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

Austin Powers

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

Cowboys

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

Source: 13 Now-You-Know Facts About TV Shows, Nature, And More
Caligula

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Charles Darwin
