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050	0	0	_aAG195 _b.M58 2006
082	1		_a031.02 LLO _2
100	1		_aLloyd, John _d(1951 -)
245	1	4	_aThe book of general ignorance _c/ John Lloyd and John Mitchinson
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Harmony Books _c, c2006
300			_a266 p. _b: illus. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes index
520			_aMisconceptions, 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.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aQuestions and answers
700	1		_aMitchinson, John _d(1963 -)
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