Weird But True! 5: 300 Outrageous Facts

Weird But True #5

by National Geographic Kids

Presenting all-new, brain-bending facts and eye-popping illustrations on science, animals, food, space, pop culture, geography and everything else imaginable.

Did you know lemons can power light bulbs, or that some goats and climb trees? In this title are 300 more outrageous and unbelievable facts like these in fifth installment of the Weird But True series, Weird But True! 5.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens, Reference, Middle Grade, Education, Picture Books

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 11, 2013

About the author

With more than 600 titles—including the popular Weird But True franchise and the New York Times Best Selling National Geographic Kids Almanac—National Geographic Kids Books is the recognized leader in nonfiction for kids. Published in 28 languages, NGK Books reaches approximately 85 million kids every year.

Offering K-12 educators resources that align to and support the Common Core State Standards, National Geographic has a long history of providing high-quality informational texts suitable for primary, upper elementary, and middle school English language arts, social studies, and science classrooms.

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another great collection of fun and interesting facts to fascinate, amuse, and educate. A few selections I enjoyed learning:

Young giraffes sometimes moo.

A pineapple is actually made up of a bunch of berries.

Baby eels are called elvers.

Legend says that pirate treasure may be buried near The Statue of Liberty.

Astronauts say space smells like metal and seared steak.

There’s a beach in Hawaii with green sand.

There’s a forest of crooked trees in Poland.

Elephants can hear each other trumpet up to five miles away.

Google was originally called BackRub.

Bees once made blue and green honey after picking up colorful waste from an M&M’s factory.

[Frozen]

there were som things that i really didnt know in there!

[Ginger Poulsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fascinating facts in these books. I then spent some time googling to see pictures of rainbow grasshoppers, glass frogs, purple crabs, blue tarantulas, and wombat poop. My only wish is that they'd given details behind the facts. Why IS wombat poop square?

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

It has lots of different and interesting facts like you can throw a ball six times further on the moon and that’s why I kept reading it because of all of the insane facts.

[Katrina Cole · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is filled with unusual and crazy fun facts. Wonderful for the child that "hates" to read. The information is not really organized or useful in any way, but still entertaining. I think this book would be great for a long car ride or a quick silent reading period. Who knows...you might learn something new.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE these books!

Did you know....

*A Taiwanese airline flies Hello Kitty themed jets.

*Giraffe hooves are the size of dinner plates.

*The average home produces more air pollution than a car.

*Astraphobia is the fear of thunder and lightening.

So many fun facts on brightly colored pages. The kids love reading these and so do I! Recommended for adults and kids alike.

[Atlantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun book for early readers to flip through and read aloud. Fun facts on every page to learn and talk about. Donated to my LFL.

[John Morr · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book. I recommend this book if you want to find some fun facts about animals, plants and the earth. They did not have as much talk about millions of years. I recommend this book if you want to learn interesting facts.

[Mellanie C · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these books almost as much as my students do!

[//Zaazaaza// · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good

I thought it was fun and full of interesting facts.

[Awsom · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good.
I really liked the facts.

[Mason · Rating 2 out of 5]

i learned a lot in this book

[Yus]

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[Liam M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good book

[Charlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was cute

[Jordyn Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE the weird but true books! It has many shocks and I guarantee you will be completely amazed while reading them! They are also a great way to get kids to actually read.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Brayden Beaulieu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had this book since I was a kid and read it again, forgot how cool these facts were.

[Angelie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book talks about the all the crazy things you could never have imagined. Some of these things might not seem real, but trust me they are real! There are realistic facts in this book that happens all around the world. For example, "billions of years ago, earth reached 3,700 F. that's seven times hotter than a barbecue grill at a cookout". Awesome right, and realistic.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn new things or wants to see what is happening around the world today.

[Quinn D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weird But True 5 by National Geographic Kids is a great book for anyone who wants to learn many interesting facts while reading. This book is filled with jaw-dropping facts like, “Did you know that there was no ice in Antarctica 55 million years ago? ”. Facts like these make this book very entertaining. Amazon gave this book 4.4 stars, but I would give it 4.999 stars. All in all this is a very well done book, but not the best for intellectual reading.

[Aaron Sauceda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is filled with weird facts, hence, the name Weird but True. Did you know that babies have taste buds in their cheeks, or that Google was originally called BackRub, or that a vending machine in Singapore gave away a free soda to anyone who hugged the machine. Read more of these wacky facts in Weird but True! 5: 300 Outrageous Facts.

[Emily]

The facts in the book Weird but True 5 were actually really interesting. For example, a fact like, A vending machine in
Finland gave you free sodas if you hugged it was very weird and interesting. And other facts like some frogs are bright
Purple are really, really gross.

[Keros Chavez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very interesting. Like all the other books, it caught my interest. It was very surprising to me that a artist built a whole bridge out of just cardboard. These books are my favorite to read on long car trips.

[Marlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for weird stuff and I love to read so Weird but True! was the perfect quick read while waiting in line. Some I already knew but some were quite interesting. Some may require a bit of research before I take it as absolute truth.

[Lisa Houston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kids that are fact crazy will love this book. It's a super fast read and you learn tons.

[Jackson Paris · Rating 5 out of 5]

These facts made me gasp! I was amazed by all these facts! "You can use Gatorade to clean your toilet," "Roasted ants are a popular snack in Colombia," and "Only 0.1 of bacteria makes you sick!"

[Hadi Wijaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still enjoy reading these silly facts. Sometime it trigger me to think and ask 'Why?'

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books really are fascinating, the world is a crazy place!

[Sarai · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is AWSOME!!! It tells you facts that you didn't know before. :p :D :)

[Erin Fowler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun and interesting facts!