<![CDATA[Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed]]>

false <![CDATA[Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177273570m/690626.jpg 690626 1 Isn’t it time you knew the honest-to-goodness truth? We’ve all come to believe hundreds of “false facts”—myths that we’ve blindly accepted as truth, misconceptions that we’ve ignorantly retold to others—Contrary to Popular Belief provides an instant remedy for your pounding head full of misinformation, giving you quick relief with enlightening and entertaining facts. Inside you’ll learn: George Washington was not the first president of the United States. Leap year does not occur every four years. The ostrich does not bury its head in the sand. Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb. Ship captains cannot perform marriages at sea. Sound does not travel at the speed of sound. The needle on a compass does not point to the North Pole. Leonardo da Vinci did not paint the Mona Lisa. And more than two hundred other bits of conventional “wisdom” that are completely bunk. 676971 2005 Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed total:23|5:7|4:4|3:5|2:6|1:1| 23 79 38 8 2 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 08:40:58 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 08:47:45 -0700 2008
HOWEVER, their take on the Bible is 100% incorrect!!!!!! Every "fact" they claimed to make about the Bible was dead-on wrong, especially Isaiah 7:14. If you look at the original ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 23:13:53 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 23:23:11 -0800 2008 1
But a lot of it just nit picking. For example he says the shortest distance between A & B is actually an arc since t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 22:57:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 22:58:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 10:09:56 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 10:09:56 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 26 06:04:54 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 16 04:24:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 31 11:46:54 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 11:49:10 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:07:12 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:08:05 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 18:26:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:27:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 14:55:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:55:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 18:49:49 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 18:49:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 31 18:50:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 18:50:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 18:32:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 18:21:52 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Sep 20 20:02:21 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 11:52:51 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 20:02:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 13:35:01 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 13:35:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 02 15:05:17 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:05:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 21 11:17:56 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 11:17:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 27 09:27:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 09:27:41 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 28 23:44:18 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 23:44:20 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 14 09:48:51 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 09:48:51 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 16:08:34 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 16:08:34 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=690626