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. Soul Boys Of The Western World (2015) Movie Trailers. 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.

Godchecker guide to KRAMPUS (also known as Grampus): Beware the Anti-Santa. Krampus is the Germanic Demon and comes from the mythology of Germanic Europe. InsideHook Nick Douglas. Staff Writer, Lifehacker Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide. Directed by Jason Hull. With Jay Dobyns, Paul Ferm, Andrew Ferrick, Darin Foltz. Jeremy, a local police officer leads a life of a confusing past, spending his current.

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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