Curioddities are those quirky but fascinating stories and images from all over the world that cause us all to stop for a moment and exclaim 'I don't believe it!'. This rip-roaring book has a fun-packed 512 pages bursting which just such tales, including the students who made King Kong from popcorn, the German confectioner who's invented anti-ageing chocolates, someone who could play the recorder with his eye, and the man who ate an airplane!