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"3... 2... 1... We have lift off on another fully revised and updated Guinness World Records annual. The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world, revealing the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space."--Amazon.com.
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"The world's most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels. Inside you'll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World Records 2019 is the ultimate snapshot of our world today"--Publisher's...
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"Enter The Labyrinth of Curiosities and begin a voyage of discovery through a maze of peculiar trivia where each factoid and tidbit leads unexpectedly to the next. This unique full-color trivia book from Fay Moss-Rider is a strange and astonishing journey through history, science, pop culture, and more. What do sign language puns have to do with Shakespearean cats? How do secret languages involve infamous twins? And how are gingko trees and tidal...
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Briefly describes various world records as recorded and uploaded on the platform YouTube and features photographs and QR codes that allow readers to see the videos. Includes such records as the largest rabbit to the world's tallest water slide to the most-watched movie trailer.
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"Larry Scheckel is an award-winning science teacher and lecturer who makes complex topics simple to understand. Here you'll find entertaining answers to 101 questions you didn't even know you had, such as, "Why does glue stick?" "Why do batteries die?" "What would happen if you put human DNA into another creature?" and "How do people record memories in their brains?"--Provided by publisher.
12) Unbelievable art
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Provides bizarre yet true facts about art, including paintings made on egg cartons, sculptures carved out of living trees, diminuitive sculptures for flies, and portraits created using magnetic cassette tape.
20) Lost in Babylon
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Jack and his friends head to the Gardens of Babylon continuing their quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.