WAIT, THAT'S TRUE?

The CIA tried to turn a cat into a spy. Australia sent soldiers to fight emus, and lost. Pigs were once put on trial in court. Every story in this book sounds made up. None of them are. Wait, That's True? is a collection of 165 weird facts, true stories and unbelievable hidden history. Each one is short enough to finish in five minutes and strange enough to tell everyone you know. Inside, you'll discover: • Secret programs that really happened, from psychic spies to a bunker hidden under a luxury golf resort • Science that breaks your brain: time runs faster on your top shelf, and one teaspoon of a dead star would weigh a billion tons • History's weirdest days: a deadly wave of molasses in Boston, and a pope put on trial after he died • Tiny human errors that cost millions, like the spacecraft lost because two teams used different units of measurement • How your brain fools you, including why half of people miss a gorilla walking right past them • Real mysteries with honest answers: what we know, what we don't, and where the internet made things up • Remote islands where the supply ship is the supermarket and Christmas comes in January Why you can trust it: every fact comes with receipts. That means more than 200 sources listed at the back, clear labels for what's confirmed, disputed or still unsolved, and the viral myths busted along the way. Perfect for: bathroom breaks, coffee breaks and commutes, trivia lovers and curious teens, and anyone who wants to win every dinner-table argument. It also makes a great gift for the person who already "knows everything". Open it anywhere. Read one story. Then try stopping at just one. Scroll up and start saying "Wait, that's TRUE?" today.