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—<i>Contrary to Popular Belief</i> provides an instant remedy for your pounding head full of misinformation, giving you quick relief with enlightening and entertaining facts.<br><br>Inside you'll learn:<br><br>George Washington was not the first president of the United States.<br><br>Leap year does not occur every four years.<br><br>The ostrich does not bury its head in the sand.<br><br>Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb.<br><br>Ship captains cannot perform marriages at sea.<br><br>Sound does not travel at the speed of sound.<br><br>The needle on a compass does not point to the North Pole.<br><br>Leonardo da Vinci did not paint the Mona Lisa.<br><br>And more than two hundred other bits of conventional “wisdom” that are completely bunk.