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Publisher’s Note: A Curious Collection of Peculiar Creatures was previously published in Australia as The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals...

When were the first fireworks made? How many satellites have been sent into space? And what does the word kimono mean? Find out the answers to thes...

Here we have a truly killer Q&A deck! It’s a good set of mental monkey bars for individuals who want to keep their powers of memory in fit cond...

How do you tell a badger’s track from a porcupine’s, or a red-headed woodpecker’s from a red-tailed hawk’s? It might behoove you to know if those t...

People have been inventing constellations—shapes made by mentally connecting the astral dots—for at least 6,000 years. Celestial landmarks that pro...

Before the science of pharmacology was confined to the laboratory, all medicines were remedies made from plant materials. Healers—from the Neolithi...

How does catnip work its magic on cats? Why do the ice cubes in my freezer often develop stalagmite-like spikes? Did any dinosaurs have poisonous s...

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Much more than a simple chart, the periodic table of elements identifies and categorizes chemical elements. But what exactly is an element? What do...