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Takes a humorous look at some of history's deceptions and propaganda, including the effort to hide FDR's disability, the achievements of Dave Crockett, and the political spins that promoted modern military conflicts.

Explores common misconceptions that are part of popular culture. Each page features two common fallacies such as "cats always fall on their feet" and Marie Antoinette said "let them eat cake." Each fallacy is accompanied by an explanation of the truth and the origin of the fallacy.

Explores the ongoing psychological forces that sabotage rational behavior in our personal and business lives, revealing how such factors as loss aversion, commitment, and the diagnosis bias distort logical thought.

Describes 1,000 common misconceptions about a wide range of topics involving history, politics, science and technology, society, and everyday life.

"A Stonesong Press book." Presents more than 300 well-known beliefs which are actually false.

Examines a variety of blunders and mistakes throughout history, some funny and some tragic, and causes for these errors.

A collection of myths in American history such as George Washington's false teeth were wood, Columbus thought the world was flat, President Roosevelt knew that the Japanese were going to bomb Pearl Harbor, and more.

Discusses some of history's notably major errors in judgment, discoveries made by chance or mistakes, blunders by players in sports, and so forth.