Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

Gum Doesn’t Take Seven Years to Digest

This is probably something that a parent told their kid so they wouldn’t keep swallowing the gum, and then it just stuck (haha). Gum will pass through you at the same rate that everything else does.

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The More You Know

  • Facebook has more users than many major populations.
  • Movie popcorn costs more per ounce than Filet Mignon.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • Shakespeare is easier to understand, makes more sense, and is punnier when it's recited in its original pronunciation instead of a modern English accent.
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