Are You Sh*tting Me?

1004 Facts That Will Scare The Crap Out of You

Cary McNeal

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Perigee Books,U.S.
19 November 2014

Popular science; Trivia & quiz question books

From ancient medical practices to doomsday scenarios, to disgusting food from around the world and the entire terrifying state of Florida, the facts in Are You Sh
*tting Me are sure to entertain and disturb you at once. Unless of course you are already disturbed, in which case this is the book for you!

Blue Ice, Meteors, and Beaver Ass, Oh My!

Fact- The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments.

Fact- The Icelandic dish hakarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten.

Fact- Used during the Dutch Revolt, rat torture involved trapping rodents under a bowl on a prisoner's stomach, then heating the bowl's exterior so the animals would eat through the victim's flesh to try to escape.

Fact- The average person picks his nose five times every hour, occasionally eating what he picks.

The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The S#
*t Out Of You comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us.

From ancient medical practices to doomsday scenarios, to disgusting food from around the world and the entire terrifying state of Florida, the facts in Are You Sh
*tting Me are sure to entertain and disturb you at once. Unless of course you are already disturbed, in which case this is the book for you!

By: Cary McNeal
Imprint: Perigee Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 247g
ISBN: 9780399168192
ISBN 10: 0399168192
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 19 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cary McNeal is the author of the bestselling Scared Sh*tless and 1,001 Facts That Will Scare the S#*t Out of You. He is also an Emmy-winning humorist who writes for TV and the web.