51 Favorite Facts You’ve Always Believed That Are Actually False
Updated: Jan. 05, 2020Napoleon wasn't short? Bananas don't grow on trees? Here, the world's most contagious myths and misconceptions debunked.
The truth about Napoleon
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The truth about swimming after eating
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The truth about water boiling
The truth about unsticking pasta
The truth about left brain and right brain
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The truth about the danger of a dropped penny
The truth about the three wise men
The truth about MSG and headaches
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The truth about how dogs sweat
The truth about the Great Wall of China
The truth about water rotation in toilets
The truth about Einstein
The truth about humans and dinosaurs
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The truth about black holes
The truth about the five senses
The truth about vaccines and autism
The truth about baby birds
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The truth about alcohol and brain cells
The truth about a missing-person report
The truth about your tongue
The truth about that whole “10 percent of your brain” thing
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The truth about iron maidens
The truth about body heat and your head
The truth about sleepwalkers
The truth about bananas
The truth about milk and mucus
The truth about bats
The truth about caffeine
The truth about goldfish
The truth about shaving
The truth about gum
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The truth about vikings
The truth about alcohol keeping you warm
The truth about the vomitorium
The truth about sugar
The truth about bulls
The truth about bagpipes
The truth about hair, nails, and death
The truth about toads
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The truth about SOS
The truth about Adam and Eve
The truth about celebrity deaths
The truth about swallowing spiders
The truth about Everest
The truth about Van Gogh
The truth about Pilgrims
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The truth about “breaking” the internet
The truth about the Egpytian pyramids
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The truth about Benjamin Franklin
The truth about your fingernails
The truth about ninjas
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