This bulging compendium is loaded with jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts & bright, bold photography! Based on the popular National Geographic Weird but True! Series, this new annual pairs the planet`s quirkiest, wackiest facts with the coolest & strangest true stories. Ranging from geographical curiosity to animal wonders, gross inventions to weird food, the Weird but True! Annual 2018 sparks children`s natural curiosity about the world around them. Features include:* Facts & stories about geography, biology, the animal kingdom, social sciences, human achievement & innovation (Did you know the world`s biggest passenger jet weighs as much as 100 hippos?)* Infographics & fact files* Bright, bold photography & illustration* A fact-finding index