40 Random Bits of Counterintuitive Facts That Will Fry Your Circuits
It’s not your fault that you picked up some bad information over the years. It happens to all of us at some point. We blame overconfident people who are too busy or cool to do some research. They think that every harebrained idea that pops into their heads is utter gold, so they start cockily spouting it around town.
Well, from now on, let’s promise each other that we’ll pull out our phones for a quick fact-check before those myth-spreading pretty boys get us again.
Pork
Urine
Fingerprints
The Color of Blood
Lobsters
Neanderthals
American Beer
Bulls
Cats
Seattle
The American Revolution
For details, read 5 Myths About the Revolutionary War Everyone Believes
Undercover Cops
The Truth Chamber
Source: The 9 Most Hilariously Irresponsible Old-Timey Weapons
The Pyramids
British Teeth
Latin Women
Source: Widely Believed Stereotypes That Are Completely False
French Surrender
Waterworld
Source: 19 Science Facts Everybody Assumed Movies Got Right (They Didn't)
Stereotypes
Female Drivers
Ellis Island
Source: 17 Historical (False) Facts
The Pythagorean Theorem
Source: 17 Historical (False) Facts
Pilgrims
Cowboy Hats
Benjamin Franklin
Coca-Cola
Steve Jobs
The Terrible Truth
Sources: Wikipedia, Full short on YouTube
The Middle Ages
The Great Wall of China
Source: 17 Historical (False) Facts
The Dark Triad
Source: Empire KVCR
Courtrooms
Erin Brockovich
The Danish Girl
Amadeus
Astronauts
Target
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