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ocn861186464 |
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OCoLC |
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20131219042720.0 |
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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9780545638791 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0545638798 |
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(OCoLC)861186464 |
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WDG |
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WDG |
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IT5 |
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VP@ |
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VP@A |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Krieger, Emily. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Myths busted! : |
| Remainder of title |
just when you thought you knew what you knew-- / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Emily Krieger ; illustrated by Tom Nick Cocotos. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Scholastic, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
[2013] |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
207 p. : |
| Other physical details |
col. ill., color map ; |
| Dimensions |
17 x 17 cm |
| SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
National Geographic kids |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Swallowing 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. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A 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. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Common fallacies. |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cocotos, Tom Nick. |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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001.96 KRI |
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448 |
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| PRIN14856 | 001.96 KRI | Prince Street Elementary School | |
| besx076710 | 001.96 KRI | Bloomfield Elementary School | |
| PKDL12591 | 001.96 KRI | Parkdale Elementary School | |
| ENGL12441 | 001.96 KRI | Englewood School | General Knowledge/Records/Almanacs |
| WKXX18381 | 001.96 KRI | West Kent Elementary School | |
| MORC11355 | 001.96 KRI | Morell Consolidated School | |
| pkdl15234 | 001.96 KRI | Parkdale Elementary School | |
| ACSX28628 | 001.96 KRI | Athena Consolidated School | |
| WKXX17528 | 001.96 KRI | West Kent Elementary School | |
