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{{quote|''"All of the historical oddities and amazing true facts contained herein are lies, made up by me -- and it is this astonishing innovation that allows each entry to contain more truths than if it were merely factual... Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies, or for that matter, as true. Proof of which maxim is the fact that I just made it up."''|from the audiobook introduction}}
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As the name implies, it is a book of trivia written by John Hodgman, better known as [[Mascot|a PC]], and as ''[[The Daily Show]]'''s "Resident Expert". Every single fact in it is a lie ... or is it?
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The first in the ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'' trilogy, followed by ''[[More Information Than You Require]]'' and ''[[That Is All]]''.
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* [[Alien Geometries]]: One house with a 666 phone number is described as having no right angles.
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: Subverted: The Skulls and Bones are said to have failed in their bid for world domination, and now spend all their time masturbating and tending to the pterodactyls on their private island. The Masonic symbols allegedly hidden in Washington DC's architecture are also parodied.
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** [[Nero Wolfe]]
** [[Miss Marple]]
** [[
** [[Kid Detective|Kid Detectives]] in general
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[The Con]]
** One of which involves impersonating a [[Ninja]], and requires, as part of the con, the summoning of [[Mons]].
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* [[Creepy Child]]: The Virtuous Child, Child Prodigies.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "You know what?" I say. "Fuck you."
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Flanderization]]: [[The Several States|Our 51 United States]].
** [[The Big Easy]]
** [[Down
** [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]
** [[Hollywood New England]]
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* [[Planet of Steves]]: The ringtail cats, who, by a curious coincidence, are all named John McCain.
* [[The Roaring Twenties]]
* [[Running Gag]]: [[Our Werewolves Are Different|The different varieties of werewolf]], [[A Date
* [[Shout-Out]]: "The Amazing Duo of [[They Might Be Giants|Flansburgh]] and Goldwasser", Bruce Campbell, "[[Elf Quest|Skywise the Sexual Elf"]].
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Ironically enough.
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* [[You Can Panic Now]]: One minor character is afraid that terrorists will attack the Mall of America.
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| [[Older and Wiser|Cop]] v. Rookie || [[Turned Against Their Masters|Zoo animals attack zookeepers]] || A town springs up magically around a stranger || [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Success thwarted by phobia]] || [[Robot War|Threat of present-day cyborgs]]
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| [[Umineko no Naku Koro
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| [[Save Our Students|Teacher v. Unruly class; both learn lessons]] || [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud|Hunted by tornadoes]] || Self-satisfied loner flouts irrational laws, reveals [[Strawman Political|absurdity of society]], congratulates self || [[Amnesiac Dissonance|Past life reasserts itself]] || [[Enemy Within|Cyborg fights the man within]]
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| [[Les Misérables|Pursuit throughout life]] by [[Inspector Javert|a French constable whose determination exceeds his reason]] || [[Convection, Schmonvection|Volcanoes come to town]] || [[Torches and Pitchforks|Hero is chased by townspeople bearing torches]] || [[Divide and Conquer|Hero wonders if closest friend is actually his archenemy, then lives in fear]] || [["I Know You
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| [[Country Mouse]] v. [[City Mouse]] || One partially blinded by bear seeks [[Revenge]] || [[Stylistic Self Parody|Person living in two-dimensional world]] encourages [[Conspicuous CG|embrace of third dimension]] [[Flatland|and is shunned]] || [[The Grotesque|A horrible physical deformity is overcome]], only to be revealed that [[All Just a Dream|it is all in the protagonist's imagination]] || [[Only Sane Man|Only the hero can see the cyborgs]] who [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink|secretly run our government and media]]
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| Evil cousins thwart romance || [[Big Friendly Dog|Saint Bernards]] come first as rescuers, [[The Mole|then reveal themselves as enemies]] || [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Shark loves Jet]] (also can be [[Interspecies Romance|Man v. Nature]] or [[Crack Pairing|Nature v. Technology]]) || [[Helping Hands|Body part is severed, gains mind of its own: Watch out]] || [[Turned Against Their Masters|Cyborg servants turn on master]]
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| Professional debunker v. Popular spoon-bending psychic || [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Snakes lie in wait]] || Child [[Raised
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[[Category:Comic Literature]]
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[[Category:The Areas of My Expertise]]
[[Category:Books on Trope]]
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