Random Illustrated Facts, by Mike Lowery

Mike Lowery has spent the last couple of decades collecting random facts and illustrating them.  Now you can see his random illustrated facts in his book Random Illustrated Facts: A Collection of Curious, Weird, and Totally Not Boring Things to Know.  His illustrations are fun and engaging, and, if you're like me, his facts will have you going to Google and Wikipedia to find out if they're really facts.  (I didn't check all of them, but the ones I did were spot on!)

Some of these facts may be downright disturbing to you, like the fact that "cell phones have up to 18 times more germs than public toilet handles."  Or "the shiny coating on jelly beans is made from stick goo secreted by bugs."

Lowery also covers lots of world records, obscure words, and facts from the worlds of science, the animal kingdom, and history.  The book lives up to the randomness of the title.  Open it to any page and you'll learn something new.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!