I Can’t Believe It! 2

354 Pages·2018·105.26 MB·English

by  DK Publishing

I CAN’T
B E L I E V E
2

IT!
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DK Delhi
Project editors Janashree Singha, Antara Moitra T
Project art editor Shreya Anand
Editor Aadithyan Mohan Art editor Revati Anand
Senior DTP designer Vishal Bhatia
DTP designer Rakesh Sharma
Jacket designer Suhita Dharamjit N Strange but true!
Jackets editorial coordinator Priyanka Sharma
Managing editor Kingshuk Ghoshal
Managing art editor Govind Mittal Jumbo glacier 8
DK London Explosive heat 10
Editor Vicky Richards
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Senior art editor Spencer Holbrook Island in the sky 12
US Executive editor Lori Hand
Jacket designer Surabhi Wadhwa-Gandhi Rainbow spring 14
Jacket editor Claire Gell
Jacket design development manager Sophia MTT
Producer, pre-production Siu Chan T Ewe with a view 16
Producer Jude Crozier
Managing editor Francesca Baines Deep freeze 18
Managing art editor Philip Letsu
Publisher Andrew Macintyre COOL CAVES 20
Associate publishing director Liz Wheeler
Art director Karen Self N Stone forest 22
Design director Phil Ormerod
Publishing director Jonathan Metcalf Red alert! 24
Content previously published in It Can’t Be True! in 2013, Food fight festival 26
True Or False? in 2014, Strange But True! in 2015, and
It Can’t Be True! 2 in 2016 O FESTIVAL FUN 28
First American Edition, 2018
Snow sculptures 30
Published in the United States by DK Publishing
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Plane spotter’s paradise 32
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ISBN 978-1-4654-7281-6
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At the top of their game 40 Alpine alley 84 What is the
Basket Building 42 Morning glory 86 biggest insect? 120
TOP TRUNKS 44 Snow chimneys 88 What had the longest
wings ever? 122
Armed and deciduous 46 In the line of the firenadoes 90
What is the smallest bird? 124
Algae attack! 48
Which bird laid the
Foul flower 50
biggest egg? 126
FREAKY FLORA 52
How far can a bird fly? 128
Bicycle tree 54
How old is the
Out of the blue 56 oldest tree? 130
It can’t be true!
Snake in the grass 58 How old are the
oldest animals? 132
Flying figures 60
How much blood does a
What is the
Devil in disguise 62 heart pump? 94
fastest runner? 134
IN HIDING 64 How long are your
What animal can jump
Goat gymnasts 66 blood vessels? 96
the farthest? 136
Dance fever 68 How much air do you
What is the fastest flyer? 138
breathe in a lifetime? 98
In-flight fight 70
What is the
How heavy are
Dedicated dad 72 fastest swimmer? 140
your bones? 100
Shoal-stopper 74 How fast is the
What has the
fastest aircraft? 142
Bubbling under 76
biggest eyes? 102
What was the
Light show 78
What has the biggest aircraft? 144
Spiky snow 80 biggest teeth? 104
How fast is the fastest
ICEBREAKERS 82 What is the biggest watercraft? 146
living thing? 106
How big is a
How big is the supertanker? 148
biggest animal? 108
How much can a
What was the ship carry? 150
biggest dinosaur? 110 How powerful was the
What was the biggest Space Shuttle? 152
land predator? 112 How far have people
What was the been into space? 154
largest snake? 114 VEHICLE DATA 156
How big was the How small is the
biggest shark? 116 tiniest computer? 158
How big can How many books can you
spiders grow? 118 fit on a flash drive? 160
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EARTH DATA 192 How big is a
How far away is hippo’s mouth? 224
the Moon? 194 What’s the ocean’s
How high can you deadliest animal? 226
jump in space? 196 What’s the most
What is the indestructible animal? 228
hottest planet? 198 How heavy is a blue
What’s the most whale’s heart? 230
massive planet? 200 Which bird builds the
How big is Pluto? 202 largest nests? 232
How large are ANIMAL DATA 234
COMPUTER DATA 162
Saturn’s rings? 204 How big can a
How tall is the
How big is Comet snail grow? 236
tallest building? 164
P67/C-G? 206 How many eggs do
How big is the
How much space animals lay? 238
biggest building? 166
junk is there? 208 What’s the smallest
How tall is the
SPACE EXPLORATION living reptile? 240
tallest bridge? 168
DATA 210 What’s the most
How heavy is
What’s the smallest frog? 212 venomous snake? 242
the Great Pyramid? 170
What’s the biggest dog? 214 How big can a
How deep can we dig? 172
squid grow? 244
What’s the
How much gold is there? 174
biggest jellyfish? 216 How many bees make
How many trees a jar of honey? 246
How long can animals hold
are there? 176
their breath in water? 218 How loud is an insect? 248
What’s the longest
How big is a What was the biggest
mountain range? 178
locust swarm? 220 insect ever? 250
How big is the
How much water can an What’s the
Pacific Ocean? 180 elephant hold in its trunk? 222 smallest insect? 252
How much salt is
in the sea? 182
How much rain falls
in a year? 184
How heavy is a cloud? 186
How much electricity
is in a lightning bolt? 188
How long would it take
to fall to the center
of Earth? 190
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How big can The Internet and the A red sky at night signals
beaver dams get? 254 World Wide Web are good weather 318
Your irises are as unique as the same thing 292 Lightning can’t strike the
your fingerprints 258 You are caught on camera same place twice 320
300 times a day 294 No two snowflakes
Robots will take over are the same 322
the world 296 The population of the world
COOL SCIENCE 298 can fit into Los Angeles 324
Earth is a perfect sphere 300 DOWN TO EARTH 326
There is a dark side Marie Antoinette said “Let
True or false?
of the Moon 302 them eat cake!” 328
The tongue has The sun is yellow 304 Napoleon was short 330
taste zones 260 Starlight is millions Enemy soldiers played
soccer in the trenches 332
Head lice like dirty hair 262 of years old 306
Olympic gold medals
You catch a cold from Stars in a constellation are
are solid gold 334
being cold 264 close together 308
Hamburgers were
Spinach makes you strong 266 Astronauts would explode
invented in Hamburg 336
without space suits 310
We share 96% of our DNA
Listening to classical music
with chimps 268 OUT OF THIS WORLD 312
makes you smarter 338
Your ears and nose keep Earthquakes are
THE REST IS HISTORY 340
growing as you age 270 very rare 314
Answers 342
BODY TALK 272 It is warm in summer
because Earth’s orbit is Index 343
Mice like cheese 274
closest to the sun 316 Acknowledgments 350
Bees die when they
sting you 276
Goldfish have three-second
memories 278
A cockroach can live for three
days without its head 280
We swallow eight spiders
a year in our sleep 282
A tomato is a fruit 284
Glass is made of sand 286
Penicillin was found
by accident 288
You can’t be in two
places at once 290
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STRANGE
BUT TRUE!
Have you ever seen caves filled
with giant crystals, or a lizard that
looks like a leaf? Discover a whole
world full of strange wonders that
really do exist, from crazy creatures
to spectacular settings, and even
some far-out festivals.
The Blood Pond hot spring in Beppu,
Japan, is so hot it gives off steam.
Although the water temperature is a
fiery 172°F (78°C), it is actually one
of the cooler pools in the city.
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The Elephant
Foot glacier
is on the edge
of the vast
Greenland
ice sheet.
Jumbo
glacier
Eye-popping from the air, the Elephant Foot
Glacier in Greenland is the exact shape of a giant
elephant’s foot. Made from compacted snow over
hundreds of years, this icy mass has perfect
proportions and stunning symmetry.
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