This fun, informative book separates fact from fiction through the use of engaging fact boxes and specific scientific research to debunk some of the myths surrounding the human body.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Read this Part First…!.
1: So You Might Hear Myths Like… Your Body Contains Enough Iron to Make a Nail.
2: I'd Never Have Known!.
3: Different Areas of Your Tongue Taste Different Things.
4: Your Brain Can Power a Light Bulb.
5: I'd Never Have Known!.
6: Eating Beans Makes You Fart.
7: I'd Never Have Known!.
8: Shaved Hair Grows Back More Thickly (And Other Hair Myths…).
9: That's Totally Gross!.
10: Your Hair Will Live Forever.
11: Human Heads Remain Conscious after Being Chopped off.
12: The Acid in Your Stomach Is Strong Enough to Dissolve Metal.
13: Poo Can be worth a Lot of Money.
14: All Babies Have Blue Eyes.
15: A Human Being Is Capable of Eating 50 Tons of Food.
16: You Spend a Year of Your Life on the Toilet.
17: That's Totally Gross!.
18: I'd Never Have Known!.
19: Computer Keyboards Are Less Hygienic than Toilet Seats.
20: Smoking Makes Your Teeth Fall Out.
21: You Can Clean a Cut with Maggots.
22: Mosquitoes Like to Bite Some People More than Others.
23: I'd Never Have Known!.
24: Reading under the Covers Ruins Your Eyes.
25: That's Totally Gross!.
26: Going out with Wet Hair Gives You a Cold.
27: You Should Feed a Cold, but Starve a Fever.
28: Laughter Is the Best Medicine.
29: Body Parts that Tell Your Fortune.
30: Your Hair Can Turn White Overnight.
31: Alcohol Kills Your Brain Cells.
32: Body Parts that Tell Your Fortune.
33: Tiny Creatures Can Take Over Your Brain.
34: That's Totally Gross!.
35: It's Possible for Human Beings to Spontaneously Burst into Flames.
36: I'd Never Have Known!.
37: The Human Jaw Is Tougher than Concrete.
38: A Quarter of All Your Bones Are in Your Feet.
39: A Tooth Is the Only Part of Your Body that Cannot Repair Itself.
40: That's Totally Gross!.
41: You Can Have Brain Surgery While You're Still Awake.
42: Eating Ice Cream Can Give You Ice-Cream Headac
