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Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask
 
 
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The Editors of New Scientist.
Publisher Free Press  
Format paperback
Product Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
ISBN 9780743297264
Pages/Publication Date 211/2006
Daedalus Item Code 31093
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How fat do you have to be to become bulletproof? Why do people have eyebrows? Can eating green potatoes really kill you? How quickly could you turn into a fossil? And why do pineapples have a hard, spiny skin that would discourage eating them? This book is packed with lighthearted but real scientific wisdom from the "Last Word" column of New Scientist, in which questions submitted by readers are answered by the magazine's editors.

"This [book] proves there really is no such thing as a stupid question.... The conflagration of trivia, knowledge, anecdote and humor should entertain just about anyone."—Publishers Weekly

 
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