The Wildest Myths Viewers Have Been Led to Believe by Movies & Media

Myth #44 – Truth Serum Can Make People Reveal Their Secrets

Mixtures known as truth serums do exist in some form, but the simple answer as to why they aren’t widely used is that they don’t work. Most of the real-life substances are sedatives, which simply slow down a person’s mental processes and make it harder to lie.

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The More You Know

  • Jackie Chan voiced the Beast in the Chinese dub of The Beauty And The Beast.
  • Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
  • The cigarette smoked by Sigourney Weaver in Avatar is completely CGI.
  • Worldwide ticket sales for the Saw franchise put it at just shy of a billion dollars, making it the highest earning horror franchise globally.
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