Sets the record straight on hundreds of misquotations, misinterpretations, misunderstandings, misconstruals, and mistakes in popular thought and belief

Dictionary of Misinformation

Burnam, Tom

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A remarkable book that contains enough information to help you win bets the rest of your 
-- The bagpipe was not a Scottish invention 
-- Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball at Cooperstown -- or anywhere else in America 
-- London's Big Ben is neither a clock nor a tower 
-- Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, and the boat he built was not called the Clermont 
-- Cleopatra was not Egyptian 
-- Lizzie Borden was acquitted 
-- Scores of persons had flown nonstop across the Atlantic before Lindbergh 
-- No witches were burned at Salem 
-- Edison did not invent the light bulb 
-- Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson" 
-- Mark Twain was not born in Hannibal, Missouri 
-- And, alas, there is no such thing as an aphrodisiac.

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Witty and provocative essays and one-liners by a master debunker attack the world's seemingly endless supply of false facts, fictions, tables, and misquotations

Sets the record straight on hundreds of misquotations, misinterpretations, misunderstandings, misconstruals, and mistakes in popular thought and belief

The Dictionary of Misinformation

This is the best single book that has ever been printed. By opening up the book for about thirty seconds each night I have been able to "Astonish my friends and annoy my enemies," exactly as it is stated on the cover of this book. This book it priceless.

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Witty and provocative essays and one-liners by a master debunker attack the world's seemingly endless supply of false facts, fictions, fables, and misquotations

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