Prepare to cruch the competition at trivia night or start the most interesting conversation ever with this book loaded with 500 unbelievable true facts about world history. Outsmarting your friends and family has never been so easy. They didn't teach you this in history class! In addition to the 13 original US states, there was almost a 14th state called "Franklin." (see page 28), In the 1930s, Australia declared war on the country's emu population… and lost. (see page 68), The "high five" wasn't invented until 1977. (see page 145), John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. (see page 222). A Nazi cult leader once murdered Santa Claus. (see page 227), Prove you're the smartest schmuck in the room with True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History.