How Much Does a Cloud Weigh?: Questions and Answers that Will Blow Your Mind

By William Potter, Helen Otway and Luke Seguin-Magee

What is the longest bone in your body? Are turkeys from Turkey? When was toilet paper invented?

Find out the answers to these questions and much, much more in this fascinating fact book. With clear, engaging text and vibrant illustrations, kids can explore some of the strangest, grossest, and most fascinating parts of our world in an accessible and engaging way. Perfect for children aged 7+.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Big Ideas! is a dynamic, educational "fun fact" series for children aged seven and up, illustrated throughout with humorous cartoons. Packed with surprising facts, stats, and records that kids will just love to share, it revels in all things weird, unexpected, mind-blowing, funny, and gross!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Sep 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781398823662

William Potter

William Potter is a prolific author of children's non-fiction. He has also written and edited a wide range of well-known comics and magazines, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sonic the Comic, Marvel Fact Files, Marvel Chess Specials and DC Chess Collection. He lives in Haslemere, UK.

Book preview

WHAT MAKES HAIR CURLY?

Whether your hair is curly or straight depends on the shape of your hair follicles. Curly hair grows from oval follicles and straight hair grows from round follicles.

HOW FAST DO YOU REMEMBER?

Retrieving a memory takes 0.0004 seconds.

DID YOU KNOW?

A Michigan couple opened a parcel delivered to their home and were shocked to find a liver and an ear inside! The parts should have been delivered to a nearby research laboratory.

HOW MANY CELLS ARE IN YOUR BODY?

The average human body is made up of an astonishing 50 trillion cells.

DID YOU KNOW?

You have no control over some of your muscles! These are known as involuntary muscles. The body uses them for functions like breathing and digesting food.

DO LEFTIES AND RIGHTIES EAT DIFFERENTLY?

If you’re right-handed, you tend to chew food on the right side of your mouth; if you’re left-handed, you tend to chew on the left.

ARE ADULTS’ BRAINS BIGGER THAN KIDS’?

Yes—but not much! Your brain reached 90 percent of its adult size by the time you were six years old.

DID YOU KNOW?

An operation on a patient in a Belgrade hospital was disrupted when two surgeons started a fight! They took their disagreement outside and the assistant surgeon completed the procedure.

WHAT IS THE TOUGHEST THING IN YOUR BODY?

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in your body.

WHY CAN’T WE CURE THE COMMON COLD?

There are hundreds of viruses that can give you a cold. That’s why there is no cure!

WHAT IS ASPIRIN MADE OF?

The painkilling drug aspirin comes from willow bark and was first described by Hippocrates in the 5th century BCE.

DID YOU KNOW?

A British pensioner who lost her false teeth discovered that her dog had eaten them! The dog had a three-hour operation to have them removed.

HOW FAR DO BLOOD CELLS TRAVEL?

Red blood cells are made inside your bones. Each cell travels around the body about 250,000 times before it returns to the bone marrow to die.

DID YOU KNOW?

Your eyes always close when you sneeze—it is impossible to keep them open.

WHAT PART OF YOUR BODY IS THE GREEDIEST?

Your brain is your hungriest organ! 20 percent of the calories you eat feeds it.

CAN YOU TASTE WITH YOUR NOSE?

Your nose helps you to taste things! That’s why it’s difficult to taste your food if you have a cold and can’t smell anything.

DID YOU KNOW?

One person in 200 has an extra pair of ribs.

HOW MUCH FOOD DO YOU EAT IN A LIFETIME?

Your digestive system will process around 50 tonnes (110, 231 lb)