As the title suggests, The Giant Book of Strange Facts, contains a huge list of strange and unbelievable facts about the world that we live in. The facts range from strange historical events to breakthrough scientific discoveries.
The Giant Book of Strange Facts is packed with interesting, entertaining, educational and fun things to read. You'll get everything from the weird to the wonderful and from the horrible to the hilarious. Facts such as:
Claudette Colvin was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, 9 months before Rosa Parks. However, she was not publicized because she was a teenager who was impregnated by a married man and was described as "feisty", "mouthy", and "emotional".
"Schindler's List" and the Vanilla Ice movie "Cool as Ice" had the same cinematographer.