The Book of General Ignorance

Fülszöveg

Henry VIII had only two wives.
The earth has seven moons.
All human beings have four nostrils.
The steam engine was invented in ancient Greece.
Coffee is not made from beans.
Strawberries are not berries.
Bangkok is not the capital of Thailand.
Over a billion people have been killed by marmots.
The largest thing a blue whale can swallow is a grapefruit.
There are 80,000 planets in the solar system.
George Washington's teeth previously belonged to a hippopotamus.
Light is invisible.
EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW IS WRONG
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The Book of General Ignorance
A comprehensive and humiliating catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge', which will make you wonder why anyone ever bothers to go to school.
If you still think that Henry VIII had six wives, that the earth has only one moon, and that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then you need this book. Urgently.
The Book of General Ignorance throws fresh light... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Henry VIII had only two wives.
The earth has seven moons.
All human beings have four nostrils.
The steam engine was invented in ancient Greece.
Coffee is not made from beans.
Strawberries are not berries.
Bangkok is not the capital of Thailand.
Over a billion people have been killed by marmots.
The largest thing a blue whale can swallow is a grapefruit.
There are 80,000 planets in the solar system.
George Washington's teeth previously belonged to a hippopotamus.
Light is invisible.
EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW IS WRONG
É
kMÉ
The Book of General Ignorance
A comprehensive and humiliating catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge', which will make you wonder why anyone ever bothers to go to school.
If you still think that Henry VIII had six wives, that the earth has only one moon, and that Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain, then you need this book. Urgently.
The Book of General Ignorance throws fresh light on a question which has obsessed philosophers, scientists and men in pubs for most of history: what is truth and what is total hogwash?
Thomas Edison stated that we know less than one-millionth of 1 per cent about anything; Mark Twain thought it would take eight million years to master mathematics alone; Woody Allen said that some drink deeply from the river of knowledge, but others only gargle.
This book will make you feel very small and silly.
About QI
If the letters 'QI' mean anything to you, chances are you've seen the BBC panel game of the same name and you know they stand for 'Quite Interesting'.
Behind the celebrity skirting-boards of QI is a crack squad of like-minded nobodies who celebrate curiosity, discovery and humour. As you read this, they are busy designing a raft of innovative TV shows, delicious DVDs, and refreshingly unusual books. And that's just the tip of a very large ice cube . . .
QI is the brainchild of John Lloyd, award-winning producer of Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image and Blackadder.
'Eye-watering, eyebrow-raising, terrific . . . Such fine and creative research genuinely deserves to be captured in print.' Daily Mail
'This book would make even Edison feel small and silly' The Economist
'In the Information Age, can you afford to remain ignorant of these precious factoids?' New York Times
'Has something approaching the force of revelation.' Melbourne Age
'Delightfully snarky.' Wired Vissza