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    Girls' Miscellany
    Girls' Miscellany
    Girls' Miscellany
    Ebook210 pages53 minutes

    Girls' Miscellany

    By Lottie Stride and Stefano Tambellini

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    The smart, the silly and the downright strange are brought together in a miscellany of extraordinary information that's essential for every girl to know. Packed full of fascinating facts and tantalizing trivia from the top ten problems for cave girls to the superpowers every girl should have. Learn how to confuse a pigeon, read about some truly gruesome girls and discover which woman has the longest legs in the world. This book will teach, inspire and amuse any girl for hours on end.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael O'Mara
    Release dateNov 12, 2012
    ISBN9781780551494
    Girls' Miscellany
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    Lottie Stride

    Lottie Stride has written many books for children, including The Time Travellers' Handbook, Write Every Time and Meerkat Mischief. She lives in London with her three lovely children. She enjoys walking on beaches, eating potatoes, and listening to Beethoven. If she could choose one superpower she would fly through time.

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      Girls' Miscellany - Lottie Stride

      Which Is Worse?

      None of the following things are enjoyable if they happen, but if you had to choose, which situation would be worse?

      An ice-cream headache

      (also know as ‘brain freeze’)

      OR

      grazing on popcorn and chewing unexpectedly on a ‘kernel’

      (unpopped corn)

      OR

      stubbing your toe

      OR

      a top bunk and a low ceiling

      OR

      biting your tongue

      OR

      finding half a maggot in your apple.

      The Titanic set off on its fateful last voyage with 40,000 eggs, 36,000 oranges and 16,000 lemons on board.

      Weird Beauty Treatments

      Forget a simple face wash and a good night’s sleep, some people will go to much greater lengths in the name of beauty, even if the treatments do sound a bit weird and gross.

      Beer bathing

      A long soak in a bath of mineral water and foaming beer purifies your skin.

      Carp pedicure

      In a tank of water, tiny carp known as doctor fish nibble away dead skin on your feet.

      Chocolate facial

      A gooey cocoa-based mixture is spread on your face. This treatment has a double benefit because you can eat it afterwards!

      Seaweed wrap

      A thick layer of seaweed is applied head to toe, covered in clingfilm, and then left for half an hour to help smooth skin.

      Snail slime moisturizer

      This is applied to help heal scars, blemishes and acne.

      Snake massage

      Small snakes slither over skin to help soothe sore muscles. Not very relaxing if you have a fear of snakes!

      Sense-Sational: Touch

      The skin covering your whole body has tiny sensors, called receptors, that register touch. In one square centimetre (0.4 square inches) of skin you have around 200 pain receptors, 15 pressure receptors, 6 receptors for cold and one receptor for warmth. Your tongue is very quick to feel pain, which is why biting it hurts so much, but strangely enough it’s not as good at sensing hot or cold.

      Top Ten Problems For Cave Girls

      1. Forced to wear real fur.

      2. They have to wait more than 30,000 years for electricity to be discovered – meaning no hair straighteners.

      3. Unattractively large front teeth, a weak chin, and a significant amount of body hair.

      4. Goat and mammoth are on the dinner menu far too often.

      5. Forced to share a cave with their whole family and, quite possibly, whole tribe – urghh!

      6. A high risk of breaking fingernails when using stone tools.

      7. Hunting skills are top of the curriculum.

      8. Faced with limited jewellery options.

      9. Short and stocky build makes career as a supermodel out of the question.

      10. No chocolate.

      Roman Numerals

      The Roman numeral system uses letters of the alphabet to represent numbers. Roman numerals are still used today, for example, to show dates on monuments and the hours on some watch or clock faces.

      Number Facts – Roman Style

      The number facts below are given in Roman numerals.

      Can you work out what the numbers are? The answers are at the bottom of the page.

      I. Legend has it that Rome was founded by twin brothers named Romulus and Remus in DCCLIII BC.

      II. Augustus became the first Emperor of Rome in XXVII BC.

      III. The Romans first invaded Britain in LV BC.

      IV. Soldiers marched up to XXXII km (XX miles) a day in armour.

      V. The biggest Roman ships had more than CL oars.

      VI. Many Roman girls married at the age of XIV.

      VII. The last Romans left Britain in AD CDX.

      Really Useful Superpowers

      Power to spin round in the bathroom and come out fully transformed for a party.

      Power to wipe the memories of all those around you who see when you trip over.

      Power to shrink to ant-size when Mum comes looking for volunteers to do the dishes.

      Power to open your mouth and produce the right answer to any question a teacher asks.

      Power to turn vegetables into chocolate with one clap.

      Power to send dazzling sparkles out of your eyes that make boys fall instantly in love with you.

      Real Names Of Famous Singers

      Iceberg Sizes

      Icebergs are the broken-off ends of ‘glaciers’ (huge blocks of ice and snow that have built up over time) that float in the sea. Gradually they melt and disappear. Bergs vary greatly in size, and the tip of the iceberg – the bit that shows above the water – is only around one-eighth of its total size.

      Smaller icebergs are known as growlers and bergy bits. They range from less than one metre (three feet) to four metres (13ft) above the water. These bergs can be very dangerous to ships because they are hard to spot.

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