National Geographic Infographics is a ginormous, eight-pound coffee table book of dreams that covers everything from history to physics to the animal world, and more.
1. Four billion years ago volcanoes ruled the earth:
2. Tulips come from Turkey and Marigolds come from Mexico:
3. Earth could easily cozy up inside of Jupiter's core (and may have even more room than this graphic shows):
4. Your dog can sniff up to five times every second:
5. We use different types of wheat to make bread than we do to make pasta:
6. Avalanches form when snow develops layers, like a parfait:
7. Astronauts maneuvered Project Mercury's tiny capsule with a few control jets:
8. The President, the third largest tree in the world, probably has over two billion leaves:
9. The five cancers with the highest mortality rates are breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer:
10. The Spectacled Finch was the least-reported bird 2010's annual Backyard Bird Count:
11. Light generates a "wake-up" cue in your brain, thanks to special cells in your retina:
12. Egyptian pyramid design ~evolved~ over time:
13. You are definitely going to die, but probably not by playing with fireworks or flying in an airplane:
