bad Luck 54 58 62 You'd Explode If You Tried to float in Space without wearing a suit Warm Milk Makes You Sleepy 10 Julius Caesar Invented the Caesar salad 14 Cheetahs Are the Fastest Animals in the World 18 There is a Vampire Called Count Dracula That Lives in Transylvania 66 Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day 70 More Independence Days From Around the World 74 Rabbits can't pass Gas Through Their Rear 76 Raccoons Wash Their Food Before Every Meal Bo More Raccoon Myths Busted 84 Storing Batteries in the Refrigerator or Freezer Makes Them Last Longer 86 SPF 30 Is Twice the Protection of SPF 15 90 More Record Breaking Animals 20 Humans evolved from Chimpanzees 22 Boys Are Naturally Better at Math Than Girls Are 26 Lemmings Intentionally Jump off Cliffs Together 30 A Dog Is Sick if Its Nose Is Dry and Warm Tornadoes occur Only in Flat Places 36 Mary Shelley's 1818 Book Frankenstein Is Named for its Man Made Monster94 More Tornado Myths Busted People Must Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day to Stay Hydrated 98 Diamonds Come From Coal 42 100 The More You Sweat the Harder You're Working Garlic Repels Mosquitoes Waking a sleepwalking Person Could Kill Them 102 People thought the World Was Flat Until Columbus sailed across it 48 To Get Rid of Warts Rub Pennies on Them 104
More Silly Myths About How to Get Rid of Warts 108 The North Star is the Brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere's Nighttime Sky 174 More stellar Stars 176 Twinkies Never Go Bad 110 There's a Dark Side of the Moon 114 116 There's a Dinosaur Named Brontosaurus 178 Albert Einstein Failed Math as a kid 182 More Moon Myths Busted Pterodactyls Are Dinosaurs You Should Never Sleep In a closed Room with an Electric Fan On 118 122 Mount Everest is the Tallest Mountain in the World 126 Summer Happens when Earth's orbit Brings us closest to the Sun Winter Happens when the Planet's Orbit Takes Us Farthest from the Sun 184 Fainting Goats Pass Out When Startled 188 The Sun Is on Fire 130 Dragonflies Sew Sleeping People's Lips Shut 134 A cursed Mummy Aboard the Titanic Caused the Ship to Sink 138 You're Born With All the Brain Cells You'll Ever Have 142 A Rabbit's Diet Consists mostly of carrots 192 Snakes Hypnotize or Charm Their Prey 196 More Snake Myths Busted 200 Index 202 Antibacterial soap Is Better for Washing Your Hands Than Regular Soap Credits 206 146 When to Wash Your Hands 150 152 156 160 162 Mules are very stubborn Sloths Sleep All the time Betty Crocker was a Real Person Earth's Core Is Molten or Liquid Friday the 13th Is Unlucky Cursed Calendar Paul Revere's Ride In 1775 is Accurately Retold in Longfellow's Poem Paul Revere's Ride 164 168 170
