"Are you curious about numbers, size, and how something small stacks up against something big? Accompanied by . . . facts and figures, the life-size photographs in this book answer 'What if?' and 'How many?' for all kinds of creatures and objects. If you unravel all the thread from a T-shirt, how many times will that thread wrap around a city block? How many flowers does a hive of bees have to visit to collect enough pollen to make a pound of honey? The answers might surprise you!"--OCLC.
Contains facts, photographs, and maps that provide readers with information on animals, cultures, famous landmarks, science, the future, and many other topics.
A visual encyclopedia that provides information on thousands of topics related to art, history, culture, science, space, people, places, the human body, technology, and nature.
"The earliest known record of crop circles is more than 300 years old. Today, more than 10,000 have been recorded around the world. Learn more in Investigating Crop Circles, a World's Greatest Mysteries book"--From the publisher's web site.
Photographs and text document unusual and unexpected human abilities, including the woman who wore a corset for more than twenty years, a man who can eat forty-nine hot dogs in twelve minutes, and others.
