Is That a Fact?

There is life on other planets. People have tiny insects living in their eyelashes. You may have heard these common sayings before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? The Is That a Fact? series investigates and finds out which statements are true, which ones are false, and which ones still stump researchers! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction in this fun, high-interest series that emphasizes critical thinking.

Cover: Do People Really Have Tiny Insects Living in Their Eyelashes?: And Other Questions about the Microscopic World
Cover: Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum?: And Other Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask
Cover: Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks?: And Other Questions about Animals
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Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks?: And Other Questions about Animals
Can Lightning Strike the Same Place Twice?: And Other Questions about Earth, Weather, and the Environment
Can Rats Swim from Sewers into Toilets?: And Other Questions about Your Home
Did Castles Have Bathrooms?: And Other Questions about the Middle Ages
Did Greek Soldiers Really Hide Inside the Trojan Horse?: And Other Questions about the Ancient World
Did President Grant Really Get a Ticket for Speeding in a Horse-Drawn Carriage?: And Other Questions about U.S. Presidents
Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?: And Other Questions about Your Health and Body
Does a Ten-Gallon Hat Really Hold Ten Gallons?: And Other Questions about Fashion
Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum?: And Other Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask
Do People Really Have Tiny Insects Living in Their Eyelashes?: And Other Questions about the Microscopic World
Is the Bermuda Triangle Really a Dangerous Place?: And Other Questions about the Ocean
Is There Life on Other Planets?: And Other Questions about Space
Was There Really a Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?: And Other Questions about the Wild West
Were Early Computers Really the Size of a School Bus?: And Other Questions about Inventions
Were Potato Chips Really Invented by an Angry Chef?: And Other Questions about Food
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Is That a Fact?

There is life on other planets. People have tiny insects living in their eyelashes. You may have heard these common sayings before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? The Is That a Fact? series investigates and finds out which statements are true, which ones… View →