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Dedication
Part 1: Amazing Animals
1. Why do birds stand on one leg?
2. Can sharks really smell a drop of blood from a mile away?
3. How do mosquitoes bite without my noticing?
4. Is it true that spiders could eat every single human on the planet?
5. Why don’t woodpeckers get headaches?
6. Is it true that only half of a dolphin’s brain sleeps at any given time?
7. Why are a grasshopper’s ears located on its abdomen?
8. What was a dodo?
9. How do monarch butterflies migrate from Mexico to Canada and back?
History Mystery: Has Earth ever been visited by aliens?
Part 2: The Body
1. Why do people stick out their tongue?
2. Why are some people left-handed?
3. Is it true that we use only 10 percent of our brain?
4. Why do paper cuts and stubbed toes hurt differently?
5. Is gray hair really a thing?
6. Do human beings molt? .
7. Have we peaked as a species?
8. Why are fingernails on a chalkboard so obnoxious?
9. Do spouses tend to look like each other?
10. Why do we blush?
History Mystery: Did Shakespeare really write all of his plays?
Part 3: Weird, Wacky, and Wondrous
1. Why do shoelaces come undone?
2. Does holding my key fob to my head make it work better?
3. What is the stopped clock illusion?
4. If an asteroid was headed for Earth, could we shoot it down?
5. How do we know Earth isn’t flat?
6. How can some people wake up just before the alarm goes off?
7. Do bacteria live on money? .
History Mystery: What were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Part 4: Mystery Meals
1. Can some people taste more (or better) than the rest of us?
2. Most animals can eat lots of raw meat, so why can’t we?
3. Why do cola and mints create a fizzy geyser?
4. How does popcorn pop?
5. What makes peppers spicy?
6. Does chewing gum make you smarter?
History Mystery: What are the Nazca lines in Peru?
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