Price:  £7.99                         Edition:  Hardback

ISBN:  1-90608-218-9

Specs:  198x129mm, 128pp

Pub date: available now

A fascinating collection of misunderstandings, mistakes and misconceptions, Actually Factually reveals the reality behind just a few myths that get mixed up with truth

If you really thought that Christopher Columbus was the first to discover America or that water goes down the plughole the other way in Australia, this book will bring you right back to Earth with a bump. Actually Factually is full of fantastic facts to wow your teachers, friends and family.

Entries include:
• There are more people alive now than have ever lived
• A goldfish has a memory of about three second
• Camels store water in their humps
• Everest is the highest mountain in the world
• Lightning never strikes in the same place twice
• There is no gravity in space
• Pirates made people walk the plank
• A dog year is equal to seven human years
• ’Ring a Ring O’Roses’ is about the Black Death
• You only use ten percent of your brain

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