Contents WELCOME BACK TO FACTOPIA 6 WACKIEST WORLD'S RESTAURANTS 38 MORNING 8 THE OCEAN 40 THE SUN 10 FACT FRENZY 42 POOP 70 BIRDS 72 EXTRAORDINARY HOUSES 74 FACT FRENZY 76 MIRRORS 78 NORTHERN LIGHTS 12 WHALES 44 THE ARCTIC 14 PREHISTORIC ANIMALS 46 GENIUS ANIMALS 80 GREAT APES 82 FACT FRENZY 16 SHARKS 48 PLANES 84 CAVES 18 SKIN 50 WINGS 86 BATS 20 CAMOUFLAGE 52 FACT FRENZY 88 FRUIT 22 SMELL 54 SEEDS 24 THE BRAIN 56 FLOWERS 26 JELLYFISH 58 BEES 28 HONEY 30 VENOM POISON 60 SNAKES 62 WORLD RECORDS 90 MICROSCOPIC THINGS 92 FACT FRENZY 94 TYRANNOSAURUS REX 96 ANCIENT EGYPT 32 TONGUES 64 SPORTS 98 CATS 34 DOGS 36 MUSCLES 66 BOTTOMS 68 VEGETABLES 100 ASTRONAUTS 102
THE MOON 104 STRANGE SHAPES 138 JUMPING 172 HEAVY THINGS 106 LIGHT THINGS 108 FEATHERS 110 FACT FRENZY 112 ELEPHANTS 114 FACT FRENZY 140 EARS 142 DESERTS 144 ANTS 146 BOATS 148 FACT FRENZY 174 OCTOPUSES 176 BLOOD 178 WATERFALLS 180 TALL THINGS 182 ANIMAL COMMUNICATION 116 BANANAS 150 SHORT THINGS 184 UNUSUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 118 HOLIDAYS 152 LOUD THINGS 120 SUGAR CANDY 154 QUIET THINGS 122 ELECTRICITY 156 LIBRARIES 124 LIGHTNING 158 LIONS 126 AMAZING LAKES 160 HAIR 128 PARKS 162 CRAZY COMPETITIONS 130 GEMSTONES 164 FACT FRENZY 132 PLANETS 166 DANCING 134 HISTORY’S MYSTERIES 136 EXTREME WEATHER 168 FROGS 170 FACT FRENZY 186 CLOUDS 188 HATS 190 ARMOR 192 HORSES 194 MUSHROOMS FUNGI 196 NIGHT 198 INDEX 200 MEET THE FACTOPIANS 205 PICTURE CREDITS 20 7
Welcome back to FACTopia It’s time to set off on another adventure through hundreds of mind blowing wow worthy and crazily cool facts For example Did you know that astronauts have played golf on the Moon Let’s blast off with astronauts They can actually grow taller while they’re in space Reach higher with facts about this super tall snowperson who had trees for arms 6
And trees aren’t just for decoration in forests they actually talk to one another through a network of fungi called the Wood Wide Web Speaking of fungi did you know there’s a fungus that glows in the dark 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 even hilarious ways You will follow a trail that takes you from toilets to ice cream to chili peppers to ancient Egypt to war of tug to the Moon 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 flip backward or leap forward to go to a totally different but still connected part of FACTopia Let your curiosity take you wherever it leads Of course a good place to start could be right here at the beginning For example take this detour to find out about really jumpy things Go to page 170
