"A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party." -Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review "Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." -Chicago Tribune A collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber. Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we...

The fully revised and updated version of the classic is based on the theme of the Blue Planet, with an emphasis on the natural world, as well as the latest record-breaking successes in music, TV, and sports.

Describes some of the world records held by ships, planes, mountains, rivers, deserts, buildings, bridges, animals, and trees and plants.

Astonish your friends and family with this incredible collection of mind-boggling facts about the scariest animals ever to walk the Earth. This unbelievably fascinating dinosaur book for children will teach you all you need to know about prehistoric animals, like which dinosaur had the sharpest teeth, the longest claws, the smallest brain, the largest droppings, and lots more! Did you know that the largest dinosaur was longer than a tennis court but...

Presents unusual facts about the holiday, including how upside-down Christmas trees can be purchased, how Sweden erects a giant straw goat for the occasion, and how mystery elves have been spotted in Michigan handing out money to strangers.

Olivia Bean, who is really good at trivia watches the TV show Jeopardy every night. She would like to enter the program's kids week thinking that she could not only win a bundle of money, but see her father who left 2 years ago and now has another family. However, her weak area is geography, but her friend turned nemesis, Tucker, and a lot of others help her to bulk up and at last after passing all the auditions, she is on her way to Hollywood....