It Can't Be True! 2: More Incredible Visual Comparisons

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How many bees does it take to make a jar of honey? Did you know sharks are so sensitive that they can detect the current from batteries 1,000 miles apart? Believe it or not, it's true. Discover more amazing and seemingly impossible facts in It Can't Be True! 2. By combining hard to believe facts with CGI renderings and photographs, this book places information with visual aids that puts everything to scale, including how the Titanic would be in the shadow of today's huge ocean liners. Kids will love the weird, out-of-this-world facts for just about anything. See how big a squid can grow compared to people, figure out how much water an elephant can hold in its trunk, and look at how a tiny frog can fit on a coin. Readers will pore over the pages of this book to find astounding facts in this new collection. It Can't Be True! 2 uses photography, infographics, and snappy text to bring facts to life that will have kids eager to find out more bizarre facts to share with family and friends. Contents 2 Planet Earth and beyond How many trees are there? 6 What’s the longest mountain range? 8 How big is the Pacific Ocean? 10 How much salt is in the sea? 12 How much rain falls in a year? 14 How heavy is a cloud? 16 How much electricity is in a lightning bolt? 18 How long would it take to fall to the center of Earth? 20 EARTH DATA 22 How far away is the Moon? 24 How high can you jump in space? 26 What’s the hottest planet? 28 What’s the most massive planet? 30 How big is Pluto? 32 How large are Saturn’s rings? 34 How big is Comet P67/C-G? 36 How much space junk is there? 38 SPACE EXPLORATION DATA 40 The natural world What’s the smallest frog? 44 What’s the biggest dog? 46 What’s the biggest jellyfish? 48 How long can animals hold their breath in water? 50 How tall is a termite mound? 52 How big is a locust swarm? 54 How much water can an elephant hold in its trunk? 56 How big is a hippo’s mouth? 58 What’s the ocean’s deadliest animal? 60 What’s the most indestructible animal? 62 How heavy is a blue whale’s heart? 64 Which bird builds the biggest nests? 66 ANIMAL DATA 68 How big can a snail grow? 70 How many eggs do animals lay? 72 What’s the smallest living reptile? 74 What’s the most venomous snake? 76 How big can a squid grow? 78 How many bees make a jar of honey? 80 What’s the biggest rat? 82 What’s the loudest insect? 84 What was the biggest insect ever? 86 What’s the smallest insect? 88 How big can beaver dams get? 90 Which animal sleeps the most? 92 How much wool do sheep produce? 94 PLANT DATA 96 Untitled The human world How many people live on Earth? 100 How long have people been on Earth? 102 How many ancestors do I have? 104 How far does a person walk in a lifetime? 106 TIME DATA 108 How strong is hair? 110 How much power does your brain have? 112 How much saliva do you produce in a day? 114 How much oxygen is in your body? 116 How much do your feet sweat? 118 How small is a virus? 120 BODY DATA 122 How much rice is eaten in a year? 124 What’s the hottest chili pepper? 126 How many apples do people eat in a year? 128 How much sugar is in our food? 130 Which food has the most vitamin C? 132 How much milk do we consume? 134 FOOD DATA 136 Feats of engineering How big was the Titanic? 140 What’s the world’s biggest truck? 142 How many cars are in the world? 144 How big is the biggest plane? 146 How big is the biggest submarine? 148 How big is the largest hot-air balloon? 150 What’s the longest subway in the world? 152 How many shipwrecks are there? 154 BUILDINGS DATA 156 How tall is the tallest statue? 158 What’s the fastest ball in sports? 160 How far could a pencil draw? 162 What’s the most extreme roller coaster? 164 How many solar panels could power the world? 166 INTERNET DATA 168 Which film cost the most to make? 170 How big is the biggest screen? 172 What’s the smallest camera? 174 How powerful were the earliest computers? 176 How much paper does it take to print the world wide web? 178 How heavy is the Internet? 180 What’s the largest diamond? 182 What’s the most expensive object ever built? 184 MONEY DATA 186 Index 188 Acknowledgments 192