FACT: The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments. FACT: The Icelandic dish hakarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten. The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The Sh*t Out Of You (Adams Media, 2010) comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us.
Author Biography
Cary McNeal is the author of the bestselling Scared Sh*tless and 1,001 Facts That Will Scare the S#*t Out of You. He is also an Emmy-winning humorist who writes for TV and the web.
