Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

No, Mussolini Didn’t Make Trains Run on Time

No matter how powerful or terrifying a person is, they cannot make public transportation run smoothly. If anything, this was just an exaggeration to tell people how powerful he was.

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The More You Know

  • Mount Rushmore cost less than $1 million.
  • If you sneeze while driving at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for around 50 feet.
  • The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be "virtually certain", and believes that intelligent design "isn't science even though it pretends to be."
  • T-shirts were originally made for unmarried men who didn't know how to sew buttons on collared shirts.
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