General Knowledge

Discover over 100 fascinating, hilarious and utterly GROSS facts, perfect for readers aged 8+! From yucky germs to animals who clean the snot out of their noses with their tongues, you'll find everything you need to know about the silliest, most disgusting facts within the pages of this fun-fille...

An illustrated compendium of mind-bogglingly random facts you won't be taught in school.

What is justice? What is freedom? What is bias? And who gets to have big ideas? Studies show that children ask caregivers 300 questions a day during meals, trips to the market, and before bedtime. This book teaches children to think critically and discuss ideas in a world that needs bright young ...

This authoritative encyclopedia is perfect for visual learners: it reveals astonishing information about space, Earth, animals, humans and technology through 200 infographics, including maps, charts, timelines and more! Grasp facts at a glance as you turn every page: discover the size of our Sun ...

Containing over 45 of the most important questions you have ever asked (and some quite silly ones, too), this is an utterly random collection of fiendishly fascinating and perplexing ideas. Have you ever wondered why yawns are so contagious? If there is life on other planets? If your eyeballs wou...

Experience the world's most incredible nature, science, and history images and stories in one amazing book. Like the hugely successful 'Eyewitness' series itself, 'Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything' includes every topic children want to read about. The world's greatest record-breakers, most a...

Flex your fact muscles and test your trivia knowledge with the Encyclopaedia of Unbelievable Facts. Packed with 500 perplexing questions, this book is perfect for family quiz nights and impressing in the playground.

How much bamboo can a giant panda eat? Do aliens exist? What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister? Why do hammerhead sharks have such strange-shaped heads? Featuring a collection of 366 curious questions, 'Everything Under the Sun' provides answers to these curious queries, plus much, m...

Be amazed and astounded with a new fact every single day of the year. With 365 fascinating facts on everything from animals and nature to science, space, the world and more. Did you know that red-eyed tree frogs have three eyelids? That candy floss was actually invented by a dentist? Or that on t...

Did you know that a squid has a brain shaped like a doughnut? Or that some butterflies drink turtle tears? Welcome to 'FACTopia', a world of perfectly amazing facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica! Every fact in the book is connected to the next in an ingenious trail of inf...