I Call Bullshit: Debunking the Most Commonly Repeated Myths

IS THAT SMART-SOUNDING PERSON SPOUTING KNOWLEDGE, OR ARE THEY FULL OF IT?

Do you want the real facts to counter and correct the steaming piles of myth and misinformation you hear all the time? This fascinating collection tells exactly what you need to know so the next time you hear someone repeat one of these common falsehoods, you'll be ready to call bullshit on:

-Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.
-Your heart stops when you sneeze.
-Crime increases during a full moon.
-A goldfish's memory lasts only a few seconds.
-It was illegal to drink alcohol during Prohibition.
-Chameleons change color as camouflage.
-Slaves built the pyramids in Egypt.
-Decaf coffee has no caffeine.
-Buddha was fat.

Author: Jamie Frater
Publisher: Bookpack Inc
Published: 10/01/2011
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.08w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9781569759851
ISBN10: 1569759855
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Trivia
- Reference | Encyclopedias
- Reference | Curiosities & Wonders

About the Author
Jamie Frater was born in Naenae, a suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, in 1974. He studied postgraduate music at the Royal College of Music in London, after which, due to an insatiable desire to share fascinating, obscure, and bizarre facts, he created listverse.com where he presents a new top ten list every day. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations in the United States and Great Britain. Jamie now writes full-time for his California-based website from his home.

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