Mind = blown : amazing facts about this weird, hilarious, insane world / Matthew Santoro with Jake Greene ; Illustrations by Kagan McLeod.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, New York : TarcherPerigee, 2016Description: xxi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780143109211 (paperback)
- 0143109219 (paperback)
- Mind blown
- 031.02
- R AG 244 S237m 2016
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| R AG 243 G964 2008 Guinness world records 2008 : gamer's edition. | R AG 243 G964 2011 Guinness world records 2012 / | R AG 243 N567 1993 The New York Public Library student's desk reference. | R AG 244 S237m 2016 Mind = blown : amazing facts about this weird, hilarious, insane world / | R AG 25 N934 1969 Nouveau petit Larousse : dictionnaire encylopédique pour tous. 70,500 articles, 5,535 illus. en noir, 215 cartes en noir, 56 pages en couleurs, dont 26 hors-texte cartographiques, et un atlas en couleurs á la fin de l'ouvrage. | R AG 25 P489 2003 Le petit Larousse illustre : en couleurs. | R AG 5 S939d 1968 Diccionario del disparate / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.
Part 1: Rules of amazement
Quadrillion-dollar cows (and other crazy facts about money)
Rules of amazement: crazy laws from history and beyond
Fast facts: questionable judgment
YouTube Channel remix: the ten greatest prison escapes of all time and TripAdvisor reviews for the most brutal prisons on earth
The culture clubs: ten extreme initiations from around the world
Special section: the name game
Part 2: Who came up with that?
The wackiest mascots on Earth
Creative courtships from across the globe (and America's most common love story)
Fast facts: invention reinvention
YouTube Channel remix: amazing creatures created by science and the craziest drugs you never knew existed
The most painful pastimes on Earth
Special section: Japan blows my mind
Part 3: That can't be true, can it?
Ten crazy real-world doppelgängers
Real Chinese superstitions and fake Canadian superstitions
Fast facts: more powerful than you think
Historical wizards and their SWAG rankings
Fast facts: word!
YouTube Channel remix: the creepiest urban legends that turned out to be true (and the movies that should be based on them)
Special sections: the "worst pet on the planet" tournament
Part 4: No freakin' way!
Silly robots (and what will happen to humanity when they become our robot overlords)
Real-life animal avengers!
Fast facts: all in the family
Exceptional child prodigies (to amaze you and make you feel insecure about your life accomplishments or lack thereof)
YouTube Channel remix: the coolest things found in space (that would also be amazing names for rock bands)
Part 5: Fact favorites
Fan facts from around and about the globe
Facts about my favorite things
Fan fact favorites
"Matthew Santoro's originality and humor has attracted millions of fans, making him a beloved YouTube star. His weekly videos on amazing and little-known facts are eagerly anticipated by his many subscribers and followers around the world. In his first-ever book, Matthew's love of weird and wacky knowledge explodes with new facts and stories from around the planet, and beyond. Surprising, and always entertaining, Mind = Blown offers even more of Matthew's unique take on this hilarious, crazy world"-- Provided by publisher.
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