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Index
Cover
Dedication
Part 1: The Body
1. What Do Our Pupils Say About Us?
2. Why Do Onions Make Me Cry?
3. Do We All Have Neanderthal in Us?
4. Why Does Asparagus Make My Pee Smell Funny?
5. Why Do I Sometimes Have Difficulty Recalling Words on the Tip of My Tongue?
6. Do Fingernails Grow Faster than Toenails? If So, Why?
7. Why Do Some People Faint When They See Blood?
8. Why Do People Choke Under Pressure?
9. Why Do Farts Smell Bad?
10. Why Are Yawns Contagious?
History Mystery: Did Newton Really Get Hit on the Head by an Apple, Inspiring His Thoughts of Gravity?
Part 2: The Animal Kingdom
1. Where Do Cats Come From?
2. Where Do Dogs Come From?
3. Do Cats Love Us or Merely Tolerate Us?
4. Are Dogs Truly Man’s Best Friend?
5. What Attracts Mosquitoes to Me? (And What Can I Do About It?)
6. Why Am I Plagued by Mosquitoes When Some of My Friends Aren’t?
7. Why Do Lizards Do Push-Ups?
8. Why do lizards shed their tails?
9. Why Do Some Creatures Throw Their Feces?
10. Why Do Geese Fly in V Formation?
History Mystery: Why Were Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Arms So Short?
Part 3: Supernatural
1. What is Déjà vu?
2. Do We Dream in Color?
3. Can We Really Tell When Someone is Staring at Us?
4. Does Subliminal Advertising Work?
5. Does Bigfoot Exist?
History Mystery: Did Archimedes Really Set Roman Ships on Fire with the Sun?
Part 4: The Natural World
1. Can Humans Echolocate?
2. Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up as We Age?
3. Why Does Campfire Smoke Follow You Around?
4. Is It a Small World After All?
5. Does Water Drain from the Bathtub in Two Directions?
6. Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall?
7. What is the Sound Barrier and What Can Break it?
8. How Many Times Can You Fold a Piece of Paper?
9. How Are Champagne Bubbles Different from Beer Bubbles?
10. Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon?
History Mystery: Did Galileo Drop Balls from the Tower of Pisa?
Acknowledgments
About Jay Ingram
Copyright
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