36 Trivia Tidbits That Bust Common Myths

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36 Trivia Tidbits That Bust Common Myths

You better not get caught hanging out in some myths hideout today. The higher-ups told us to bust everybody involved in the myth ring plaguing good wholesome facts everywhere. We gathered enough evidence, and were coming for every myth out there. 

So if youre caught associating with a known myth, you're going down, too. Because in this game, helping perpetuate a myth is just as bad as starting a fresh one.

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Harrison Ford didn't get a job on 'Star Wars' thanks to doing carpentry on set.

Hollywood Rumors and Myths Did Harrison Ford land Star Wars because he was a handsome carpenter? Ford was offered Han Solo after helping George Lucas audition other actors for the principal parts. Не accepted because it would allow him to pick and choose from the acting jobs that were being offered at the time, as well as giving him money to invest in tools for carpentry. CRACKED

Lucasfilm

Harrison Ford/Reddit

MYTH8 You LOSE MOST OF YOUR BODY HEAT THROUGH YOUR HEAD! FAGT8 YoU LOSE HEAT THE SAme ALL OvER. Turns out covering one part of the body has as much ef

Elvis Presley may have had a disease that caused paralysis of nerves in the colon.

Hollywood Rumors and Myths Did Elvis die from drugs and heart trouble? Dr. George Nichopoulos said he believes that chronic constipation is the main culprit. Specifically, he may have suffered from a condition called Hershberger's disease, or paralysis of nerves in the colon, caused by viruses. CRACKED

Wiki Commons

Fox News

No one died during the filming of ‘Ben-Hur’ (except for several horses).

Hollywood Rumors and Myths Did a stuntman die filming Ben-Hur? The rumors were perpetuated by the director of the chariot scene, Andrew Marton, telling reporters that 20 men and 100 horses died. In reality, one horse died filming the 1925 version, five horses died filming the 1959 version, and exactly zero humans died filming either one. CRACKED

MGM

Snopes

The actress who played Jill Masterson in ‘Goldfinger’ died of skin asphyxiation (but not really).

Hollywood Rumors and Myths Did an actress die for real in Goldfinger? When Jill Masterson tries to double cross Goldfinger, he paints her gold, killing her via skin asphyxiation. Many people somehow believed that actress Shirley Eaton actually died in real life, because of how realistic the scene looks. CRACKED

Eon Productions, United Artists

BBC

'Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat' was the first documentary film, but reports of people panicking when watching it are likely fabricated.

Hollywood Rumors and Myths Did an 1896 Lumière film cause a stampede? The 50-second documentary Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat is said to have caused audiences to panic at the sight of the oncoming train. It's likely that these stories were invented as a way to describe the emotional power of cinema (or as class commentary on how trashy films affected uncultured people). CRACKED

Société Lumière

Atlas Obscura

Watson's real not Sherlock, everybody knows that

In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teenagers thought Sherlock Holmes was real. 23% thought Winston Churchill was a myth, as was Florence Nightingale. Gandhi and the Duke of Wellington were also in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.

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