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Index
Title Page
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Table of Figures
INTRODUCTION
READER! BEFORE YOU START THIS BOOK, STOP RIGHT HERE!
SUPER CARS
HISTORY’S WEIRDEST DISASTERS
THE ELEPHANT STAMPEDE
THE BOSTON MOLASSES DISASTER
SNAKES FROM THE VOLCANO
THE TEXAS CHAIN REACTION DISASTER
THE EASTLAND ROLLOVER
ODDS ARE …
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
HOW TO LAND A PLANE IN AN EMERGENCY
FUN MATH TRICKS
MOST VENOMOUS SNAKES
MOST DANGEROUS SNAKES
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
FEAR FACTOR
NATURE’S DEADIEST
GREAT MYSTERIES - WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND
THE STATUES ON EASTER ISLAND
STONEHENGE
THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE
WHERE WERE THE ETRUSCANS FROM?
BADAKIZU EUSKARAZ?
WEAPONS - THAT CHANGED HISTORY
BOW AND ARROW
STIRRUPS
ENIGMA
♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ CARD TRICK 1 ♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ - “THE FLIPPED CARD”
HOW TO ESCAPE FROM BEING TIED UP
DETECTIVE STUFF - CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
BLOOD TESTING
DNA TESTING
WHAT ARE YOU REALLY WORTH?
CODES - THERE IS DANGER MAY COME VERY SOON
♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ CARD TRICK 2 ♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ - “THE MATH GENIUS MAGIC TRICK”
PRESIDENTS
TOP ELEVEN - GREATEST MOMENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY
BASEBALL
HOCKEY
BASKETBALL
SOCCER
ATHLETES - WHO CHANGED THE WORLD—LITERALLY
AMAZING - COMEBACK-UPSET-REFUSE-TO-LOSE
BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
BALL GAMES
EXTREME SPORTS
TREASURE - BURIED AND OTHERWISE
THE MONEY PIT OF OAK ISLAND - NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
RMS REPUBLIC - ATLANTIC OCEAN
CAPTAIN KIDD’S TREASURE - LONG ISLAND SOUND, NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT
LONG ISLAND’S SHIPWRECK VALLEY - LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
THE TOMB OF TUT - THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS, EGYPT
LOST DUTCHMAN MINE - APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA
WONDERS OF WORLD
GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA, EGYPT, AROUND 2500 B.C. (Fig. A)
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, IRAQ, 600 B.C.
TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS, TURKEY, 600-300 B.C. (Fig. B)
STATUE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA, GREECE, 500 B.C. (Fig. C)
MAUSOLEUM OF MAUSSOLLOS, HALICARNASSUS, TURKEY, 353 B.C.
COLOSSUS OF RHODES, GREEK ISLAND OF RHODES, 280 B.C. (Fig. D)
LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 280 B.C.
CHANNEL TUNNEL, STRAIT OF DOVER, ENGLAND, 1994
CN TOWER, TORONTO (ONTARIO) CANADA, 1976 (Fig. E)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 1931 (Fig. F)
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, GOLDEN GATE STRAIT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1937 (Fig. G)
ITAIPU DAM, PARANA RIVER, SOUTH AMERICA, 1984
DELTA WORKS, NETHERLANDS, EUROPE, 1997
PANAMA CANAL, ISTHMUS OF PANAMA, CENTRAL AMERICA, 1914
THE TWO MOST HORRIFYING, AND DISGUSTING CREATURES IN THE WORLD
THE GREAT GAME OF
FANTASY WARS
WHO WOULD WIN?
CRUSHING CONQUERORS
FANTASY WARS
HOW THREE THOUSAND MEN BEAT FIFTY THOUSAND, AND OTHER GREAT BATTLE STORIES
OKINAWA ISLAND, 1945
COSTA RICA, 1856
BENGAL, 1757
EGYPT, 1798
FANTASY WARS
HOW DOES IT WORK ?
COMPUTER BYTE SIZES
SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK STAR
THE ONLY FOUR - SPORTS DYNASTIES WORTH MENTIONING, AND WHY NO ONE WILL EVER TOP THEM
LARGEST PORTS FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIES EVER SHOWN IN AMERICA
HOW TO CREATE A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE
EARTH’S EXTREMES
MOON MANFACTS
SPACE DISTANCES
COOL THINGS TO EXPECT IN YOUR LIFETIME
GREAT MYSTERIES: FAKE
RICH
GREAT MYSTERIES: SPOOKY
AREA 51
THE GHOST SHIP
THE TUNGUSKA EVENT
BERMUDA TRIANGLE
AMELIA EARHART
D.B. COOPER
WORLD’S GREATEST DAREDEVILS
NIAGARA FALLS TIGHTROPE WALKERS—THE GREAT FARINI AND BLONDIN
THE SOLO SAILOR—SIR FRANCIS CHICESTER
THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS—PHILIPPE PETIT
SKYSCRAPING—ALAIN ROBERT
SPEED RECORDS
SPEEDS … IN MILES PER HOUR
U.S. STATES AND CAPITALS
PEOPLE, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE …
ALL-AMERICAN PREDATORS
HOW TO FIGHT OFF AN ALLIGATOR
DISEASES YOU DEFINITELY DON’T WANT TO GET
ANTHRAX
BOTULISM
EBOLA
PLAGUE
SMALLPOX
THE BIGGEST MAN-MADE THING
BUILDINGS
TUNNELS
TOWERS
ON PLANET EARTH ON PLANET EARTH
DAMS
BRIDGES
PLANES
SHIPS
WALLS
THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW (BUT PROBABLY SHOULD)
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