MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02587cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2009010642
003 DLC
005 20110507082459.0
008 090319s2010 mnua j b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009010642
020 $a9780822590859 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
020 $a0822590859 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn316736687
037 $a1306473$bQBI
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dQBX$dJN4$dUPZ$dCVA$dJST$dYDXCP$dDLC
042 $alcac
050 00 $aQ163$b.D66 2010
082 00 $a502$222
100 1 $aDonovan, Sandra,$d1967-
245 10 $aDoes it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? :$band other questions you've always wanted to ask /$cSandy Donovan ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson.
260 $aMinneapolis, MN :$bLerner Publications,$cc2010.
300 $a40 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c26 cm.
490 1 $aIs that a fact?
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 38-39) and index.
505 00 $tWhen you bite on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark, does it make a spark? --$tCan you fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's very warm outside? --$tCan you fly if you tie enough helium-filled balloons to you? --$tIs it possible to swing 360 degrees on a swing set? --$tDoes the average human consume four spiders per year while sleeping? --$tCan a spark from a cell phone make a gas station explode? --$tDoes it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? --$tIf you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight, will the tooth dissolve? --$tCan reusing plastic water bottles cause cancer? --$tCan you get free items by pouring salt water into vending machine coin slots? --$tCan water boiled in a microwave suddenly "explode"? --$tWill tapping on the top of a soda can prevent the soda from foaming up when opened? --$tIs there a special chemical that can detect urine in a swimming pool? --$tIs the number of people alive today greater than the number who have ever died? --$tWill eggs really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox? --$tWill a penny placed on a train track cause a train to derail? --$tDoes Jell-O gelatin really contain animal bones and skin?
520 $aThis book explores whether there's a factual basis for some of our most common urban legends and features fun facts about the legends through entertaining sidebars.
650 0 $aScience$vMiscellanea$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aMedicine$vMiscellanea$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aChildren's questions and answers.
650 1 $aMedicine.
650 1 $aScience.
700 1 $aThompson, Colin W.,$eill.
830 0 $aIs that a fact?