{"product_id":"the-book-of-general-ignorance-9780307394910","title":"The Book of General Ignorance","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMisconceptions, 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, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of General Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevealing 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 \u003ci\u003eWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBesides righting the record on common (but wrong) myths like Captain Cook discovering Australia or Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of General Ignorance\u003c\/i\u003e 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'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: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow long can a chicken live without its head?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAbout two years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat do chameleons do? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThey 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho invented champagne? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNot the French. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow many legs does a centipede have?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNot a hundred. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow many toes has a two-toed sloth? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt's either six or eight. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow many penises does a European earwig have? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea)Fourteen\u003cbr\u003eb)None at all\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ec)Two (one for special occasions)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ed)Mind your own business\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhich animals are the best-endowed of all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBarnacles. These unassuming modest beasts have the longest penis relative to their size of any creature. They can be seven times longer than their body. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is a rhino's horn made from? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA rhinoceros horn is not, as some people think, made out of hair. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho was the first American president?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePeyton Randolph. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat were George Washington's false teeth made from? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMostly hippopotamus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat was James Bond's favorite drink? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNot the vodka martini.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":53040125968544,"sku":"9780307394910-used-good","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/517Zqem-jJL.jpg?v=1763453938","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/the-book-of-general-ignorance-9780307394910","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}