Get Smart With Wikipedia’s List of Common Misconceptions. Replace your annoying “Did you know?” factoids with even more annoying “Actually that’s fake” corrections. Wikipedia features a massive list of common misconceptions about history, science, and more. I check it once a year to refresh my smugness.
The best corrected facts include: Twinkies don’t last forever; they have a shelf life of about 4. An undercover cop is allowed to lie when you ask if they’re a cop. The Immaculate Conception is about Mary’s birth, not Jesus’s, and it’s about original sin, not a virgin birth. A black belt isn’t always the highest rank in a martial art. The abbreviation “Xmas” was coined by medieval monks. The Roman vomitorium wasn’t a room for vomiting; it was a stadium entrance. Napoleon was 5’7”, slightly above average in 1.
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France. It’s OK to swim right after eating. Glass doesn’t actually flow. Old warped windows were made that way. Shaving doesn’t make hair grow back thicker. Redheads aren’t going extinct. Of course, this is still Wikipedia, so before you rely on a fact for anything more than conversation, click through to the original source. List of Common Misconceptions.
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