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100 1 _aSantoro, Matthew,
_d1985-
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aMind = blown :
_bamazing facts about this weird, hilarious, insane world /
_cMatthew Santoro, with Jake Greene ; Illustrations by Kagan McLeod.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bTarcherPerigee,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _axxi, 234 pages :
_billustrations :
_c21 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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505 0 _aPart 1: Rules of amazement -- Quadrillion-dollar cows (and other crazy facts about money) -- Rules of amazement: crazy laws from history and beyond -- Fast facts: questionable judgment -- YouTube Channel remix: the ten greatest prison escapes of all time and TripAdvisor reviews for the most brutal prisons on earth -- The culture clubs: ten extreme initiations from around the world -- Special section: the name game -- Part 2: Who came up with that? -- The wackiest mascots on Earth -- Creative courtships from across the globe (and America's most common love story) -- Fast facts: invention reinvention -- YouTube Channel remix: amazing creatures created by science and the craziest drugs you never knew existed -- The most painful pastimes on Earth -- Special section: Japan blows my mind -- Part 3: That can't be true, can it? -- Ten crazy real-world doppelgängers -- Real Chinese superstitions and fake Canadian superstitions -- Fast facts: more powerful than you think -- Historical wizards and their SWAG rankings -- Fast facts: word! -- YouTube Channel remix: the creepiest urban legends that turned out to be true (and the movies that should be based on them) -- Special sections: the "worst pet on the planet" tournament -- Part 4: No freakin' way! -- Silly robots (and what will happen to humanity when they become our robot overlords) -- Real-life animal avengers! -- Fast facts: all in the family -- Exceptional child prodigies (to amaze you and make you feel insecure about your life accomplishments or lack thereof) -- YouTube Channel remix: the coolest things found in space (that would also be amazing names for rock bands) -- Part 5: Fact favorites -- Fan facts from around and about the globe -- Facts about my favorite things -- Fan fact favorites.
520 _a"Matthew Santoro's originality and humor has attracted millions of fans, making him a beloved YouTube star. His weekly videos on amazing and little-known facts are eagerly anticipated by his many subscribers and followers around the world. In his first-ever book, Matthew's love of weird and wacky knowledge explodes with new facts and stories from around the planet, and beyond. Surprising, and always entertaining, Mind = Blown offers even more of Matthew's unique take on this hilarious, crazy world"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.
650 0 _aCuriosities and wonders.
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700 1 _aGreene, Jake,
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700 1 _aMcLeod, Kagan,
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