- Famous People
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- Myth: The Spice Girls were the biggest all girl pop band in the UK
- Myth: Grigori Rasputin was poisoned, shot, stabbed, hanged and finally drowned in order to kill him
- Myth: John Edgar Hoover was a transvestite
- Myth: Jayne Mansfield was decapitated in a car accident
- Myth: George Bush said "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur"
- Myth: Napoleon was short or small in stature
- Myth: Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
- Myth: George Washington and/or Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
- Myth: Mama Cass (of the Mamas and the Papas) died by choking on a ham sandwich
- Myth: Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
- Myth: Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian.
- Myth: Joseph Stalin was a Geography Teacher
- Myth: The Birdman of Alcatraz had over 300 birds in his cell
- Myth: Walt Disney is frozen in liquid nitrogen for future revival
- History
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- Myth: German was just one vote away from being the official language of the United States of America
- Myth: Roman Centurions commanded 100 men
- Myth: George Washington and/or Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
- Myth: Captain James Cook discovered Australia
- Myth: The Titanic was the first ship to issue the S.O.S. emergency signal
- Myth: Christians were fed to lions in the Coliseum
- Myth: The only time two democracies declared war against each other was during World War 2 and it was Britain against Finland
- Myth: Thomas Crapper invented the (flush) toilet
- Myth: The Pony Express was the original postal service of the United States of America
- Science
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- Myth: The moon is a broken off part of the Earth
- Myth: The Moon has no atmosphere
- Myth: 90% of dust is human skin
- Myth: Human Beings (Homo Sapiens) are decended from Apes
- Myth: Flying is the safest form of transport
- Myth: It is possible to die from skin asphyxiation if covered entirely in paint (or similar substand) (As in Goldfinger)
- Myth: Ostriches hide their heads in the ground when scared
- Myth: Water goes down the plug hole in different directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres due to the Coriolis effect
- Myth: A Koala Bear's fingerprints can be confused with a persons
- Myth: The term 'computer bug' is from a story about a 'real' bug
- Myth: Cosmonauts used pencils in space instead of highly expensive pens.
- Myth: A ducks quack does not echo
- Myth: Sugar rots your teeth
- Myth: Teflon was invented for the space program
- Myth: Aluminium foil is a product of the space program
- Myth: After 5 years half the weight of a mattress or pillow is dead bed insects and their waste
- Urban Myth
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- Myth: The only manmade object visible from space (or the moon) is the Great Wall of China
- Myth: Captain Pugwash had crewmates with naughty names
- Myth: Waterworld (1995) is the biggest money loosing film in movie history
- Myth: They paint the Forth Bridge (or Golden Gate etc) by painting it bank to bank and then start again
- Myth: (Fizz Wizz) Space Dust (Pop Rocks) and Cola when consumed in quantity together can be fatal
- Myth: Even after death your nails and hair continue to grow for a short time.
- Myth: Ring a ring a roses or ring around the roses is a nursery rhyme about the Black Death
- Myth: Eat before swimming and you risk drowning
- Myth: It is legal to kill a Scotsman on the Isle of Man
- Myth: Royal Mail Post vans can break the speed limit
- Myth: Wolves hunt people
- Myth: It is illegal in the UK for anyone under the age of 18 to consume an alcoholic drink in a public house, restaurant, beer garden
- Myth: A penny dropped off a tall building can kill
- Myth: Using a mobile (cellular) phone can cause an explosion
- Myth: The first flight to hit the World Trade Centre was flight Q33 NY and in WingDings Font this carries a hidden message
- Myth: Cold enough to freeze the balls of a Brass Monkey
- Myth: Sushi means raw fish meal
- Myth: Is it the Hoover Dam(ned)
- Myth: Sweden has the highest suicide rate in Europe