Contrary to Popular Belief

More than 250 False Facts Revealed

Joey Green

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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
15 January 2006

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

It's a fact that trivia is a perennially popular category. This inventive twist on the trivia book is filled with surprising facts sure to win over know-it-alls and the people who buy gifts for them.

Isn't it time you knew the honest-to-goodness truth? We've all come to believe hundreds of ""false facts""-myths that we've blindly accepted as truth, misconceptions that we've ignorantly retold to others-Contrary to Popular Belief provides an instant remedy for your pounding head full of misinformation, giving you quick relief with enlightening and entertaining facts.

Inside you'll learn-

George Washington was not the first president of the United States.

Leap year does not occur every four years.

The ostrich does not bury its head in the sand.

Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb.

Ship captains cannot perform marriages at sea.

Sound does not travel at the speed of sound.

The needle on a compass does not point to the North Pole.

Leonardo da Vinci did not paint the Mona Lisa.

And more than two hundred other bits of conventional ""wisdom"" that are completely bunk.

By: Joey Green
Imprint: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 171mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 266g
ISBN: 9780767919920
ISBN 10: 0767919920
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 January 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

JOEY GREEN is the bestselling author of more than thirty books, including Clean Your Clothes with Cheez Whiz and Joey Green's Magic Brands, which together have sold more than one million copies. Among countless other shows, he has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The View, and Good Morning America.