Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum?
And Other Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask
Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, [2010]
Format: Book
Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
It takes seven years to digest swallowed gum. A penny placed on a train track can cause a train to derail. The average human consumes four spiders per year while sleeping. You may have heard some of these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let's investigate seventeen statements about familiar items and everyday events and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out whether eggs will really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox! Discover whether it's true that you can swing 360 degrees on a swing set! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Series: Is that a fact?
Contents:
When you bite on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark, does it make a spark? -- Can you fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's very warm outside? -- Can you fly if you tie enough helium balloons to you? -- Is it possible to swing 360 degrees on a swing set? -- Does the average human consume four spiders per year while sleeping? -- Can a spark from a cell phone make a gas station explode? -- Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? -- If you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight, will the tooth dissolve? -- Can reusing plastic water bottles cause cancer? -- Can you get free items by pouring salt water into vending machine coin slots? -- Can water boiled in a microwave suddenly "explode"? -- Will tapping on the top of a soda can prevent the soda from foaming up when opened? -- Is there a special chemical that can detect urine in a swimming pool? -- Is the number of people alive today greater than the number who have ever died? -- Will eggs really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox? -- Will a penny placed on a train track cause a train to derail? -- Does Jell-O gelatin really contain animal bones and skin?
Subjects:
Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Medicine -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Children's questions and answers -- Juvenile literature.
Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Medicine -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Children's questions and answers -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: IG860L
ISBN:
9780822590859 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C FACTS Don | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-39) and index.