Download or read book 1000 Out of this World Facts About Space written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A planet can turn into a star. Mercury has ice. On Venus, it rains metal. Earth isn't round. Mars is the only planet that is solely populated by robots. The volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, erupt its lava into space. Saturn has a hurricane in the shape of a hexagon. Uranus' moons are named after Shakespeare characters. Neptune has a ring like Saturn that we can't see in photographs. The Moon's real name is Luna. The oldest planet, Methuselah, is 12.7 billion years old. The word "planet" is Greek for "wanderer." Asteroids can have moons. A comet's tail is about ten million kilometres long. When a Black Hole tears something apart, it's called spaghettification. The Big Bang Theory's original name was The Primeval Atom. The universe is beige. No, really.

Download or read book The Mega Misconception Book written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a combination of 365 Things People Believe That Aren't True 365 More Things People Believe That Aren't True Another 365 Things People Believe That Aren't True 500 Things People Believe That Aren't True The world map is inaccurate. Silencers don't exist. Everyone mispronounces "Mt. Everest." Samurais rarely used swords. The Wild West was nothing like you would imagine. The Illuminati only existed for eight years. Satanists don't worship the Devil. Abraham Lincoln didn't care about black people. Amelia Earhart did not mysteriously vanish. Egypt doesn't have the most pyramids nor the biggest. Radiation isn't dangerous. We don't know anything about Druids. Not all pirates were criminals. Some of them were government agents. Rastafarians don't call themselves Rastafarians. The Sun is not on fire. Hamlet wasn't a popular play during Shakespeare's time. Archeologists know who built the Easter Island heads. The Amish do use electricity. Nazis never called themselves Nazis.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about Historic Figures written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of 1000 Facts about Historic Figures Vol. 1-3 Stalin executed scientists because they didn't believe him that plants can be Communists. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. Lenin died when part of his brain turned to stone. Princess Diana once visited a gay bar dressed as a man. Martin Luther King won a Grammy. The Queen of England owns all the dolphins in British waters. Albert Einstein couldn't drive. Galileo didn't believe in comets. Aristotle thought the Moon was alive. Florence Nightingale popularized pie-charts. Alexander Graham Bell tried to teach his dog how to talk.

Download or read book 3000 Country Facts written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It used to be a capital crime to wear glasses in Cambodia. Belgians once tried to use cats to deliver mail. It's illegal to name a child "IKEA" in Sweden. Sudan has more pyramids than any other country. Britain accidentally invaded Spain in 2002. Oil is cheaper than water in Venezuela. Dinosaurs were first discovered in Mongolia. The world's oldest book resides in Bulgaria. North Koreans claim that unicorns live in their country. Holocaust denial is illegal in Austria. It's considered rude to tip in Japan. There is a Carrot Museum in Belgium. An Australian election tv debate was rescheduled so it didn't conflict with the Masterchef finale. Happy hour is banned in Ireland. In 2008, Norway knighted a penguin.

Download or read book 1 000 Amazing World Facts written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into a world of mind-blowing facts that may defy belief, but they are all absolutely true! Can you believe the Eiffel Tower would fit inside a Sahara sand dune? Wow your friends and amaze your family with hundreds of new facts in this fun-filled, picture-packed bumper book for children aged 9+. 1,000 Amazing World Facts contains striking images, visual comparisons, and informative diagrams in one unforgettable journey around the world. From the tiniest microchip to our unimaginably enormous Universe, no subject is left unexplored. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they explore: - 1,000 mind-blowing facts that will be sure to wow family and friends. - CGI graphics, fun visual comparisons, and diagrams make stats and facts easy to understand. - Science boxes that are illustrated with engaging diagrams to explain information. Did you know that Earth could fit inside Jupiter more than 1,000 times? Or the blue whale's heart is as big as a car? Children will love all these facts and more, presented either with impressive CGI illustrations or eye-popping photography – plus additional boxes feature diagrams that make information easy to understand. More in the Series If you like 1,000 Amazing World Facts then why not complete the collection? Journey to the Jurassic era with 1,000 Amazing Dinosaur Facts, learn about all things weird and wonderful with 1,000 Amazing Weird Facts, or discover the secret science of everything icky and sticky with 1,000 Amazing Gross Facts.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about Actors written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped while in South Africa. He convinced the kidnappers to let him go by pretending to be brain-damaged. Brad Pitt has a condition that prevents him from recognising faces. Michael Fassbender's character in Prometheus is based on David Bowie. Tom Cruise's real name is Thomas Mapother IV. Tom Hardy comes up with characters by watching reality tv shows. Morgan Freeman is a private pilot. During interviews with Robert De Niro, journalists are forbidden to talk to about wine. Until Jack Nicholson was 37, he thought his mother was his sister and his grandmother was his mother. Alan Rickman was 42 when he starred in his first movie. Robin Williams was voted the Least Likely to Succeed while he was in high school.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about Horror Movies written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of the Jaws films, the shark roars... even though sharks don't have lungs. The kid who plays Damien in The Omen punched the director in his private parts during his audition. Johnny Depp made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Kathy Bates is the first actress to win an Oscar for acting in a horror movie. The word "pharaoh" is misspelt in the film, The Mummy. In Night of the Living Dead, the zombies rise from their graves after being exposed to "Venusian radiation." A meteor appears for a second in Jaws. Stephen King was taking cocaine while directing the film, Maximum Overdrive. Cat People was the first film to have a jump-scare. Hugo Weaving was strongly considered for the role of Pennywise in IT.

Download or read book 3000 Facts About Animals written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASA scientists gave LSD to spiders for scientific research.The greatest shark protector is Peter Benchley. He wrote the novel, Jaws.A new state of matter was discovered recently inside a chicken's eyeball.A chimpanzee is so strong, it can tear off a person's hand.Hippos can run faster than humans.Platypuses and centipedes. are venomous.Horses can't vomit.Jellyfish can be 8ft wide and weigh 450lbs.No one knows why lions have manes.Penguins can't taste fish.Black rhinos and white rhinos are grey.Almost all animals (including humans) take the same length of time to urinate.The naked-mole rat is immune to cancer.There are 49 different names for a puma.Mice don't like cheese.Although owls have a reputation for being wise, there are one of the dumbest birds.You can be sentenced to death for killing a panda.If turtles get tired, they hitch rides on crocodiles.Mosquitoes can't mate or bite if they listen to Skrillex's song, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about TV Shows written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolly Parton produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Peter Dinklage has never read Game of Thrones even though he is the star of the show. Samuel L Jackson showed up unannounced on the set for Breaking Bad, while he was dressed as his Avengers character, Nick Fury and demanded to be on the show. The producers refused. In Doctor Who, the Twelfth Doctor's costume was inspired by David Bowie. Matthew Perry plays Chandler in Friends. He says he can't remember a single thing from the show throughout three seasons. In The Simpsons, Hans Moleman has died at least 15 times. Many mobsters contacted James Gandolfini to tell him his performance was excellent in The Sopranos but warned him not to wear shorts in the show. Kenneth from 30 Rock is immortal. The first episode of Game of Thrones was so bad, it had to be reshot. Millie Bobby Brown was 11 when she was cast as Eleven in Stranger Things. The Tourette Syndrome Association praised the show, South Park, for its accurate portrayal of the Tourette's condition.

Download or read book Flat Earthers Around the Globe written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although you may think this book's title is a joke, I assure you that there are people today that adamantly believe the world is flat. Worse still, the number of Flat Earthers has been increasing in recent years. How could that be possible? NASA has taken photos of the Earth from space to confirm it is round. According to The Flat Earth Society, NASA are lying. NASA never went to space... because space isn't real. You might find this concept preposterous. Are Flat Earthers suggesting every astronomer and physicist is wrong? No. Flat Earthers believe that so-called "scientists" know the Earth is flat but they are lying. Why would anyone lie about the shape of the Earth? How can Flat Earthers be so sure? If the Earth is flat, why doesn't the oceans spill out at the sides? All of these questions will be explained in this book. Read on to learn the history of the Flat Earth community, why they believe what they believe, and most importantly, how we know their beliefs are irrefutably false.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about Animated Shows written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Simpsons is banned in Burma because "the show has too much yellow."In South Park, Stan's dog is voiced by George Clooney.Scrooge McDuck is the world's richest fictional character.In Family Guy, Meg's heart is in her head.Betty Boop was a dog in her first appearance.James Avery voiced Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also played Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.Ukraine's government believes Spongebob SquarePants is "a real threat to children."The Road Runner Show was created to mock the absurd violence in Tom and Jerry.Bugs Bunny isn't a rabbit.In Scooby-Doo, Shaggy's real name is Norville.Mister Freeze's backstory was created in Batman: The Animated Series and was then incorporated into the comics.Simpsons toys are banned in Iran.Fans can't decide whether Avatar: The Last Airbender is an anime or not.Four actors died while working on the show Spider-Man.

Download or read book 3000 Astounding Quotes written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't shake hands with a clenched fist - Gandhi The only source of knowledge is experience - Albert Einstein Be kind for everyone is fighting a hard battle - Anon Be content with your lot - Aesop An unexamined mind is not worth living - Socrates Mere cleverness is not wisdom - Euripides At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet - Plato

Download or read book Inherit the Earth written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red is an ape that becomes separated from his father. He is terrified that a wild animal has attacked him. But as he makes his way through the woods, he stumbles upon something far stranger; an animal community hidden in the forest. He is welcomed with open arms by all sorts of animals he has never seen or heard of in his life. As they make him a part of their society, he learns the great truth. The Humans are gone. It's time for the animals to inherit the Earth.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about the Greatest Movies Ever written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dog in The Wizard of Oz was paid twice as much as some of the actors. Citizen Kane was booed at the Oscars every time one of its nominations were announced. Marlon Brando didn't read the script when he was shooting Apocalypse Now. Instead, he turned it into a hat. Sean Connery turned down the part of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. He would've been paid $560 million. Goldfinger is the first film to show a laser. Although Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, she wasn't allowed to go to the premier because she was black. Steven Spielberg thought the themesong for Jaws was so bad, he thought the composer made it as a joke. Groundhog Day takes place over 27 years. All of the Ping-Pong balls in Forrest Gump are computer-generated. In Toy Story, the carpets in Sid's house have the same design as the carpets in The Shining. It took eight years for Christopher Nolan to write Inception. Back to the Future is banned in China because they Chinese find time-travel disrespectful to history.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about Video Games written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a version of The Legend of Zelda where every character is Nicholas Cage.Donkey Kong started off as a Popeye game.The combos in Street Fighter II were created by accident.The combat system in Batman: Arkham Asylum was supposed to resemble Guitar Hero.When the trailer of Crash Bandicoot was first revealed, some people thought it looked so good, the demo was fake.The lead character of Cuphead was nearly a unicycle.Destiny cost $500 million.Halo was originally called Blam!Nintendo was created in 1889.Mortal Kombat was only made by four people.Final Fantasy was meant to be called Fighting Fantasy.There's a version of Grand Theft Auto V where meteors keep smashing into the city.The blocks in Tetris are called Tetriminos.Sonic appeared in two games before Sonic the Hedgehog.There were not supposed to be any people in The Sims.

Download or read book 3000 Facts about Animated Films written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite Toy Story's legacy, it didn't win a single Oscar. Somebody counted every single spot in 101 Dalmatians. There's a lot. Animators stopped working on The Lion King because they were certain it would fail. It made over $900 million. The original Cinderella story is 2,700 years old. The trailer for Lady and the Tramp spoilt the ending. It took 28 years to make The Thief and the Cobbler. Everybody mispronounces Mowgli's name in The Jungle Book. Walt Disney hated Peter Pan. There was meant to be 27 Emotions in Inside Out. Most of Disney's classics like Pinocchio and Bambi made very little money because they came out during World War II.

Download or read book Words That Need to Exist in English written by James Egan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are so many great words in different languages which have never become a part of the English vocabulary. Here a few examples - Backpfeifengesicht - a face in desperate need of a fist Kabelsalat - an entanglement of wires (cable salad) Sitzfleisch - to tolerate incredible boring activities Jayus - a joke that is funny because it is so badly told Drachenfutter - the gift a man gives to a woman to make up for his mistake Tartle - the moment when you have to introduce somebody and you realise you forgot his or her name Kummerspeck - eat out of emotion (grief bacon) Age-otoi - to look worse after a haircut Packesel - the person who is stuck with everyone's bag on a trip Mokita - the truth that everyone knows but nobody says Pochemuchka - a person who asks too many questions