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Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? : and other questions you've always wanted to ask / Sandy Donovan ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson.

by Donovan, Sandra, 1967-

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Lerner Publications, c2010.

Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Medicine -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.

Is that a fact?

9780822590859 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

0822590859 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

40 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-39) and index.

When you bite on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark, does it make a spark? -- Can you fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's very warm outside? -- Can you fly if you tie enough helium balloons to you? -- Is it possible to swing 360 degrees on a swing set? -- Does the average human consume four spiders per year while sleeping? -- Can a spark from a cell phone make a gas station explode? -- Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? -- If you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight, will the tooth dissolve? -- Can reusing plastic water bottles cause cancer? -- Can you get free items by pouring salt water into vending machine coin slots? -- Can water boiled in a microwave suddenly "explode"? -- Will tapping on the top of a soda can prevent the soda from foaming up when opened? -- Is there a special chemical that can detect urine in a swimming pool? -- Is the number of people alive today greater than the number who have ever died? -- Will eggs really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox? -- Will a penny placed on a train track cause a train to derail? -- Does Jell-O gelatin really contain animal bones and skin?

This book explores whether there's a factual basis for some of our most common urban legends and features fun facts about the legends through entertaining sidebars.

Children's questions and answers.

Thompson, Colin W.

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