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And Then You're Dead
And Then You're Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling over Niagara | Paul Doherty, Cody Cassidy
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A gleefully gruesome look at the actual science behind the most outlandish, cartoonish, and impossible deaths you can imagine What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only a swimsuit? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get in digging a hole to China? Paul Doherty, senior staff scientist at San Franciscos famed Exploratorium Museum, and writer Cody Cassidy explore the real science behind these and other fantastical scenarios, offering insights into physics, astronomy, anatomy, and more along the way. Is slipping on a banana peel really as hazardous to your health as the cartoons imply? Answer: Yes. Banana peels ooze a gel that turns out to be extremely slippery. Your foot and body weight provide the pressure. The gel provides the humor (and resulting head trauma). Can you die by shaking someones hand? Answer: Yes. Thats because, due to atomic repulsion, youve never actually touched another persons hand. If you could, the results would be as disastrous as a medium-sized hydrogen bomb. If you were Cookie Monster, just how many cookies could you actually eat in one sitting? Answer: Most stomachs can hold up to sixty cookies, or around four liters. If you eat or drink more than that, youre approaching the point at which the cookies would break through the lesser curvature of your stomach, and then youd better call an ambulance to Sesame Street. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Billypar
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#TheEnd #MayMovieMagic

A few 'ends' from my TBR 💀

@rohit-sawant @Cinfhen

Cinfhen 3 of those are on my TBR list too!!! 5y
baes It Ends With Us ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Reggie @baes 😭😭😭at the end when she asks Ryle the 3 questions. 5y
Billypar @Cinfhen We were probably stacking from the same, persuasive reviews! 5y
Billypar @baes @Reggie I'll have to take another look at this one.. 5y
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RamsFan1963
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Mehso-so

Short and mildly amusing book about what happens to you if you die in some bizarre fashion like being shot from a cannon. It's probably better taken in small doses, as the different deaths kind of flow together. 3 💥💥💥 out of 5

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keithmalek

I have a question for my fellow Litsy users. Do you think there's such a thing as "gender reading"? I ask this because I was just looking at the ten most recent books that I added to my TBR list, and I noticed that the titles have words like: Destruction, Poison, Assassin, Revolution, Dangerous, and Explosion.

DGRachel I‘ve never really thought about it. I suppose certain genres might be marketed to one genre over another and therefore have titles that seem more masculine or feminine. 7y
Clwojick I will read almost anything.... except westerns, self help, or business. I also feel like I tend to read some books that were obviously marketed for men, but if it sounds good and it's on sale I'll try it 7y
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Jen2
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Pickpick

Very interesting!!

Billypar So it goes 😋 7y
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Fortunately, I managed to survive.

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For reasons not entirely known, brain damage often makes victims smell burned toast.

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If a fist-sized meteorite landed near you it would only be good news--meteorites can go for $100 per ounce. If you were lucky, it would be a meteorite from the moon or Mars. Those go for hundreds of dollars per carat, while the cheaper and more common ones come from the asteroid belt and fetch far less.

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keithmalek

Interestingly, you would not be the first human buried in a Pringles can. That distinction belongs to Fred Baur, the inventor of the Pringles can, who requested that his ashes be placed in his invention.

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They're referring to Niagara Falls here.

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keithmalek
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Pickpick

This book is so much fun! It reminds me of "What If" by Randall Munroe.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Huh 🤔😈

scripturient 😂😂 8y
VeryLazyDaisy One of those books that tries to be very clever and comes off weird? 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @VeryLazyDaisy, maybe?! I was just flicking through and found this chapter amusing 8y
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VeryLazyDaisy I'll watch for your review once you've finished. I'm curious 🤓 8y
MariaW That would be the ultimate death - hit by a book. 😂 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @MariaW, apparently dropping a book from a great height wouldn't kill you... it wouldn't make you popular if it hit someone tho 😕 (you'd have to drop something massive, they referenced the second edition of some super sized dictionary) 8y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @VeryLazyDaisy, not sure that I'll read it, I was ordering a copy for work and got a little distracted 😂 8y
ComradeMao Wow! Quite epic to be killed by books! 8y
MyNamesParadise That's an interesting chapter title!! 😂😂 8y
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Thndrstd
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A book to satisfy your morbid curiosities about what happens to your physical being in many fatal scenarios. The book has a light-hearted tone, but is well researched, using first-hand accounts when available (such as going over Niagara Falls in a barrel) and the work of scientists for theoretical possibilities (such as leaping into a black hole). A fun, educational quick read. (I received an advanced e-galley of this book through Netgalley.)