Learn a Lot on the Pot: Amazing Facts and Trivia About Science, History, Animals, and Beyond That Will Blow Your Mind (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781806472550)

Did you know that in some tribal communities, temple monkeys steal tourists' glasses and valuables, then return them only if "bribed" with food?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wear a Victorian-era hat with a built-in water tank designed to mist your face on the hottest days?

• Why should you really think twice before grabbing your own bathroom door handle?
• Which absurd Victorian-era inventions would leave us wide-eyed (and maybe in stitches) today?
• How can tiny creatures survive in the vacuum of outer space, unbothered by radiation or zero gravity?
• Why do some flowers choose to smell like rotting flesh to lure in "visitors," and how does this bizarre strategy help them thrive?
• Can your brain be fooled so easily that changing a food's color could make it taste completely different?
• Are there actually tiny communities that communicate by whistling instead of speaking, perfectly understanding orders, news, and gossip over great distances?
• Can a single living organism, invisible to the naked eye, survive underground for millennia and become one of the planet's largest life forms?
• ...and many more secrets and curiosities guaranteed to make you see the world through fresh eyes!