Weird but True: A Cartoon Encyclopedia of Incredibly Strange Things

by Janet Goldenberg

In the time-honored tradition of Ripley's Believe It or Not comes this outrageous collection of the oddest, the grossest, and the most amazing information packed with eye-popping, comic-book-style illustrations.

90 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

Reviews

[Kevin Carbonara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book as a kid. Went back and looked it up, nearly all of the facts are true (or were at the time it was written).

[. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was very interesting.. I learned new things that I never even heard of.
An excerpt from the book:
"After his death in 1892, Poet Walt Whitman's brain was kept in a jar at the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, which once housed more than 200 brains. But a number of years ago, a laboratory worker dropped Whitman's brain on the floor, and it had to be thrown away."
Very interesting and creepy...
I don't really recommend it unless you're a fan of "weird, but true" stuff.. Honestly half of it didn't sound true, but what do I know? xD

[Lauren Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is described as a "cartoon encyclopedia of incredibly strange things". This book would be a big hit with older students (the vocabulary is a little older)! Everything in the book is true, making the students interested in these fun little facts that they can share with their friends.