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Scholastic Canada Ltd.
ISBN 0-439-98723-7 PBK
160 pages
Ages 8–12

by Marg Meikle
illustrated by Tina Holdcroft

Can only boys be colour-blind? Why did we start wearing underwear? Why do bulls like red? How much does your head weigh?

Find answers to these questions and more in the fact-filled, fun-filled sequel to the best-selling Silver Birch Award winner, Funny You Should Ask. In You Asked for It!, Marg Meikle answers questions and provides fascinating facts about animals, customs, superstitions, inventions and lots of other weird, wacky and wonderful stuff.


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Excerpt from YOU ASKED FOR IT
by Marg Meikle
illustrated by Tina Holdcroft

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

According to Cornell University, a woodchuck would chuck about 315 kilograms (if it could). They say that compared to beavers, groundhogs/woodchucks are not adept at moving timber, although some will chew wood. A wildlife biologist once measured the inside volume of a typical woodchuck burrow and estimated that — if wood filled the hole instead of dirt — the industrious animal would have chucked about 315 kilograms worth.

How much does your head weigh?

The average human head weighs about 7.5% of a person’s body weight. So, if you weigh about 40 kilograms, your head weighs around 3 kilos. If you are a 90-kilogram person, your head weighs about 6.75 kilos.

There’s a lot in there to make up that mass. Your head has 22 bones — the cranium, which protects the brain, has 8 bones, and the face, 14. So when you get tired of holding your head up high, you know why. It’s heavy!

Why is it called WD-40?

WD-40 is slippery stuff that solves a lot of problems — spray a little on your bike chain, or on a squeaky door hinge. It was called that because the folks at Rocket Chemical, a small company of only three employees that developed WD-40, got it right on the 40th try. WD stands for water displacement.

From You Asked For It. Copyright © Scholastic Canada.

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"I thought the book You Asked For It was a good book on fun and facts!" Gabrielle A., Age 12, Ontario, Rating: 9

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