With this volume filled with thousands of bizarrely fascinating facts, we’re on a roll!

Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that’s a fact! At nearly 400 pages (with a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience), Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It’s organized into hundreds of topics—everything from sports and entertainment to word origins and science. Here are but a few of the facts awaiting you:

• More women than men talk to their cars.

• The melody for Nat King Cole’s 1954 hit “Smile” was composed by Charlie Chaplin.

• Acid rain was first identified and named in 1852.

• What is your buccal cavity? Your mouth.

• There are no skunks in Newfoundland.

• The average Super Bowl party has 18 people.

• When dropped in water, a fresh egg will sink; a stale one won’t.

• The average newborn baby spends 113 minutes a day crying.

• Pepper was so valuable during Elizabethan times that it was sold by the grain.

• Fossilized termite farts have been preserved in amber. And thousands more!