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For boys only, the biggest, baddest book ever, Marc Aronson and H.P. Newquist ; illustrated by Headcase Design

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Marc Aronson and H.P. Newquist ; illustrated by Headcase Design

the biggest, baddest book ever

Presents a collection of exciting trivia for boys, including information on supercars, pizza statistics, and nature's deadliest poisons, and provides tips on such subjects as fighting sharks, creating codes, and escaping

Reader! Before you start this book, stop right here! -- Supercars -- History's weirdest disasters -- Monsters and dinosaurs -- How to: fight a shark -- Odds are ... -- Sports puzzlers -- Mark your calendar! -- What do you eat? -- Bone pretzel -- Pizza stats -- Dates to know: snacks in America -- How to: land a plane in an emergency -- Fun math tricks -- Oobleck -- Most venomous snakes -- Most dangerous snakes -- Explorers and adventurers -- Ultimate Frisbee -- Fear factor: America's scariest amusement park rides -- Dates to know: attractions and amusement parks in America -- Nature's deadliest poisons -- Brain teaser: the missing money -- Great mysteries: what they left behind -- Weapons that changed history -- Fake blood -- Card trick 1: "the flipped card" -- How to: escape from being tied up -- Spies -- Detective stuff -- How to: collect fingerprints -- Dental evidence -- Chromatography -- Blood testing -- DNA testing -- How to: get out of quicksand -- What are you really worth? -- Word games -- Codes: there is danger may come very soon -- Card trick 2: "the math genius magic trick" -- Presidents -- How does it work? Satellites -- Brain teaser: the four triangles -- Liquid rainbows -- Secret for drawing in 3-D -- How to: win at rock, paper, scissors -- Top eleven greatest moments in sports history -- Athletes who changed the world--literally -- Amazing comeback--upset--refuse-to-lose -- Best individual performance -- Dates to know: sports in America -- Treasure: buried and otherwise -- Wonders of the world -- The two most horrifying, hideous, and disgusting creatures in the world -- The great game of 21 --- Fantasy wars: who would win? Vikings vs. pirates -- Crushing conquerors -- Fantasy wars: who would win? Aztec vs. Inca -- How 3,000 men beat 50,000, and other great battle stories -- Fantasy wars: who would win? Mongols vs. Romans -- How does it work? Cell phones -- Computer byte sizes -- So you want to be a rock star -- The only four sports dynasties worth mentioning, and why no one will ever top them -- Major league brothers -- Largest sports facilities in the United States -- The most successful movies ever shown in America -- How to: create a blockbuster movie -- Dates to know: media in America -- Earth's extremes -- Moon man facts -- Road to the red planet -- Space distances -- Cool things to expect in your lifetime -- Great mysteries: fake -- Video games -- Do not trade or throw out! -- BIllions -- Rich -- Great mysteries: spooky -- World's greatest daredevils -- Speed records -- Speeds ... in miles per hour -- Dates to know: transportation in America -- How does it work? MP3 player & iPod -- Monster hunting -- Things to remember your whole life -- U.S. States and capitals -- People, people everywhere... -- Baseball's best -- All-American -- Predators--kings of the hill -- Kings of ancient hills -- How to: fight off an alligator -- Diseases you definitely don't want to get -- The biggest man-made things on planet Earth -- Things you didn't know (but probably should) -- The simple coin vanish

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Biggest, baddest book ever