I stumbled upon a very strange book called 50 things you are not supposed to know. It’s written by an unknown author Russ Kick. It was so interesting that I spent all evening reading it. Only 68 pages and each page had it’s own set of surprises. I don’t know about if it is true or not as I don’t have any means to verify if it is true or not. Sharing this with you is probably the best way to know the reality behind this book
- The Ten Commandments We Always See Aren’t the Ten Commandments
- One of the Popes Wrote an Erotic Book
- The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Each Year
- The First CIA Agent to Die in the Line of Duty Was Douglas Mackiernan
- After 9/11, the Defense Department Wanted to Poison Afghanistan’s Food Supply
- The US Government Lies About the Number of Terrorism Convictions It Obtains
- The US Is Planning to Provoke Terrorist Attacks
- The US and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on the Moon
- Two Atomic Bombs Were Dropped on North Carolina
- World War III Almost Started in 1995
- The Korean War Never Ended
- Agent Orange Was Used in Korea
- Kent State Wasn’t the Only ? or Even the First ? Massacre of College Students During the Vietnam Era
- Winston Churchill Believed in a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy
- The Auschwitz Tattoo Was Originally an IBM Code Number
- Adolph Hitler’s Blood Relatives Are Alive and Well in New York State
- Around One Quarter of "Witches" Were Men
- The Virginia Colonists Practiced Cannibalism
- Many of the Pioneering Feminists Opposed Abortion
- Black People Served in the Confederate Army
- Electric Cars Have Been Around Since the 1880s
- Juries Are Allowed to Judge the Law, Not Just the Facts
- The Police Aren’t Legally Obligated to Protect You
- The Government Can Take Your House and Land, Then Sell Them to Private Corporations
- The Supreme Court Has Ruled That You’re Allowed to Ingest Any Drug, Especially If You’re an Addict
- The Age of Consent in Most of the US Is Not Eighteen
- Most Scientists Don’t Read All of the Articles They Cite
- Louis Pasteur Suppressed Experiments That Didn’t Support His Theories
- The Creator of the GAIA Hypothesis Supports Nuclear Power
- Genetically-Engineered Humans Have Already Been Born
- The Insurance Industry Wants to Genetically Test All Policy Holders
- Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
- Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus
- Most Doctors Don’t Know the Radiation Level of CAT Scans
- Medication Errors Kill Thousands Each Year
- Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually
- Work Kills More People Than War
- The Suicide Rate Is Highest Among the Elderly
- For Low-Risk People, a Positive Result from an HIV Test Is Wrong Half the Time
- DNA Matching Is Not Infallible
- An FBI Expert Testified That Lie Detectors Are Worthless for Security Screening
- The Bayer Company Made Heroin
- LSD Has Been Used Successfully in Psychiatric Therapy
- Carl Sagan Was an Avid Pot-Smoker
- One of the Heroes of Black Hawk Down Is a Convicted Child Molester
- The Auto Industry Says That SUV Drivers Are Selfish and Insecure
- The Word "Squaw" Is Not a Derisive Term for the Vagina
- You Can Mail Letters for Little or No Cost
- Advertisers’ Influence on the News Media Is Widespread
- The World’s Museums Contain Innumerable Fakes
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and we are supposed to be believe this un-cited article because…..???
I’ve seen this before, but I can’t comment on it’s veracity.
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–noun, plural -ties
1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
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You can read them here: http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj48/phillydrifter/50%20Things%20you%20shouldnt%20know/
Unfortunately, the pages are out of order, I don’t know why that is.
No, Will, (if that IS your real name…) You’re supposed to research them for yourself. There are a few I know are true, though; like Carl Sagan, he WAS an avid pot smoker, his entire life, although he couldn’t tell anyone about it until after his death. There’s plenty of places you can verify that, the foremost probably being NORML.org.
Plenty of those claims in the list above are obvious though, if you think about them. Hundreds of thousands of people are killed every year by prescription medicines; plenty of hospital errors also cause death (this is why you sign a disclaimer, so your family cant sue the hospital for wrongful death; even *I* had to sign such a thing when I got my wisdom teeth taken out), the age of consent in most US states is lower than 18; in many states is 16 but in the south i’ve seen states with consentual sex laws as low as 12 years old.
etc etc etc.
Lots of these definitely aren’t true.
That logo on the cover page is the same one used by someone on myspace with the name of ‘Disinformation’ if memory serves me.
Anyway, you’ve got to be a fool if you think your government tells you the truth. Governments nowadays (and not just the US, but all of them) control their citizens via fear. Like that line from Star Wars (’fear will keep the people in line’ or whatever it was.)
And yes, the CIA is above the law; their job is to constantly break the law in entrapments, planting evidence, murdering those with information who could cause problems for the government, etc.
This might seem crazy, but I’m a little old fashion. I’ve always enjoyed things like evidence. I’d love to find out things I’m “not supposed to know” but only if those things are true and cited.
Also, you should probably know that WERE LYK TOTALL BEING WATCH BY TE GOVERMENT IN OUR MICROWAVE DINNERS
Also that LSD has been proven an effective treatment is common knowledge to anyone who can use a library. And the fact that Carl Sagan smoked weed isn’t a secret either.
And it’s a big deal that Bayer made heroin? That was 100 years ago, when heroin was a legal and over the counter drug. We’ve made some medical progress since then.
Most doctors don’t know the radiation levels of CAT scans huh? Maybe most of them don’t, but I bet the ones that are called Radiologists do.
And I’m supposed to be furious because Adolf Hitlers blood relatives live in New York? What, just because they’re related to the guy we should go kill them? This is probably one of the stupidest articles I’ve ever read in my life. Please get off my internet.
- Juries Are Allowed to Judge the Law, Not Just the Facts
True. There has been some fairly recent things about it, it’s called “Jury Nullification”
- Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart Disease
True. Duh, cancer of the throat, premature wrinkles, yellowing of the skin (where you hold the cigarette) and teeth, burning of the cilia in the throat, a general nasty smell…
-DNA Matching Is Not Infallible
True. Identical twins have the same DNA. There are also people known as “chimeras” who actually have more than one set of DNA, so the DNA from their blood might differ from, say, their hair.
-The Bayer Company Made Heroin
I’m honestly not totally sure about this one, but it wouldn’t surprise me. If I recall correctly, heroin used to be prescribed for alcoholics because they would become addicted to heroin instead of alcohol and at least wouldn’t be starting rowdy bar fights and such.
-You Can Mail Letters for Little or No Cost
True. It might be illegal, though. I’m not sure… But if you put the address that you want the letter to go to as the return address, that’s where it’s going to go if there’s no stamp.
To people who claim those *can’t* be true…I actually own this book, its sitting on my table right now, and let me tell you it is WELL fucking sourced. Whoever wrote this article just listed the stinkin’ chapter titles.
A book like this will not be published in the US, where you’ll be ripped to shreds (and SUED) for writing what you can’t prove. Why don’t you go walk into your local Barnes and Noble and pick up this book, have a nice long read. They’ll just let you sit there and read for free especially if you get some Starbucks.
Where is the proof?
You have it all wrong man, you cannot just say these things without proof, citations, quotes, and references. Otherwise it just looks like you got pissed off and started randomly pointing fingers…
Maybe if you could provide some examples of the !00, 000 crimes committed each year by the CIA instead of just listing a rounded number people would not bash you as much…
Dont be an idiot, this will never get you anywhere and was a complete waste of your time.
>:3=
Electric cars have been around since the 1880’s yeah and they started using the one that was more efficient back then.
A simple search for first electric car reveals that they the first electric carriage was invented in the 1830s… http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/223/electric-car-timeline.html
This book is put out by the folks at Disinformation. They had a show for a season or two, full of strange and fascinating information, but I don’t believe all of it is true. I believe the idea is that you are supposed to think about these things and then go out and research for yourself, which is a nice change from the common tradition of being bottle fed mind-numbing information all of the time.
actually, the book is called 100 things you are not supposed to know. i have it on my end table. and he actually does have proof of everything he is saying.
i would have to say only about a quarter of what he said was actually true!
esp. #48. You Can Mail Letters for Little or No Cost. lol!
p.s. this dude is f*ckin crazy!
Honestly, a lot of these are stated in such a way to make them seem unbelievable, but they’re not that unlikely. Take #45, for example: “One of the Heroes of Black Hawk Down Is a Convicted Child Molester.” So? Just because he’s a child molester doesn’t mean he wasn’t a good soldier.
#42: “The Bayer Company Made Heroin.” And the Coca-Cola company put cocaine, however mild a dose, in the original Coke. Someone had to have discovered it.
#33: “Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus.” So? The operative word here is bovine, meaning cow, meaning not human. Humans can’t catch it, just like they can’t catch feline AIDS. It sucks for the cows, but it’s not really a danger to us.
#3: “The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Each Year.” Yeah, they probably do. Think about it: They’re involved in things like espionage and investigation of treason. These things involve looking for criminals, and so often mean being criminals. The crimes they likely commit are ignored because of their supposed contribution to the “greater good.” Besides, all governments commit some kind of crime.
#27 is true! I have a published thesis and am well on my way towards a PhD and, no we do not read all articles in their entirety before citing them!
The ones I can speak for:
1. Not sure what this is meant to mean. The bible as a whole has changed over time for various reasons, the original tablets were destroyed by Moses, the second set were lost millenia ago.
2. Could be true, considering many of the things that are defininitely true about various Catholic clergy over history. Several were married, in fact – widowers are eligible for the priesthood provided they don’t have young children to care for. A number of erotic and otherwise morally questionable works of literature have been credited to clergy.
3. Virtually nothing the CIA does is open to public scruitiny, this claim is effectively a conspiracy theory. Any information that can corroborate it is at best hearsay.
6. Actually, this is one of the true ones.
7. Conspiracy theory.
8. I know both sides considered tests in space, wether the tests would have been orbital or on the moon, I don’t know.
9. Dropped, but not detonated. Not sure if it was north carolina, either. Atomic bombs have been accidentally mishandled several times, several are unaccounted for, none has been accidentally detonated.
10. Only in the minds of alarmist reporters. The likelyhood of Russian involvement and escalation was pretty low.
11. This is true, though open hostilities have ended, the demilitarized zone is still in place, the US still has forces there, and no agreement was ever drafted to formalize peace.
12. Agent Orange wasn’t invented yet.
13. This is true, though it was the largest and most publicized.
15. It was an ID number
16. They’ve changed their names, live in seclusion. It’s not even certain they’re still in New York. They are decended from Hitler’s brother who defected early in World War II and toured the US trying to rally support for an early intervention to stop Hitler’s initial rise to power.
17. True, nobody was safe from accusations of witchcraft.
18. True, and not unique among early New World colonies that had difficulty establishing.
20. This is true – free blacks were allowed to serve, and drafted slave owners were allowed to send slaves in their place. Some slaves were even given their freedom in exchange for serving.
21. True
22. This is called Jury Nullification. During jury selection, it’s not unusual for prosectuors to ask if anybody on the jury knows what this term means, and getting rid of as many of them as they can.
23. Not true, though there are many examples of situations in which the police do not protect people but have still done no legal wrong.
24. True, though not without “just compensation. There are still many examples of abuses of this, though, where people are forced out of homes for very little compensation.
25. This sounds very misrepresented, if not outright false.
26. In some states it is. In others 17, or 16, and many have a rule allowing exemptions if the age difference is less than 2 years.
27. Not most, but it does happen a lot, sometimes with hillarious results. There was an example of a psychology paper describing this phenomenon that actually eared the writer his doctorate. All but 5 pages of this paper were randomly generated blocks of text.
28. This is true, and he’s not the only one. The famed Nikola Tesla hid results he didn’t like and falsified results he didn’t test for.
29. Not true, and so what if it was?
30. Not true.
31. This was true, however congress passed an act making it illegal for them to alter or deny coverage based on this information. It’s far less useful than information the insurance industry already has access to.
32. It does. It also has been linked to some interesting health benefits. Like all things, it’s a complex matter. Cancer and heart disease are the dominant effects, so they get the most attention.
33. As many feral cat colonies have feline leukemia. This virus can’t pass to humans, though it can cause problems for livestock owners.
34. Most doctors aren’t radiologists and don’t have to.
35. True
36. Not sure about the precise number – this is slightly higher than what I usually see for all medical deaths combined in the US
39. It’s actually around 60% – the fast tests given normally cannot give a false negative. However, the 1/10,000 false positive rate is higher than the infection rate, so most people who test positive are false results. This is why the test is always followed up by longer but more intensive testing that cannot give a false positive.
40. True, twins, in rare cases siblings can be close enough to stymie some methods of testing.
41. This is not quite true, however, it is one reason they are no longer admissible in court.
42. True – it was used as a painkiller for a very long time.
44. True, though not terribly surprising considering the era he grew up in.
50. This is true. Many are known. Some particularly valuable or vulnerable works are kept locked away, and replicas put on display. Others have been duplicated so they can be displayed at multiple museums, others are counterfeits, some of which went undetected for years until the real ones surfaced. There’s a few cases where the genuine items are still lost or even destroyed, and counterfeits are left on display. Also, there are more Stradivarius violins in museums and in the hands of collectors than were ever created, and most that were created have been lost or destroyed.
i find much of this information to be very interesting… it would be fun to search the www to find out more about each instance. people who get on their high horses and rant and rave about lists need to find a hobby or an important cause to get involved in. it would go a long way in channeling their excess venom.
i found a lot of information about “disinformation”
check it out::
http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/results/Web/disinformation/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8638640/50-Things-YouRe-Not-Supposed-to-Know
>>”And I’m supposed to be furious because Adolf Hitlers blood relatives live in New York? What, just because they’re related to the guy we should go kill them? This is probably one of the stupidest articles I’ve ever read in my life. Please get off my internet.”
No. Go away.
Hevac – #7 is Conspiracy Theory? Operation Northwoods – look it up.
Worthless shit that gives the net its bad name.
If you do not say where you got those “facts”, how can anybody know you did not pull them out of your ass?
Nice things….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_American_Revolutions_That_You%27re_Not_Supposed_To_Know
In what way is the information beneficial but a place to blog opinions? Seems to me you have way too much time on your hands. I find it amusing some feel so challenged to verify the information. Good way to work up the blood eh? But the ceiling seems to be a bit low.
Some interesting sounding ones, many sound like conspiracy theories.
Are you bored and made the shit up……retard..! And obama is one shady man ! we are screwed!
I’ve just downloaded it and read it. Its a good book but I’d like to see a British or international version as a lot of the chapters are based around the USA.
i cant believe i just read all that
“i cant believe i just read all that”
yeah, me neither. my favorite bit was probably all the people complaining about the lack of referencing when it says quite clearly it’s from a book, not just a list the poster came up with. i could believe most of the stuff on it anyway, there’s nothing that surprising. in face, let me add my own:
51. collectively, internet users have wasted 10 000 years of their life reading blog post and arguing about them.
The one about the heroin being invented by Bayer is right, I’ve just been reading about that a few hours ago, there are even ads for it.
The one about the suicide rates amongst the elderly is just common sense, depression is more widespread amongst the elderly.
And the one about the fakes on the museums it’s just reasonable. The rest, who the hell knows, probably false. I think it is very likely Sagan was a pot smoker, and good for him.
i have this book too, bought it years ago; certainly interesting with lots of references in the bib. Questioning the authenticity of information without having the book– thus not getting to see the sources that Disinformation cited or moreover not knowing exactly how they set up their argument and using only your current ignorance, prejudiced heuristics and random web sites to judge it– won’t prove anything. Hard (tangible) facts trump yellow (specifically online) journalism. Stop being so lazy and research for yourself (like, in a library) the validity and significance of the theories in this book, starting with reading the book itself, if you’re skeptical. Then post your fantastic information about the legitimate literature you found that casts significant doubt. This will actually make a decent argument.
I have read this ebook before…
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What I want to know is where this guy actually got his information from. It’s all very exciting and controversial, but sounds like something that could’ve just been written with the intent of attracting conspiracy theorists.
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You have no information to back up any of these ignorant claims. Most of which are either “durr” obvious or blatant lies.
Enjoy your shitty blog.
Yea….the thing about the Korean war isnt that uncommon, I mean….its just a cease fire…why do you think we still have troops stationed at the ready on the borders of north and south korea?
oh i know, America is such a “bad” place! that’s why YOUR ancestors risked EVERYTHING they had to come here. yeah, so they could pave the way for you liberal, pot smoking @ss, to sit here and trash talk the very country that provides a safe haven for you to do so.
bite the hand that feeds much?
try this post and talk about some “facts” in Iran.
guarantee, you wont’ live to see the first response on your BS blog.
*oh and another thing, if this is such a “horrible” place to live, why are thousands of people coming here (most illegally) ?
that said, i bet you’re all about “no borders” too.
so if that’s the case, and this America is sooooo bad, why have them come here at all? send them to France where everyone is sooo advanced and cultured, right?
(puke)
i get a little leery of all these quots and list that im supposd to swallow. some may be true while others false why make a list when you have no idea what the hell you are talking about? it only confuses people thumbs down on this
There was a soldier from Black Hawk Down that was convicted of child molestation, but he was not a character in the move because of this reason.
It’s mentioned in the documentary that comes with the special edition!!
51. There’s a secret ingredient in Coca-Cola: An alien that flies through the gasses of Jupiter secretes a highly addictive flavoring.
52. Over 10,000 children living in the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern US from the late 1960s to present day have robotic parents. Due to the high rate of poverty, alcoholism, drug use, and apparent insanity, the flaws in their programming go unnoticed as the government repeatedly updates their software and hardware until they act just like a human. No one knows what purpose this serves.
53. Samuel L Jackson is actually three men: “he” is actually “they,” as his mother gave birth to triplets. This explains his so-called “hardest working actor in Hollywood” reputation. They live in the same household in Siberia, in order to compare notes and build up the plans for phase 3…cloning themselves and eventual violent overthrow of the US.
54. Zombies already exist, and are roaming in many parts of Siberia. During communist rule, tiny villages in Siberia were supplied with Solanum-tainted food in order to create a super-soldier. When the zombies attacked humans in other villages and towns, the entire area was destroyed with Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated on Earth. However, recently suppressed reports indicate something survived….
55. Although many people think that eating organic can’t hurt you, it is true that many of these “organic” fertilizers and “organic” pesticides (referred to as insect repellents in the organics industry) are just as toxic as their synthetic counterparts. The scary thing? This one’s actually true!
20,26,32, and 48 are correct. Did you know that you can mail a letter for only 32 cents!! What a surprise!!
Some of these, while being true, are incredibly misleading. For example,
16. Adolph Hitler’s Blood Relatives Are Alive and Well in New York State– But they are normal people. I saw a program concerning them on the history channel. If I recall correctly, which I believe I do, they are normal people trying to avoid their heritage.
20. Black People Served in the Confederate Army– As slaves they didn’t really have much choice. Also, they could have been so isolated that they would not have known what the war was about.
32. Smoking Causes Problems Other Than Lung Cancer and Heart Disease– That’s very true, and I believe everyone knows that. I believe this makes it sound like you’re going to get AIDS from smoking though.
33. Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus- That doesn’t mean WE can get it.
36. Prescription Drugs Kill Over 100,000 Annually- When people abuse them.
42. The Bayer Company Made Heroin- They used it for other purposes way back in the day
so you say 68 pages yet everything i find says 128 pages
I’m glad people are fact checking this, and most of you guys are right.
But 20 is actually not true. the debate about using African Americans in the Confederacy started in 1864 and while the president opposed it the confederate congress eventually agreed with Generals Lee, Davis and Cleburne to use them. However, the war ended in 1865 before any regiments were actually created/deployed. The plan was to grant freedom to any slave that made it through the war alive. (Presumably after witnessing how high the casualty rate for black was for the Union, over 1/3) Instead, most slaves held their masters job while the master was drafted into war. Leading to black men working in (some of the very few) factories, mines and construction.
I think everyone is confusing the Union’s use of African Americans which started after Lincolns emancipation proclamation (1862) legalized/changed the protocol of using black people in the army. (Though Hunter did use captured slaves from the South Carolina Sea Islands before this and it was disbanded shortly after Lincoln caught on to it). It was in 1862 where slaves joined all black Union regimes in captured towns as a way of boosting numbers for the Union forces quickly.
Actually most of the things on this list are common knowledge and not part of some huge conspiracy.
“Work Kills More People Than War”
No shit. That’s because nearly everyone works, and only a small percentage of the world population serves in the military, or is in such close proximity to a conflict that they might die.
These are not “shocking” facts, 90% of this shit makes total sense, but has simply been taken out of context or uses a logical fallacy.
It tool you all evening to read 68 pages?! No wonder you believe so much obvious nonsense.
I own this book.Even if you don’t believe a single word in this book it would be a good thing if it at least inspired you to ask some of your own questions and seek some of your own answers.
Many of these “facts”, are actually just opinions voiced by the author. He (she?) appears to be somewhat of a conspiracy type, you know, the type that thinks governments are evil and conspiring to eliminate it’s citizens. Which is ludicrous since that would also eliminate the government. All that aside, several of these ’secrets’, aren’t really secrets. Most of the medical anecdotes are accurate. A couple of exceptions, the one about Heroin, well, folks, Bayer CURRENTLY makes it as do many other pharmaceutical companies. (I’m a drug rep, I sell this, yes legally, to many of my clients), it is a Schedule 1 pharmaceutical, kept on-hand by most pharmacies, and is still prescribed on occasion, albeit not as often as it was in the first half of the 20th century. Same goes for LSD.
While these are not the “hidden” or secret facts, they are fun, none the less!
Not sure if bayer made heroin but they definitely used slave labor during World War II as did many other German or Austrian companies that still exist today.
I know Bob and Martha Hitler pretty well. They are just a couple of normal, anti-semitic national socialists living in upstate New York. Bob plays in a Hammerskin band, does scrimshaw and plays gin rummy with his pals while Martha volunteers helping local mud people find community resources, raises all white chickens and geese and plays mah jongg with her fellow anti-semites on tuesdays at the Mason’s lodge
The author is not really unknown. This is quote is lifted from wikipedia “He is editor of the website The Memory Hole which publishes and archives hidden U.S. government documents, including scientific studies and reports, civil rights-related reports, intelligence and covert action reports, consumer safety reports, and images including photographs of flag-draped coffins of American military men.” You remember the big deal that last one caused with bodies coming home right?
One more comment on the heroin item, it was developed as a cure for morphine addiction, which was rampant after the Civil war, and yes, you could order morphine and syringes from Sears at the time.
#51. This lame-ass mixture of already-known facts and dubious opinion is an irretrievable waste of a couple of minutes of your life.
38. True, learned it in several psychology classes.
I’ve read a couple of other books from Russ Kick and Disinformation. The books I read were published by Barnes & Noble. The other books were huge and very well-researched, with numerous citations and footnotes. So I wouldn’t discount this story and would check out some of the other books if you get a chance. Good reading for when you’re on the john.
Hevach, you have no idea what you are talking about… On some of the shit you say is false, where is your proof? You cannot simply tell me that it is wrong, and have no proof.
Just to disprove your ass on one thing, Agent Orange was first invented in the 1940’s. The Korean War was during the 1950’s, and the USA admits using it on Korea during the 60s.
So shut the fuck up, and learn shit before you speak.