Weird But True 8: Expanded Edition: 350 Outrageous Facts

Weird But True #8

by National Geographic Kids

Did you know that plants can get fevers, or that some turtles glow in the dark? It's all totally weird ... but true!

The world can be a pretty wacky place! Kids will have a blast exploring just HOW wacky in the 8th book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 350 surprising and amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with fascinating photos and illustrations. This quirky little reference is so much fun, kids forget they're learning.

Genres: Nonfiction

216 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 2016

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]

National Geographic Kids presents more fascinating, unusual, and random facts in this 8th installment of weird but true findings. The colorful graphics and images make this an easy and fun read for kids and adults alike.

Who knew that more people are killed each year by domestic pigs than by sharks? (Bye bye Shark Week, hello Tales from the Pig Pen.)

All mammals heavier than 6.6 pounds take the same amount of time to pee. (Humans must be not be included in this and I‘m not sure I believe this to be true for other mammals.)

Raindrops are shaped like pancakes. (I thought they were drop shaped, hence the name…?)

Some dogs’ paws smell like corn chips. (Can someone with a dog verify this?)

A penny-farthing is a bicycle with a giant front wheel and a tiny back wheel. (I’ve always wondered over the proper name for these.)

Dominoes’ spots are called pips. (Who knew they even had a name?)

Your taste buds go numb when you fly. (That explains why airline food is bland.)

A librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed. (Just one more chapter and then I’ll turn off the light.)

Whether you want to be amused, enlightened, or grossed out, this book delivers in the 300 facts mentioned here. It’s a good book to read with someone so you can talk about all the interesting things you learn along the way.

[Dhilan Stanley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the book was very good. I really like the book because it taught me a lot of facts like raindrops are shaped like pancakes. There is even a little quirk that you forget that your learning. It also is really fun for kids. Finding wacky facts could make kids laugh hard. Especially that the series has plenty of books, kids would be smart if they read a lot of them. One more fact is that mammals that weigh more than 6.6 pounds urinate for the same amount of time. Kids may like to find facts for a school nonfiction book and find a fact most people don’t know. Kids are going to love Weird But True 8.

[Angel Villatoro]

great book had a lot of fact my favorite thing was that their was a man that had rode the biggest pumkin while their was a boat race and still won the race. the book had lots of funny and weird facts

[Erin Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this. Straight to the point, lots of really random facts about just about anything. And a lot don't give much info at all so it kind of inspires you to go look up more on certain things, which may be good for kids to help them with independent learning and research skills. Personally, for me, it's just a weird fascination with facts and wanting to overload myself with random knowledge. A lot of this is facts you probably will have no use for in life but its all just fun to know anyway.

[Mahri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book so much that I have half of the facts memorised

[Awsom · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good.
I really liked the facts.

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love this series! We read three over the course of three days and there was a few overlaps in this book from the earlier books, but still a delightful read.

[Ellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love every one of the amazing facts.

[Sapphire Kimble · Rating 5 out of 5]

The facts are weird but true!

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[sardine Can · Rating 4 out of 5]

it's weird but true what's not to like

[Blair Noir · Rating 5 out of 5]

very gud👍

[Vanessa Ellermann · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 8-year-old and his best friend enjoyed reading this out loud to each other. They took turns reading each page. So cute!

[Malik Vest-Walton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of weird but true facts! XD. Seriously good knowledge in here. Only knew about 1%. Got this at Ripley's believe or not around 10 years ago.

[EV · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was a super cool fact book. i learned lots of strange things to share with my family.

[Tahna Chew · Rating 2 out of 5]

interesting