Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448121477
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
EVER WONDERED . . . Why we have tonsils? Is there any cream in cream crackers? Why is the sea blue? And if kangaroos keep their babies in their pouches, what happens to all the poo?! Mitch Symons answers all these crazy questions and plenty more in this wonderfully funny and addictive book for children from 8 to 80! And yes, eating bogeys is good for you . . . but only your own!

Why Does Ear Wax Taste So Gross?

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407050664
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
DID YOU KNOW? Stinky ear wax has been hanging around in the ear canal for nearly a month before it is 'pickable'! Humans share a third of their DNA with lettuce. Cockroaches fart every fifteen minutes. Giraffes never kneel. The average person spends six months of their life on the loo. Amaze your friends and fascinate your family with this book packed with jaw-dropping, eyebrow-raising facts.

Why Do Farts Smell Like Rotten Eggs?

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 140909605X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
EVER WONDERED . . . Why we burp? What a wotsit is? Whether lemmings really jump off cliffs? Why vomit always contains carrots? And why do farts smell like rotten eggs? No subject is too strange and no trivia too tough for Mitchell Symons, who has the answer to these crazy questions, and many more.

Why You Need a Passport When You're Going to Puke

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409096513
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
DID YOU KNOW . . . Square watermelons are sold in Japan? There is a River Piddle in Dorset? Americans use enough toilet paper daily to wrap around the world nine times? Mitchell Symons goes global - join him on his fun fact-finding world tour!

The Bumper Book For The Loo

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448152712
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 702

Book Description
When Mitchell Symons wrote his extraordinary bestsellers This Book, That Book and The Other Book - all neatly combined in one sensational volume, The Ultimate Loo Book - he was judged by many to be the King of Trivia. Now, inThe Bumper Book for the Loo, this supremo of weird and wonderful, astonishing and inexplicable facts, figures, stats and stories returns with a super selection of trivialistic treats - each one more remarkable and, yes, even more trivial than anything he's compiled before. For example, did you know that... ·The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m... ·There was once an internet rumour that Belgium doesn't exist... ·In 1830, King Louis XIX ruled France for just 15 minutes... ·All mammals have jaws but only humans have chins... ·Peru has more pyramids than Egypt... Packed to the rafters with all manner of useful and useless information, lists of the biggest, the smallest, the best and the worst, The Bumper Book for the Loo is a hilarious compendium of endless delights - and a hugely entertaining, unputdownable feat of nonsense!

Why Spacemen Can't Burp...

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446479315
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
The latest collection of terrific trivia from the bestselling author of WHY EATING BOGEYS IS GOOD FOR YOU and double Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award winner. The answers to these incredible questions will boggle your brain! Can rocks have snot? Why do doughnuts have holes in the middle? Could a human child ever be raised by animals? What have hyenas got to laugh about? And why is it impossible to belch after blast-off?!

Happily Never After

Author: Mitchell Symons
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448171741
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
From bestselling revolting reference expert Mitchell Symons comes this wickedly funny modern take on Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses. Meet a true rogue's gallery of horrid kids who hit the skids. Callum: who was a dreadful bully until he received his come-uppance; Tiffany: who couldn't put down her mobile phone and died a horrible death; Bill: whose ability to fart ended in tears and Chloe: whose determination to have the most Facebook friends meant she lost her real ones.

The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff

Author: Andy Seed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408867397
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
This laugh-out-loud book is bursting with lists, facts, jokes and funny true stories all about silly people, silly animals, silly inventions, silly names and much more. Discover The Great Stink, the man who ate a bike, a girl really called Lorna Mower and a sofa that can do 101mph. Find out about famous pranks, crazy festivals, nutty cats, gross foods, epic sports fails, ludicrously silly words and really rubbish predictions. There are even lots of great silly things to do. Unmissable!

Yawns Freeze Your Brain

Author: Mick O'Hare
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
ISBN: 1835011411
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
Ever wondered why we yawn and have eyebrows, what happens at absolute zero and why some tunes get stuck in our heads? If you've spent your days searching for the answers to these and life's other big questions then look no further. Yawns Freeze Your Brain from the bestselling author of Does Anything Eat Wasps and Farts Aren't Invisible is the gift of enlightenment that you never knew you needed! Shining a light on some of life's trickiest questions across science, history, life and the universe. Uncover the mysteries woven into the fabric of our very existence with answers to questions such as; How much fuel does the sun burn in a second? What are the most misheard song lyrics? Why does cheese smell? Why is the Eiffel Tower 15cm taller in summer than winter? Who on earth invented existentialism (and what is it)? Increase your IQ and win pub quizzes with this perfect blend of wit, wisdom and wonder. The perfect gift for brainiacs.

100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet

Author: Anna Claybourne
Publisher: Qeb Publishing -- Quarto Library
ISBN: 1682974189
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57

Book Description
Presents facts about disgusting things, organized into such categories as animals, food, and the human body.