Actually Factually
By Guy Campbell
3/5
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About this ebook
Guy Campbell
Guy Campbell has been a writer and graphic designer since 1986. He started the Creative and Graphics company Moran Campbell da Vinci in 1990 producing corporate ID, advertising (newspapers, magazines, point of sale, posters) and packaging (specialising in toys) for, among other clients, Harrods and Hamleys. Writing credits has included over 40 books for children, a monthly comic for children, hundreds of cartoon strips for newspapers and magazines worldwide, puzzles for books, newspapers and magazines, comedy sketches for TV and a short comic play for BBC radio 5.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've been reading non-fiction to relax, lately, which is my excuse for this one. It's aimed at kids, and basically debunks various urban myths like the idea that people swallow eight spiders per year in their sleep. It's very simplistic, but kids would probably enjoy it, and it wasn't bad for me to read in the twenty minutes before bed, either.
Edit: Now I'm reading the QI Book of General Ignorance, I have a feeling this is plagiarised. I'll compare them side by side when I've got chance...
Book preview
Actually Factually - Guy Campbell
Written by Guy Campbell
Illustrated by Paul Moran
Edited by Sally Pilkington
With special thanks to James Kearns
First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Buster Books,
An imprint of Michael O’Mara Books Limited
9 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London SW4 7NQ
This electronic edition published in 2011
ISBN: 9781907151873 in EPub format
ISBN: 9781780550046 in Mobipocket format
ISBN: 9781906082185 in hardback print format
Copyright © Buster Books Limited 2009
All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Jacket design by Angie Allison and Zoe Quayle
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Contents
A Dog Year Is Seven Human Years
Water Goes Down The Plughole The Other Way In Australia
The Average Person Swallows Eight Spiders Every Year While Asleep
Christopher Columbus Discovered America
An Insect Dies After It Stings You
You Can’t Find The End Of A Rainbow
There Are More People On Earth Now Than Have Ever Lived
Mount Everest Is The Highest Mountain In The World
Leonardo Da Vinci Invented The Helicopter
The Water In Your Glass Was Once Dinasour Wee
We Only Use Ten Per Cent Of Our Brains
Lemmings Jump Off Cliffs
No Two Snowflakes Are Identical
All The Vitamins In A Potato Are In Its Skin
The Wright Brothers Invented The Aeroplane
Fluffy, White Clouds Are Lighter Than Air
Swallowed Chewing Gum Can Wrap Around Your Organs And Kill You
Chocolate Gives You Spots
The Sahara Is The World’s Largest Desert
Wrap Up Warm Or You’ll Catch A Cold
The Great Wall Of China Is The Only Man-Made Object Visible From Space
Microwaves Cook From The Inside Out
Carrots Help You See In The Dark
There Is No Gravity In Space
There Are 24 Hours In A Day
Global Warming Is Caused By Cows Farting
Pirates Made People Walk The Plank
A Goldfish Has A Memory Of About Three Seconds
Elephants Are Scared Of Mice
Bats Are Blind
‘Ring a Ring O’ Roses’ Is About The Black Death
Heat Rises
Bears Hibernate
Tutankhamun’s Tomb Was Cursed
Napoleon Was Short