Strange Stories, Amazing Facts: Stories That are Bizarre, Unusual, Odd, Astonishing, and Often Incredible

✍ Scribed by Reader's Digest editors (editor)

• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 611
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A collection of articles on natural wonders, scientific and technological marvels, epic journeys, strange customs, unsolved mysteries, legendary creatures, and curious occurrences

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
PART 1
The enigma of space
The astonishing human body
Wonders of the natural world
The surprising animal kingdom
PART 2
The marvels of science
Feats of building and engineering
Man's amazing inventions
Daring and epic journeys
The quest for the past
PART 3
Strange customs and superstitions
Popular facts and fallacies
Intriguing and unsolved mysteries
Footsteps into the unknown
Legendary lands and beasts
PART 4
Hoaxes, frauds and forgeries
Eccentrics and prophecies
Curious and bizarre beginnings
PART 5
The world of tomorrow
Index