A remarkable book that contains enough information to help you win bets the rest of your life: -- The bagpipe was not a Scottish invention -- Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball at Cooperstown -- or anywhere else in America -- London's Big Ben is neither a clock nor a tower -- Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, and the boat he built was not called the Clermont -- Cleopatra was not Egyptian -- Lizzie Borden was acquitted -- Scores of persons had flown nonstop across the Atlantic before Lindbergh -- No witches ...
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A remarkable book that contains enough information to help you win bets the rest of your life: -- The bagpipe was not a Scottish invention -- Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball at Cooperstown -- or anywhere else in America -- London's Big Ben is neither a clock nor a tower -- Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, and the boat he built was not called the Clermont -- Cleopatra was not Egyptian -- Lizzie Borden was acquitted -- Scores of persons had flown nonstop across the Atlantic before Lindbergh -- No witches were burned at Salem -- Edison did not invent the light bulb -- Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson" -- Mark Twain was not born in Hannibal, Missouri -- And, alas, there is no such thing as an aphrodisiac
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Here is a trivia book with a twist. Rather than a collection of obscure facts, this book is a collection of common fallacies. Give it a read. You may be stunned to discover that you have been wrong about something you have been very confident was right. For example: neither the United States Constitution nor the Declaration of Independence contains the statement that all men are created equal; India ink is from China, not India; a sardine is not a specific living fish - it is anything you get out of a sardine can (which will likely be young herring or pilchard). The book is loosely organized by subject in chapters labeled A to Z. This allows you to find logical places at which to set the book aside between readings.