Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Putting Words into Marie Antoinette’s Mouth

At first, people said that she believed her peasants should be eating brioche. Weirdly enough, there’s no evidence of her ever saying anything of the sort, so the, “Let them eat cake!” quote seemingly came from nowhere.

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The More You Know

  • Tic Tacs got their name from the sound they make.
  • The world record for the tallest stack of doughnuts totaled more than 3,000.
  • Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort.
  • In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15 thousand people listed their religion as Jedi.
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