Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? and other questions you've always wanted to ask

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ISBN: 9780761359449 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0761359443 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (40 p.) : col. ill.
Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, c2010.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-39) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	When you bite on a Wint-O-Green Life Saver in the dark, does it make a spark? -- Can you fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's very warm outside? -- Can you fly if you tie enough helium balloons to you? -- Is it possible to swing 360 degrees on a swing set? -- Does the average human consume four spiders per year while sleeping? -- Can a spark from a cell phone make a gas station explode? -- Does it really take seven years to digest swallowed gum? -- If you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight, will the tooth dissolve? -- Can reusing plastic water bottles cause cancer? -- Can you get free items by pouring salt water into vending machine coin slots? -- Can water boiled in a microwave suddenly "explode"? -- Will tapping on the top of a soda can prevent the soda from foaming up when opened? -- Is there a special chemical that can detect urine in a swimming pool? -- Is the number of people alive today greater than the number who have ever died? -- Will eggs really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox? -- Will a penny placed on a train track cause a train to derail? -- Does Jell-O gelatin really contain animal bones and skin?
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.