Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum?
Subtitle: and other questions you've always wanted to ask
By: Sandy Donovan ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, Colin W., ill
Series: Is that a fact?; Is that a fact?
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780822590859
Subjects: Medicine; Science; Children's questions and answers; Juvenile literature; Miscellanea
Description: This 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-39) and index.
Table of contents: title: When you bite on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark, does it make a spark? --; title: Can you fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's very warm outside? --; title: Can you fly if you tie enough helium-filled balloons to you? --; title: Is it possible to swing 360 degrees on a swing set? --; title: Does the average human consume four spiders per year while sleeping? --; title: Can a spark from a cell phone make a gas station explode? --; title: Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? --; title: If you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight, will the tooth dissolve? --; title: Can reusing plastic water bottles cause cancer? --; title: Can you get free items by pouring salt water into vending machine coin slots? --; title: Can water boiled in a microwave suddenly "explode"? --; title: Will tapping on the top of a soda can prevent the soda from foaming up when opened? --; title: Is there a special chemical that can detect urine in a swimming pool? --; title: Is the number of people alive today greater than the number who have ever died? --; title: Will eggs really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox? --; title: Will a penny placed on a train track cause a train to derail? --; title: Does Jell-O gelatin really contain animal bones and skin?