51 Favorite Facts You’ve Always Believed That Are Actually False
Updated: Jul. 27, 2021
Napoleon wasn't short? Bananas don't grow on trees? Here, the world's most contagious myths and misconceptions debunked.
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The truth about Napoleon
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The truth about swimming after eating
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The truth about water boiling
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The truth about unsticking pasta
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The truth about left brain and right brain
Here are more interesting facts about the human body.
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The truth about the danger of a dropped penny
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The truth about the three wise men
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The truth about MSG and headaches
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The truth about how dogs sweat
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The truth about the Great Wall of China
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The truth about water rotation in toilets
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The truth about Einstein
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The truth about humans and dinosaurs
These are the science facts you never learned about in school.
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The truth about black holes
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The truth about the five senses
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The truth about vaccines and autism
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The truth about baby birds
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The truth about alcohol and brain cells
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The truth about a missing-person report
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The truth about your tongue
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The truth about that whole “10 percent of your brain” thing
Here are more facts you never knew about your brain.
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The truth about iron maidens
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The truth about body heat and your head
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The truth about sleepwalkers
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The truth about bananas
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The truth about milk and mucus
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The truth about bats
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The truth about caffeine
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The truth about goldfish
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The truth about shaving
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The truth about gum
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The truth about vikings
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The truth about alcohol keeping you warm
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The truth about the vomitorium
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The truth about sugar
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The truth about bulls
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The truth about bagpipes
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The truth about hair, nails, and death
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The truth about SOS
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The truth about Adam and Eve
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The truth about celebrity deaths
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The truth about swallowing spiders
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The truth about Everest
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The truth about Van Gogh
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The truth about “breaking” the internet
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The truth about the Egpytian pyramids
Here are the historical facts you didn’t learn in school.
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The truth about Benjamin Franklin
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The truth about your fingernails
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The truth about ninjas
Next, check out these other interesting facts about practically everything.
Originally Published: September 30, 2019
