Armchair Reader: The Book of Myths and Misconceptions
The Armchair Reader series entertains and enlightens with little-known anecdotes, untold stories, fascinating facts, and startling revelations.\ \ The Reader's innovative approach and witty style will capture the interest of all readers. This fun, informative book sheds light on a wide variety of commonly held, though erroneous, beliefs about subjects that include history, pop culture, health and medicine, science, and the paranormal, to name just a few.\ \ Myths we debunk range from the...
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The Armchair Reader series entertains and enlightens with little-known anecdotes, untold stories, fascinating facts, and startling revelations.The Reader's innovative approach and witty style will capture the interest of all readers. This fun, informative book sheds light on a wide variety of commonly held, though erroneous, beliefs about subjects that include history, pop culture, health and medicine, science, and the paranormal, to name just a few.Myths we debunk range from the absurd (lemmings commit mass suicide) to the misinformed (Thomas Edison invented the light bulb) to the seemingly logical (cats purr when they're happy). You'll learn the truth behind urban legends, old wives tales, misattributed quotes, and those so-called "facts" we all learned in school.Myths & Misconceptions will provide you with an amused sense of discovery that you can in turn use to impress, educate, or discredit friends and acquaintances as you see fit!
