The Book of General Ignorance
by By Mitchinson, John and Lloyd, John
Category: Reference , Trivia

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.