Things You Know That Are Not So

by David Moshinsky

About the Book

History, Science, Health, Religion, and More. Forty six incredible topics, each clearly discussed in a light, easy-to-understand style. Controversial topics not discussed elsewhere. Topics that will amuse and educate. Topics that will challenge your world view. Go to order form.

About the Author

Dave Moshinsky has spent a lifetime amassing these astonishing insights and revelations. For 35 years, while he taught complex financial and estate planning subjects, Dave built a file of erroneous popular wisdom. Now, we can all share these new understandings. Dave delights in making complex ideas easily understandable.

This is a book for the individuals who have the self confidence to make up their own mind. It is for individuals who question received wisdom. It is for individuals who enjoy new ways to look at old ideas.

Table of Contents

THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT HISTORY THAT ARE NOT SO

What You Know...

• Ancient Jews and Israelis are the same people
• Mummies of Pharoahs and great wealth were found in the pyramids
• Galileo was tortured by the Inquisition
• Edison invented the electric light
• Marconi invented the radio
• When a prophet is proved wrong, his believers become disenchanted
• The Guillotine was used to kill its inventor, Dr. Guillotine
• Nazi Germany started the use of concentration camps
• The United States is a young government
• The Communists overthrew the Czar
• The great depression was caused by the stock market crash of 1929
• Brain surgery is a modern invention
• Buffalo Bill's heroics were mostly the invention of a dime novel author

THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE THAT ARE NOT SO

What You Know...

• Water always boils as 212 degrees Fahrenheit
• Acid rain is ruining our lakes and forests
• The Earth is not the center of the Universe
• Mountains were raised many missions of years ago, today they are eroding away
• Rubber tires insulate your car from lightning
• Disposable diapers are more of a threat to the environment then cloth diapers
• Invest in land, they are not making any more of it
• Earthworms come out of the ground to avoid drowning in rainstorms
• The Earth goes around the Sun
• The survival of the fittest
• Trees live hundreds of years

THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT HEALTH THAT ARE NOT SO

What You Know...

• Lose weight and live longer
• The dangerous thing about eating fruit and vegetables is pesticide
• Lowering cholesterol increases life expectancy
• Sir Alexander Fleming proved Penicillin could cure disease in people
• Milk is good for ulcers
• Banning DDT saved lives
• The Audi 5000 would suddenly accelerate
• Alar is dangerous

THINGS YOU KNOW ABOUT RELIGION THAT ARE NOT SO

What You Know...

• The immortal soul that goes to heaven is an idea from the Jewish Bible
• The original sin was eating an apple fromt he tree of Knowledge
• The Immaculate Conception refers to the virgin birth of Jesus
• Christmas is Christs's birthday

SOME OTHER THINGS YOU KNOW THAT ARE NOT SO

What You Know...

• 55 saves lives
• Life insurance won't pay if the insured commits suicide
• You can't convict a murderer without the body of the victim (corpus delicti)
• Nursery rhymes were written for children
• The lion's share is the largest portion
• Trees do not cause pollution
• Up is always the opposite of down
• John Kennedy was the first president of Irish ancestry
• King Canute thought he could command the tide to recede
• The ugly American was an embarrassment to the United States
• Uncle Tom as an "uncle tom"
• Eskimos used to live in igloos made of snow and ice
• Most rape victims are women

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