"Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History" by Richard Shenkman is great bathroom literature. It goes through a bunch of items from world history and clears up a bunch of the misconceptions we picked up from school.
Nero didn't even own a fiddle.
People being cruxified didn't carry the whole cross. They just carried the crossbeam. The pole was already at the site.
Mari Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake."
World War I and II should be WW VIII and WW IX.
There's lots of other stuff. It's all broken down into small chapters that are easily read in the time it takes to squeeze one off. All except for the couple that are a bit longer.
It sat on the back of my toilet for a couple of months before I finished it.
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