Anodyne
2010-06-13, 23:24
http://www.gatecreepers.com/workspace/library/50%20Things%20Youre%20Not%20Supposed%20To%20Know%2 0-%20Russ%20Kick.pdf
CONTENTS
Introduction
01 The Ten Commandments We Always See Aren't the Ten Commandments
02 One of the Popes Wrote an Erotic Book
03 The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Each Year
04 The First CIA Agent to Die in the Line of Duty Was Douglas Mackiernan
05 After 9/11, the Defense Department Wanted to Poison Afghanistan's Food Supply
06 The US Government Lies About the Number of Terrorism Convictions It Obtains
07 The US Is Planning to Provoke Terrorist Attacks
08 The US and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on the Moon
09 Two Atomic Bombs Were Dropped on North Carolina
10 World War III Almost Started in 1995
11 The Korean War Never Ended
12 Agent Orange Was Used in Korea
13 Kent State Wasn't the Only — or Even the First — Massacre of College Students During the
Vietnam Era
14 Winston Churchill Believed in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy
15 The Auschwitz Tattoo Was Originally an IBM Code Number
16 Adolph Hitler's Blood Relatives Are Alive and Well in New York State
17 Around One Quarter of "Witches" Were Men
18 The Virginia Colonists Practiced Cannibalism
19 Many of the Pioneering Feminists Opposed Abortion
20 Black People Served in the Confederate Army
21 Electric Cars Have Been Around Since the 1880s
22 Juries Are Allowed to Judge the Law, Not Just the Facts
23 The Police Aren't Legally Obligated to Protect You
24 The Government Can Take Your House and Land, Then Sell Them to Private Corporations
25 The Supreme Court Has Ruled That You're Allowed to Ingest Any Drug, Especially If
You're an Addict
26 The Age of Consent in Most of the US Is Not Eighteen
27 Most Scientists Don't Read All of the Articles They Cite
28 Louis Pasteur Suppressed Experiments That Didn't Support His Theories
29 The Creator of the GAIA Hypothesis Supports Nuclear Power
30 Genetically-Engineered Humans Have Already Been Born
31 The Insurance Industry Wants to Genetically Test All Policy Holders
32 Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
33 Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus
34 Most Doctors Don't Know the Radiation Level of CAT Scans
35 Medication Errors Kill Thousands Each Year
36 Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually
37 Work Kills More People Than War
38 The Suicide Rate Is Highest Among the Elderly
39 For Low-Risk People, a Positive Result from an HIV Test Is Wrong Half the Time
40 DNA Matching Is Not Infallible
CONTENTS
Introduction
01 The Ten Commandments We Always See Aren't the Ten Commandments
02 One of the Popes Wrote an Erotic Book
03 The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Each Year
04 The First CIA Agent to Die in the Line of Duty Was Douglas Mackiernan
05 After 9/11, the Defense Department Wanted to Poison Afghanistan's Food Supply
06 The US Government Lies About the Number of Terrorism Convictions It Obtains
07 The US Is Planning to Provoke Terrorist Attacks
08 The US and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on the Moon
09 Two Atomic Bombs Were Dropped on North Carolina
10 World War III Almost Started in 1995
11 The Korean War Never Ended
12 Agent Orange Was Used in Korea
13 Kent State Wasn't the Only — or Even the First — Massacre of College Students During the
Vietnam Era
14 Winston Churchill Believed in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy
15 The Auschwitz Tattoo Was Originally an IBM Code Number
16 Adolph Hitler's Blood Relatives Are Alive and Well in New York State
17 Around One Quarter of "Witches" Were Men
18 The Virginia Colonists Practiced Cannibalism
19 Many of the Pioneering Feminists Opposed Abortion
20 Black People Served in the Confederate Army
21 Electric Cars Have Been Around Since the 1880s
22 Juries Are Allowed to Judge the Law, Not Just the Facts
23 The Police Aren't Legally Obligated to Protect You
24 The Government Can Take Your House and Land, Then Sell Them to Private Corporations
25 The Supreme Court Has Ruled That You're Allowed to Ingest Any Drug, Especially If
You're an Addict
26 The Age of Consent in Most of the US Is Not Eighteen
27 Most Scientists Don't Read All of the Articles They Cite
28 Louis Pasteur Suppressed Experiments That Didn't Support His Theories
29 The Creator of the GAIA Hypothesis Supports Nuclear Power
30 Genetically-Engineered Humans Have Already Been Born
31 The Insurance Industry Wants to Genetically Test All Policy Holders
32 Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
33 Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus
34 Most Doctors Don't Know the Radiation Level of CAT Scans
35 Medication Errors Kill Thousands Each Year
36 Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually
37 Work Kills More People Than War
38 The Suicide Rate Is Highest Among the Elderly
39 For Low-Risk People, a Positive Result from an HIV Test Is Wrong Half the Time
40 DNA Matching Is Not Infallible