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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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* [[You Can Panic Now]]: One minor character is afraid that terrorists will attack the Mall of America.
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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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