FACTopia!

FACTopia! — page 5 — Welcome to FACTopia Time to set off on your adventure through hundreds of mind blowing wow worthy and crazily cool facts For example Did you know that some Roman emperors ate an early form of ice cream They had ice brought down from the surrounding snowy mountains and flavored it with fruit and juice Speaking of mountains the longest mountain range on Earth is mostly under the sea While we’re underwater check out the fact that sea stars have no brains 6

FACTopia! — page 6 — Then swim over to the squid which has a brain all right It’s shaped like a doughnut Mmmm doughnuts Did you know that Canada has more doughnut shops per person than any other country in the world You might have spotted that there is something special about being here in FACTopia Every fact is linked to the next and in the most surprising and hilarious ways You will follow a trail that takes you from giraffes to the Eiffel Tower to glitter to teeth to quills to feathers to gorillas to well you’ll see Discover what each turn of the page will bring But there isn’t just one trail through this book Your path branches every now and then and you can go to a totally different but still connected part of the book by flipping backward or zooming forward Let your curiosity take you wherever you’d like to go Of course a good place to start could be right here at the beginning For example take this detour to find out about speedy things Go to page 150

FACTopia! — page 7 — BEFORE THE UNIVERSE BEGAN IT WAS BILLIONS OF TIMES SMALLER THAN THIS DOT 8 BEGINNINGS

FACTopia! — page 8 — Tickle those ribs newborn babies have about 270 bones By the time babies grow up they'll have between 206 and 213 bones BEGINNINGS 9

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