Why Fish Fart and Other Useless Or Gross Information About the World

I was slow getting into this but still found so many of the stories intriguing! Gross, but intriguing! If you would like to learn something’s that would be interesting I would definitely recommend this book!

Despite the sily title, this book is filled with fascinating information. I especially enjoyed reading about the crazy and gross things people eat in other parts of the world. Personally, I prefer that my meat is already dead and not moving when I eat it, but in some cultures monkey brains that are still pulsating, and fish you have to chase around on your plate are prized. Other questions of interest included; in which countries are people most likely to wash their hands after using the bathroom, has anyone carried out a head transplant, how long does a head remain conscious after being cut off by a guillotine, and how often were people buried alive prior to modern medicine & how long could you survive in a coffin. I recommend all of the books in this series. They are filled with weirdly fascinating knowledge that you'd never learn in school.

This book has inspired my kid to become a "journalist who specializes in writing about science"."Francesca Gould is my favorite author. She has inspired me to become a scientific journalist. She makes that job sound fun, and it sound like it would be a fun job, although I'm only 10.Her books are some of the best books I've read in my life."Mother's note: WOW, you will have your kid telling you strange facts all the time if you give your kid this book series! How injecting frogs with human pee works as a pregnancy test, etc! Serious wizardry and witches brew stuff! Heh.

This book is wonderful, full of odd facts about things that you may have never thought about. Makes for a great afternoon read, and hey..you may even learn something that you never knew before..such as a cock roach farts every 15 minutes, some fish use farting as a means of communication, who knows, you may even have a worm growing inside you...wow lots of stuff to think about after reading this book.

I got this book for my 17-year-old for Christmas. Full of all sorts of "interesting" stories relating to the "whys" of the world, such as why fish fart! Doesn't everyone want to know that? We've had a blast perusing this book.

Very informative book. My grandkids (teens) love it. I enjoyed it too, learned some things I didn't know.Very strange, because I didn't think I could learn anything else. I thought I already knew it all.

just title was fun...knew 11 yr old would love it. tricky way to get them to read and learn fun facts.

The book was a christmas gift for my son. We all like the trivia. Its a lot of fun to share the book with one another.

Good

i quite enjoyed the book and recieved it in a good amount of time. i would order others like it at some time

the information is indeed gross that i cannot even proceed reading. but some are indeed interesting as well.not bad, deserve a 3-star!