{"product_id":"contrary-to-popular-belief-joey-green-9780767919920","title":"Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed","description":"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--\u003ci\u003eContrary to Popular Belief\u003c\/i\u003e provides an instant remedy for your pounding head full of misinformation, giving you quick relief with enlightening and entertaining facts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside you'll learn: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Washington was not the first president of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeap year does not occur every four years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ostrich does not bury its head in the sand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Edison did not invent the light bulb. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShip captains cannot perform marriages at sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSound does not travel at the speed of sound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe needle on a compass does not point to the North Pole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeonardo da Vinci did not paint the Mona Lisa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd more than two hundred other bits of conventional \"wisdom\" that are completely bunk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joey Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0767919920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767919920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.76h x 5.56w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 121","brand":"Joey Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481728114943,"sku":"9780767919920","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3876f739-f827-4323-af89-4b928ba4c027.jpg?v=1715987498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contrary-to-popular-belief-joey-green-9780767919920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}