Weird but True! 3: 300 Outrageous Facts

Weird But True #3

by National Geographic Kids

Did you know that a lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away? That an astronaut's heartbeat slows down in space? That about $50 billion of Monopoly money is printed each year? Three hundred wacky facts pop from the colorful, compact pages of Weird but True! 3, an irresistible trove of facts and fun, based on the top-scoring feature in the country's premier children's magazine—National Geographic Kids. Brain-bending information entertains as it educates, covering topics such as science, animals, food, pop culture, weather, geography, and everything else under the sun. Plus, for the first time, this edition contains fun facts generated by readers! The original Weird but True book was an overnight success, selling tens of thousand of copies through bookstores in its first month on the market. The third edition is poised to follow, as it explodes with all-new facts, whimsical design, and even more eye-popping features that kids will love.

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

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 14, 2011

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

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of fun facts which the whole family enjoyed. The book itself is a great size for small hands to hold and the photos and illustrations all add to the enjoyment. It's a good way of getting reluctant reader to read as it's easy to take in small sections so as not to overwhelm them.

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always good the books in this collection are well done, full of interesting facts and properly illustrated to present the facts and attract the young readers eyes. Well done, educative and fun!

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kid could not love these books more. And I have become a receptacle for weird and mostly useless facts.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this Book because It has300 outrageous facts And 1Of them Is Laws In England Where Written In French For more Then 400 years. Also There was a Hotel made Of Garbage In Rume Italy. Those are 2 Outrageous Facts. Do you know black labs Have Webbed feet So they can swim. My dog Swimms And She can dive.😍😍😍😆

[Liam · Rating 4 out of 5]

good

[Meg McGregor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like learning new things from a "children's book!"

This was a very entertaining, and lavishly illustrated, book of trivia!

Please enjoy these little trivia gems!

A. Studies show that when evenly matched teams compete, the team wearing red, has a better chance at winning.

B. More than a thousand Earths could fit inside Jupiter.

C. Every zebra's striped pattern is different.

D. Bouquets in Austria have an odd number of flowers; even numbers are considered to be bad luck.

E. Smelling good scents, such as roses, when you sleep may give you happy dreams.

F. You can buy soap, that smells like, bacon frying.

G. A volcanic eruption, in 1883, made the sun look green.

H. Australia's Great Barrier Reef can be seen from space.

I. A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.

J. Almonds belong to the ROSE family!

As Lord Byron wrote, "Tis strange - but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction."

[Emily Leung Sui Lam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book gives a lot of information and makes me gain more knowledge. This book includes 300 outrageous facts, for instance, a hamster's teeth never stop growing in its entire life and a shark can grow and lose up to 30000 teeth in its lifetime. But I think this book lacks details, for example, a hound dog named Tigger had ears that were each 14 inches (35.6 cm) long - that is longer than 2 of the Weird But True book side by side, I think the author could include, what breed the dog was, who was his owner and when the record was made. In conclusion, the book was fantastic and very informative. I suggest this book to my friends.

[Alger Smythe-Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

A truly fun book with great photos. The herring factoid is easily the best thing I have learned this year.

[Grace Kee · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was great it had a lot of random facts that i never knew before

[Cameron Y · Rating 5 out of 5]

good facts

[Oliwer · Rating 5 out of 5]

good facts.

[#Elenaaaaaaaaaaaaaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hiliarious!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informational
2nd - 4th
The info-graphs and visuals throughout the book make it easy to read the information provided.

[Kayla S · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

awesome facts.

[Awsom · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good.
I really liked the facts.

[Mishka · Rating 5 out of 5]

wierd but true i have to say some were really true and a lot of wierd

[keag · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a nice book i think i read it last year tho

[Amy Diop · Rating 5 out of 5]

just fun , i'm learning a lot of thing

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

We love these books full of fun facts!

[Sarah]

i loved these books in days gone by

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing even better than the first you can see how they improved I love them so much I read this one in one night

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book! Some of the facts were a little bit disturbing (like it said leaches can live in your nose..)

[Cami Cazi · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is good but I would prefer something only about animals.Apart from that it was good.

[Trey Auntie Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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350 Weird But True facts by National Geographic Kids.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did you know....

*That the Earth spins so fast that someone standing at the equator is traveling about 1,000 miles an hour.

*Sperm whales have the heaviest brains on the planet.

*Certain sharks walk on their fins underwater.

*Spit can freeze in midair at the North Pole.

*There are about 3,000 lightening flashes on earth every minute.

*Some people can hear their eyeballs moving.

*Large forest fires can create tornadoes made of flames.



This is one of the most fun books I've ever read. Bright, colorful and full of exciting facts. It's super quick to read and even fun to pick up and open at random. Love it! I need to buy all the rest in the series.

[Hope Mullinax · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the National Geographic Society, this is third of a series of books containing weird and quirky facts. It is an easy read for the reluctant reader. Kids love the unusual and quick information found within each page and are eager to recite the information in later conversations.

[Kaethe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Curious facts and amusing trivia. What the book lacks in substance, it makes up for with stylish design. Yeah, it's really lightweight, but sometimes we need that. Something quick and zippy hits the spot.