Weird But True

Weird
But
True

200
Astounding,
Outrageous,
and Totally
Off the Wall
Facts

Leslie Gilbert Elman

“T
ruth is stranger than
   Fiction, but it is because
    Fiction is obliged to stick
     to possibilities, Truth isn't.”

— Mark Twain

Introduction

A
ll the wild fantasies dreamed up by novelists, artists, and filmmakers, often don't compare to the oddball discoveries made every year by researchers around the world. Nobody would believe a novel that included a suicidal tree—but you can see one for yourself in Madagascar. A film that featured a floating raft of garbage the size of Texas would seem fantastic—scientists say there's one in the Pacific Ocean that's
at least
that large.

If you're fascinated by the strange, unusual, and unexplainable truths of our world (and who isn't?), just turn the page…