320: Fabulous Fallacies. Things you know that aren’t so.

P&C drink and review “Level Up,” an IPA from a Yard’s variety pack, then discuss things “everybody knows” that aren’t so.

You might be surprised at some of the answers. Here are the topics discussed.

• Who was the first president of the United States?
• Everybody thought the earth was flat before Columbus.
• How did “Caesarean section” get its name?
• Who was the youngest U.S. president?
• Was Cleopatra Egyptian?
• Was St. Patrick an Irishman?
• Did Atlas hold the world on his shoulders?
• Did Paul Revere warn the colonists the British were coming?
• Did Lincoln free the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
• Where was the battle of Bunker Hill?
• What is the Immaculate Conception?
• Did Ben Franklin invent the Franklin stove?
• Are Arabic numerals Arabic?
• What is a bellwether?
• Did Marie Antoinette say “let them eat cake”?
• Can castrated men get it on?
• Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named after?
• Why do bulls hate the color red?
• What is cat gut?
• Do porcupines shoot their spines?