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Les autruches ne mettent pas la tête dans le sable : 200 bonnes raisons de renoncer à nos certitudes (2006)

par John Mitchinson, John Mitchinson

Autres auteurs: Stephen Fry (Préface)

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Reference. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER �?� Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty �??gotcha�?� compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It�??ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school. Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. You�??ll be surprised at how much you don�??t know! Check out The Book of General Ignorance for more fun entries and complete answers to the following: How long can… (plus d'informations)

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Meh…it was ok, I guess. A majority of the things they presented I already knew, a lot others were semantics, and some of it was pretty regional, especially the end, where I had never even heard of some of the stuff they were talking about. It was obviously more Britain-centric hence why I hadn’t heard of it, definitely not relevant to US readers. Oh well, need to find a new “bathroom book”. (

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MrMet | Apr 28, 2023 |

Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It’ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school.

Daniel464 | Oct 11, 2021 |

I think I'm going to have to make myself a "random trivia" shelf or something, because I've been quite enjoying this sort of book lately. This is the best of its type that I've read (or actually, listened to. I listened to the audiobook via Scribd). I'm a big QI fan, so I felt secure that this book was well-researched (unlike some trivia books where I occasionally doubt some of the facts that I read). (

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widdersyns | Jul 19, 2020 |

Who invented champagne? What did Robert Bunsen invent? What color is a panther? If you think you know all these, think again.

Based on the amazing trivia show QI, this book has answers to these and many other oft cited trivia about science, history, technology and popular culture. Readable in easy to digest chapters, it's a great companion for either a toilet visit, impressing your spouse and in laws of just getting a bit smarter than yesterday (

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People sometimes accuse me of knowing a lot. (Foreword)

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Reference. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER �?� Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller.

Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty �??gotcha�?� compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It�??ll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school.

Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. You�??ll be surprised at how much you don�??t know! Check out The Book of General Ignorance for more fun entries and complete answers to the following:

How long can

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