num_pages: 320
description: Factoid Attack: Inherent sadistic streak in dentists confirmed!The electric chair was invented by a dentist Dr. Alfred Southwick. Not surprising dentists have been perfecting torture devices for centuries.Factoid Attack: Galaxy at risk! Intelligent life in short supply!In 1961 Astronomer Frank Drake estimated the number of probable intelligent civilizations inhabiting our galaxy. Using conservative numbers that estimate came to 10000. Unfortunately we are not included in that total.Factoid Attack: Colorblind bulls hate all matadors equally!The color of a matador's cape or muleta is traditionally red which is widely believed to irritate the bull. In reality bulls are colorblind so it is irrelevant what color cape a matador uses to antagonize them. Shot in the dark but maybe it's the being stabbed with swords bit that pisses them off.Forget Fringe Warehouse 13 and The X-Files. In this book you'll find more weird and wacko truths than in all those combined. From golden poison dart frogs with enough venom to kill ten grown humans to cockroaches that can survive radiation 15 times stronger than what kills people scary and strange just got scarier--and stranger!
language: English
title: Attack of the Killer Facts!: 1,001 Terrifying Truths about the Little Green Men, Government Mind-Control, Flesh-Eating Bacteria, and Goat-Sucking Vampires
publisher: Adams Media