Was Cleopatra the last Egyptian Pharaoh? Can you make diamonds out of tequila? Is the platypus actually poisonous? This title includes the entries that hide well-crafted fibs among pairs of unbelievable truths.
Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to readers to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius to high-fructose corn syrup. 352 pp.