Everything You Know Is Wrong: Common Fallacies, Mistakes and Misattributed Quotations

by Paul Kirchner

Cleopatra was an Egyptian. Carrots are good for your eyes. We have five senses. All true, right? Wrong! These are a few of the more than 300 believe-it-or-not entries that contradict facts that seem to be right - but aren't. In easy A-to-Z format, illustrated throughout with lively black and white photographs, this is fun trivia as it sets the record straight.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction

192 pages, Board Book

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Paul Kirchner is an American writer and illustrator born in New Haven, Connecticut.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book hurt my noggin.
Its well put together but for a believer of the written word, it is painful.
I enjoyed the pain

[Chris Sherwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. I didnt realize how old the book was when I bought it so it was kinda dated. I learned a few new things though, so it was worth it.