Includes glossary and index

Welcome to your body! -- Can you catch a cold in the cold? -- Are there butterflies in my tummy? -- Why do I get wrinkly when I'm wet? -- Are yawns contagious? -- Why do we have baby teeth? -- Is it green... or is it red? -- Can you hiccup forever? -- Could you never sleep again? -- Can double-jointed people bend too far? -- Where do different eye colors come from? -- Can people squirt liquid in their mouth out of their eye? -- Can your heart actually break? -- What is a placebo? -- Are all of our body parts essential? -- Have I seen you before? -- Why can't I have curly hair? -- Why does cilantro taste like soap? -- Can you teach yourself to be ambidextrous? -- Does everybody feel pain? -- Do brains really freeze?

"You know your heart is always beating, your intestines digest your food, and even that your brain is still awake when you're asleep--that's no mystery. But why do we get 'brain freeze' if we eat ice cream too quickly? And why on earth do we get butterflies in our stomach when we're nervous? And is it true we can squirt milk from our eyes? This book focuses on the bizarre things all of our bodies do--including things we don't understand (looking at you, appendix)"--Provided by publisher

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