Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Microwaves and Metal

Putting metal in your microwave is not a good idea and should not be done, but it’s not the end of the world. The microwave isn’t totally unusable if the mistake was made! But, still, don’t do it.

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The More You Know

  • Mattel once tried to sue Aqua over their song "Barbie Girl". The judge literally told them to "chill".
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
  • Indians read the most out of any nationality.
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