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Whose silhouette is on the NBA logo? Who is the world's fastest person? Which horse was the first to win the Kentucky Derby? World Book's True or False?: Sports is here with the answers to these questions and more!

Can Zac, Ning, Lucía, and Marcus build a cart fast enough to win the big race? They will need to freshen up on forces, with help from Isaac Newton, Galileo, the Wright brothers, and more.

When the power goes out at Zac's house, will Marcus, Lucía, and Ning be left in the dark? Time to spark a conversation about electricity with Nikola Tesla, Benjamin Franklin, Michael Faraday, and more.

Is there a flower that smells like rotting flesh? Is there a plant that looks like a giant baseball? What about a plant named after a "Star Wars" character? World Book's True or False?: Weird Plants is here with the answers to these questions and more!

What's the difference between a typhoon, a cyclone, and a hurricane? Who believes that frog marriages can end a drought? Does lightning ever strike the same place twice? World Book's True or False?: Weather is here with the answers to these questions and more!

Who was the first woman in space? Was Rosa Parks the first person to be arrested for resisting bus segregation? Who was the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize? World Book's True or False?: Remarkable Women is here with the answers to these questions and more!

Did prehistoric people hunt dinosaurs? Did Stone Age people like to "rock out" to music? Do Neandertals live among us today? World Book's True or False?: Prehistoric People is here with the answers to these questions and more!

Did Billy the Kid ever rob a bank or a train? Who was Australia's most famous bushranger? Have there been any women outlaws? World Book's True or False?: Outlaws is here with the answers to these questions and more!

What is a person who collects neckties called? Did hippies invent bell-bottoms? Which ancient city had a shopping mall? World Book's True or False?: Fashion & Clothing is here with the answers to these questions and more!

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Did you know that garlic was fed to the Egyptian laborers who built the pyramids? And that brides in ancient Greece carried bouquets made of garlic instead of flowers? Or that garlic is said to help ward off pimples and demons? You'll learn this and more in World Book's Taste the World! Garlic. Along the way, you'll find fun food facts and learn how to make some tasty recipes!

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Drawing on new applied research and existing expert commentary, as well as lessons from extensive World Bank Group (WBG) work, the Doing Business report will help identify specific regulations that constrain business investment, productivity, and growth. The Report will contribute to broader initiatives to monitor development effectiveness by providing new, quantitative indicators on business regulations and their enforcement, which can be com...

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Known as the standard reference for international economic data, the twenty-second annual edition of the World Development Report provides a set of Selected World Development Indicators as an appendix, presenting social and economic statistics for more than 200 countries.

Now in its 21st edition, WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT focuses on the role of knowledge and information as a factor of development. Known as the standard reference for international economic data, the WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT presents social and economic statistics for more than 200 countries.