James Warwood - Truth or Poop? Gloriously Gross Facts: A True or False Quiz Book for Curious 7+ Readers – can you sort the fact from the fiction? (Truth or Poop: true or false quiz book)

Truth or Poop? Gloriously Gross Facts by James Warwood

Published by Curious Squirrel Press

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C opyright 2021 Christopher James Warwood

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ASIN: B09G92YVPD

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W elcome to Truth or Poop!

This is a true or false quiz book series and Book Three is all about gloriously gross stuff. Inside these pages, youll be treated to fifty wild and wacky facts. From nature to the supernatural, gigantic to microscopic, disgusting sights to disgusting smells, and yes, plenty of farts too. Its your job to sort the fact from the fib, the real from the fake... the TRUTH from the POOP.

Each chapter will start with a fact.

Be warned... it might sound incredibly silly or perfectly logically but take a breath and engage your brain cells. Think it through. Then you'll be asked the golden question:

That's when you need to make a decision and stick with it. Then, turn the page and find out if you're a genius in the making or if the book has managed to trick you. If the fact is as real as the sun in the sky, you'll see a big thumbs up:

If the fact is as made-up as a leprechaun riding a unicorn through the Forbidden Forest, you'll see a cheeky poop:

Count how many you get right as you go. Then, once you've got to the end, post how many you got correct as a review (and, while you're there, why not suggest what the theme of the next book should be).

Right then, are you ready?

Good.

Let's start with school.

Scientists have done studies on school hygiene and have found that the most disgusting and dangerous bacteria are found on the little button on the communal water fountain.

Although there are probably plenty of germs floating around your school, youll find the place that is most likely to harbour the most germs to be highly entertaining or highly shocking (depending on how much you like your teachers).

Your school is a breeding ground for germs. Kids returning to school after the holidays, back from their various adventures during the summer, bring back all sorts of weird and wonderful germs that get passed around the classroom. In the US, colds are thought to cause 22 million sick days, while the influenza virus (the flu) could be as many as 38 million sick days. Here are a few places you should try to avoid:

But studies have found that another place tops the list of the most unhygienic place in the school environment the staff room! Teachers are busy people, so if they forget to wash up their coffee cups and dirty dishes, the germs have a party in the staff room overnight or a non-stop rave over the weekend.

So, if you like your teachers, buy them a dishwasher for the staff room. If you dont like them, pay the school cleaner to forget to clean the dirty dishes.

FACT #2 - Turtle Bottoms

Painted turtles survive the cold winter by breathing through their bottoms.

While we put on a jumper and warm socks, turtles go to much more extreme lengths to get through the winter. So much so that they have been given the fantastically gross nickname the butt-breathing turtles.

These turtles live in ponds and lakes across America. When winter arrives and the ice covers the surface, they dont take to the land but stay under the water. But how do they survive? The clever reptiles can lower their body temperature and slow down their metabolism by 95%. Doing their heartbeat and breathing rate drop so they require much less energy and oxygen to survive. But they still need some oxygen.

Dont worry. Super butt will save the day!

The technical term for butt-breathing is cloacal respiration. Its not really the same kind of breathing we do. The blood vessels on their butt can take in oxygen directly from the water.

Well done turtles! But I think I speak for the entire human race when I say you can keep your party trick.

FACT #3 - Tearful Lizards

Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes.

Bizarre, I know, but its true. This lizard can cry on demand, but not in an endearing way. In an extremely gross way.

The horned lizard can be found in Southern USA and Mexico and spends most of its time looking for ants to munch. But when faced with a predator, its little legs arent quick enough to make a run for it. So, theyve developed a disgusting defence mechanism to scare away coyotes. They wait until they are about to be eaten, then squirt blood from their eye sockets. Think of it like their very own built in pepper spray. The blood contains a smell that coyotes hate, and if they can get the stuff in their fur, the coyotes run away for an emergency bath. The lizard can spray blood 1 metre in the air and, if needed, can do it up to four times in quick succession.