Ayn Rand was the founder of Objectivism, a far-right libertarian who ruthlessly attacked the State and believed no one should...
Read moreMost people associate a purring cat with one comfortably curled up on the lap of someone who's petting her. But...
Read moreSiddhartha Gautama, the hedonist who turned to extreme asceticism to pursue the spiritual path before achieving Enlightenment to become the...
Read moreIt’s a common mistake in media: In commercials, films, and books, chimpanzees are often erroneously called monkeys. While related to...
Read moreEveryone knows the Victorians were so sexually repressed, they even covered the legs of their pianos—but everyone’s wrong. The Victorians...
Read moreIt's a plot point in almost every movie and television show that features a story about amnesia. The memory loss...
Read moreAncient Athens is often associated with democracy, but our favorite Greek thinkers (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle) were unapologetically elitist. Their...
Read moreIn recent times, many people have been switching from real Christmas trees to fake ones in an effort to be...
Read moreWhile today it's considered a delicacy, lobster was once a poor man’s food. Thanks to its overabundance, people quickly became...
Read moreIn times of disaster, the myth you hear the most might be the first thing that comes to a panicked...
Read moreEven if we’re not religious, we’ve all heard of the Ten Commandments. They’re a cornerstone of modern America, printed on...
Read moreOne of the all-time scariest fictional villains, Hannibal Lecter has terrified moviegoers and book lovers for over 30 years. However,...
Read moreThe very famous line "'Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all" is from...
Read more"666," the oft-quoted number of Satan, or perhaps his area code, is not the Mark of the Beast as most...
Read moreGandhi was a saint in his time, a man who overthrew British rule in India without a single act of...
Read moreOver the years, many theories have popped up trying to explain why smiles are so rare in old photographs. The...
Read moreDogs may be thought of as either their own group, or a slightly removed counterpart to the cat. However, dogs...
Read moreNothing says summer like the smell of chlorine from a pool . . . but it's not chlorine you're smelling. It's chloramine, a chemical...
Read moreIt is a popularly believed myth that marrying your cousins is wrong because your offspring will certainly come out deformed...
Read moreYou might think that the main character of the classic children’s nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" is an egg. However, historical...
Read moreOne of the most common myths we are told as children is to not touch wild baby birds that we...
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