Strange but True

Ever wondered what the infinitely big and the ridiculously small look like? Just what is the hottest thing you can eat? Who was the rudest man in history?In this book Tony Fosgate tackles these vital questions and many more: how many blue whales could you stuff into a giant redwood tree? Why is a common house plant look-alike the most deadly life form on the planet? What happens when you lunch on the world’s most disgusting cheese?In this tour around some of the more surprising facts and contrasts in our existence, discover, (among other things), how Einstein’s brain went missing, why Ramen noodles are the go-to form of prison currency, and how the fastest man-made object in space may actually be a $10 hub cap.Nothing is quite what it seems: the universe is a very strange place indeed and epic in its diversity and contrariness. So embrace its weirdness and take the best and worst, most delicious and disgusting, most top to bottom radical sexy ugliness it can offer.Here there is no such thing as average: prepare to discover the strange but true...