The 100 Grossest Facts

by Clive Gifford

Overview

Did you know that the average person passes gas between seven and fifteen times a day? Or that famous boxer George Foreman has five sons, and named each one of them George? Or that a temple in India has thousands of rats living inside it? Wow your friends with the 100 weirdest and grossest facts ever! Covering topics from science, biology, history, the arts, technology and general knowledge, these books are packed with funny, disgusting and interesting facts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609924652
Publisher:	words & pictures
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Series:	100 Facts Series
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	NC1120L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 11 Years

About the Author

Clive Gifford has traveled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots, and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and has received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian, and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colors of History (QEB). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. 

Editorial Reviews

"YUCK! Each of your feet can produce half a pint of sweat a day! EW! A tapeworm can grow 8 meters long inside you and live for 10 years! GROSS! The first U.S. President had dentures made from hippo teeth!"
— from the book

From the Publisher