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020 _a9781426311024 (paperback : alkaline paper)
020 _a1426311028 (paperback : alkaline paper)
020 _a9781426311031 (library edition : alkaline paper)
020 _a1426311036 (library edition : alkaline paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)898345096
050 4 _aAZ999
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082 0 4 _a001.9/6
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100 1 _aKrieger, Emily,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMyths busted! :
_bjust when you thought you knew what you knew-- /
_cby Emily Krieger ; illustrated by Tom Nick Cocotos.
264 1 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bNational Geographic,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c�2013
300 _a1 online resource (207 pages) :
_bcolor illustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aNational Geographic kids
500 _aOSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aSwallowing spiders -- Eight more spider myths busted! -- Earth's orbit -- Pigs are filthy -- Porcupines throw quills -- Poinsettias are poisonous -- Dog years -- Five of the oldest-living animal species -- Dinosaurs brought back to life -- Women talk more than men -- Acne goes away with age -- Five-second rule -- Seven things dirtier than your toilet -- Eggs balance on end during equinox -- bad-luck pennies -- "Luke, I am your father" -- Duck quacks don't echo -- purple pool water -- Bats are blind -- Six more bat myths busted! -- Lightning never strikes twice -- Humans use 10% of their brains -- Killer sharks -- Ten things more likely to kill you than a shark -- Full-moon behavior -- George Washington's teeth -- Five more weird facts about presidential bodies -- Water drains opposite ways -- Cats land on their feet -- Your heart stops when you sneeze -- Pop rocks and soda -- Turkey makes you sleepy -- Bird bellies explode if they eat rice -- Hair and nails grow after death -- The great wall of China -- Six human-made things you can see from space -- Pennies from the Empire State Building -- Napoleon was short -- Tilt your head back to stop a nosebleed -- Sitting too close to the TV -- Six more sight myths busted! -- Alligators in sewers -- Six animals that do live in NYC sewers -- A toad can give you warts -- Bigfoot exists -- Ten more creatures that most likely don't exist -- Dogs' mouths are cleaner than humans' -- Never let a black cat cross your path -- Digesting chewing gum -- Bull charge when they see red -- Mother birds reject babies -- Opossums hand by their tails -- Ten other animals that hand around in trees -- Penguins fall backward -- Elephants are afraid of mice -- Don't open an umbrella indoors -- Goldfish have a three-second memory -- A camel's hump holds water -- Fortune cookies come from China -- Eight more things that didn't come from where you think they did -- Tapping a soda can -- Hold your breath passing a graveyard.
520 _aA collection of urban myths reveals how each has been disproved, sharing hundreds of facts about myth origins, their historical significance, and the ways they were investigated by scientific debunkers.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCommon fallacies
_vJuvenile literature.
650 7 _aCommon fallacies.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01430086
655 4 _aElectronic books- OSLIS.
655 7 _aJuvenile works.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411637
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aCocotos, Tom Nick,
_eillustrator.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKrieger, Emily,
_tMyths busted!
_z9781426311024
_w(DLC) 2012039323
_w(OCoLC)809911350
830 0 _aNational Geographic kids.
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn898345096
856 4 0 _3Cengage
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