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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school. Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. You’ll be surprised at how much you don’t know! Check out The Book of General Ignorance for more fun entries and complete answers to the following: How long can a chicken live without its head? About two years. What do chameleons do? They don’t change color to match the background. Never have; never will. Complete myth. Utter fabrication. Total Lie. They change color as a result of different emotional states. How many legs does a centipede have? Not a hundred. How many toes has a two-toed sloth? It’s either six or eight. Who was the first American president? Peyton Randolph. What were George Washington’s false teeth made from? Mostly hippopotamus. What was James Bond’s favorite drink? Not the vodka martini.
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"Got to give this 5 stars really, simply because for some crazy reason you remember everything you read in this book - giving you the ability to annoy even more people with your knowledge and totally ruin conversations about Kim Kardashian or what happened on Eastenders and did you see dancing on ice. This book can and will make you an oddball - love it."
— Billy (5 out of 5 stars)
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" Hilarious and educational. Can it get any better? I love QI! "
— Betsy, 1/14/2014 -
" Fun little snippets about things we thought we knew. Put it in your coffee table book rotation. "
— Eric, 1/13/2014 -
" A lot of panning for a few gold nuggets. "
— Bret, 1/9/2014 -
" Absolutely loving this little book. I pick it up whenever I'm bored. Tons of juicy little facts that will amaze you packed into this jem. "
— Timothy, 12/12/2013 -
" Great book of Trivia! Learned a lot from this book. It was good in that the answers to all the questions were short and concise. A great read at only 250 pages!!! "
— Emily, 12/7/2013 -
" A funny, enlightening book about facts you thought you knew but it turns out you really don't. I've only ever watched QI a few times but thought this was a much better way to get all the information. On to volume 2! "
— Kim, 11/28/2013 -
" The best toilet reading. "
— Miki, 11/25/2013 -
" This book was so funny! It was mostly facts though. "
— Sophia, 9/29/2013 -
" Overall a great book but I found some of the facts to be a bit random and would have liked some more stuff about people. "
— Catherine, 9/4/2013 -
" Covers what we think we know and what the real truth is. A fun little book. "
— Sean, 8/31/2013 -
" "This book will make you feel very small and silly." Is what it says on the inside cover, and it does. But you learn the truth of all those things you thought were truths that were only myths. Read this book, and you can make others feel small and silly....maybe even win a few game shows! "
— Tina, 6/19/2013 -
" Great book, full of intresting facts that inform you of the truth behind the "truths" we have always thought to be true. "
— Sharon, 5/28/2013 -
" Bathroom reading this might be, but you can learn a lot in a few minutes and the writer's style is engaging. Learn the criteria for the most dangerous animal, hardest material, tallest mountain. Trivia in many cases, but it is stuff you can use. "
— HBalikov, 4/1/2013 -
" I learned a whole lot and got more than a few chuckles out of it! It's a really good book to read during work breaks because each subject is no more than a page or two. "
— Jennie, 1/28/2013 -
" Livro indicado para curiosos. Gostei de ficar a saber algumas curiosidades :) "
— Célia, 9/20/2012 -
" Loved it. Fun and entertaining. "
— Hristina, 4/30/2012 -
" I thought this book was quite interesting, no pun intended. It lost me at the very end though as it was more focused on English/British things. I think I might see if I can find an episode of QI and see what it's like now that I've read this book. "
— Melanie, 4/2/2012 -
" It is a fast read to update the primary school knowledge... and peppered by Stephen Fry's humor "
— Jeta, 10/24/2011 -
" i really enjoyed this book, that is exactly what its title says. nothing useful, but still entertaining. i didn't even know about this book until kevin smith was talking about it on his smodcast.... "
— angrykitty, 8/30/2011 -
" It is a great book. Teaching you all the things you thought you knew, just like it says on the cover. With humor and extra (and even more!) interesting information. I for one did not get bored. "
— Jordan, 7/25/2011 -
" Great light reading about factoids and supposedly commonly held knowledge that we mostly have wrong. "
— Kevin, 5/12/2011 -
" I dipped into this book in a bored moment and ended up reading the whole thing, haha. Is it mean to say that I was kind of amused by how many spelling mistakes/grammatical errors there were, given the subject of the book? "
— Josie, 2/13/2011 -
" Delightful. A breath of fresh air for people who are afraid that their foibles, faults and failures will prevent them from contributing positively to the future of the human race. "
— Liz, 1/30/2011 -
" Well - it amuses but does not command - have not got through and perhaps never will. No regrets however. "
— Penny, 12/7/2010