The book of general ignorance : The noticeably stouter edition
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. 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. Revealing the truth behind all the things we think we know but don't, this book leaves you dumbfounded about all the misinformation you've managed to collect during your life, and sets you up to win big should you ever be a contestant on Jeopardy! or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Besides righting the record on common (but wrong) myths like Captain Cook discovering Australia or Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, The Book of General Ignorance also gives us the skinny on silly slipups to trot out at dinner parties (Cinderella wore fur, not glass, slippers and chicken tikka masala was invented in Scotland, not India). Thomas Edison said that we know less than one millionth of one percent about anything: this book makes us wonder if we know even that much. 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. Who invented champagne' Not the French. How many legs does a centipede have' Not a hundred. How many toes has a two-toed sloth' It's either six or eight. How many penises does a European earwig have' a)Fourteen b)None at all c)Two (one for special occasions) d)Mind your own business Which animals are the best-endowed of all' Barnacles. These unassuming modest beasts have the longest penis relative to their size of any creature. They can be seven times longer than their body. What is a rhino's horn made from' A rhinoceros horn is not, as some people think, made out of hair. 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. From the Hardcover edition.
"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. 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. Revealing the truth behind all the things we think we know but don't, this book leaves you dumbfounded about all the misinformation you've managed to collect during your life, and sets you up to win big should you ever be a contestant on Jeopardy! or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Besides righting the record on common (but wrong) myths like Captain Cook discovering Australia or Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, The Book of General Ignorance also gives us the skinny on silly slipups to trot out at dinner parties (Cinderella wore fur, not glass, slippers and chicken tikka masala was invented in Scotland, not India). Thomas Edison said that we know less than one millionth of one percent about anything: this book makes us wonder if we know even that much. 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. Who invented champagne' Not the French. How many legs does a centipede have' Not a hundred. How many toes has a two-toed sloth' It's either six or eight. How many penises does a European earwig have' a)Fourteen b)None at all c)Two (one for special occasions) d)Mind your own business Which animals are the best-endowed of all' Barnacles. These unassuming modest beasts have the longest penis relative to their size of any creature. They can be seven times longer than their body. What is a rhino's horn made from' A rhinoceros horn is not, as some people think, made out of hair. 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. From the Hardcover edition."@en
"HUMOUR. This indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit BBC show, "QI'. The noticeably stouter "QI Book of General Ignorance" sets out to show you that a lot of what you think you know is wrong. If, like Alan Davies, you still think the Henry VIII had six wives, the earth has only one moon, that George Washington was the first president of the USA, that Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, that the largest living thing is a blue whale, that Alexander Graeme Bell invented the telephone, that whisky and bagpipes come from Scotland or that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then there are at least 200 reasons why this is the book for you."
"This is an international bestseller, this comprehensive catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge' will make you wonder why anyone bothers going to school. Carry it everywhere to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument, with facts such as: no one has ever slid down a bannister; there are 613 commandments in the Bible; vipers, cobras and rattlesnakes are not poisonous; newborn babies are indifferent to their mothers; the Swiss Family weren't called Robinson; the unluckiest date is Monday the 27th; you have no muscles in your fingers; and coffee isn't made from beans!"
"TV tie-in edition of the bestseller now 26% more ignorant!"
"Door de BBC wordt QI, een in het Verenigd Koninkrijk zeer populaire quiz, uitgezonden die gepresenteerd wordt door Stephen Fry. Aan de deelnemers worden vragen gesteld over algemeen bekend geachte zaken. Geven zij het antwoord dat de meeste kijkers als juist ervaren, maar dat in feite onjuist is, dan worden zij luidruchtig van hun feilen op de hoogte gesteld. Wie de quiz wel eens gezien heeft, zal ervaren dat de daar gehanteerde Britse humor niet altijd door Nederlanders als humoristisch gewaardeerd wordt. Dit boek bevat een fors aantal vragen met de juiste antwoorden waarbij uitgelegd wordt waarom de bij het grote publiek bekende antwoorden niet kloppen. Zo wordt verteld dat James Cook niet de ontdekker was van Australië, zoals veel Britten denken, maar dat de aboriginals natuurlijk de eersten waren. Andere zaken die aan de orde komen, zijn bijvoorbeeld: uit welk land komt Marco Polo (Kroatië); waar leven de meeste tijgers (Verenigde Staten); naar welk dier zijn de Canarische Eilanden genoemd (de hond) enzovoort. Voor wie in dit soort zaken geïnteresseerd is een leuke uitgave vol aardige weetjes."
"Presents a compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes based on "common knowledge," culled from the fields of history, science, literature, and biography."
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