The title of this post is taken from the title of an album by the Firesign Theater. It's also the name of a song by Weird Al Yankovic and a book by Russ Kick that supposedly reveals the "secrets and lies" that everyone thinks are true.
Now, it appears that social psychologist Diederik Stapel has admitted that thirty of his research papers that have appeared in peer reviewed journals, were faked. His papers have included such things as claiming that environmental issues (such as litter) can result in discrimination and the way beauty products are advertised can affect self-esteem. His faked "studies" have appeared in prestigious journals such as the internationally known as