Misconceptions

Most believe that the speed of light is constant and unchanging, but it simply isn’t the case. The speed depends...

Taking the air one day in London, Walter Raleigh saw Queen Elizabeth I in danger of stepping in a mud...

With a new bundle of joy comes plenty of choices to make about their care. A baby's first haircut is...

It can be hard to separate fact from fiction when discussing the famous witch trials that occurred centuries past. There...

There's nothing more pleasing than cracking open a fortune cookie after a delicious Chinese meal. But did you know that...

Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most famous figures in history. He was a military genius, an emperor, and a...

A common misconception is that George Washington owned a set of wooden dentures. Though he did indeed own and use...

The common raven is an intelligent and social bird often associated with its gothic-like appearance and infamous reputation. But is...

It's commonly taught that Ancient Romans had special rooms called Vomitoriums and that said rooms were used for the express...

When you're feeling stressed, do you ever reach for a sprig of lavender to help you relax? If so, you're...

For a long time, it's been pretty well accepted that cats were first domesticated by the ancient Egyptians, who raised...

Humans actually have four nostrils -- the two nostrils that we’re familiar with on the exterior and two internal nostrils,...

It's a story that's in countless textbooks, that's taught in schools and colleges, and that's generally accepted as historical fact....

While the historic origins of pasta remain murky, the facts in this case are straightforward: the Italians were eating a...

When the Spanish arrived in Mexico in the 16th century, the conventional narrative declares that the native Aztecs (properly: the...

Columbus was the first European to attempt to sail to China by sailing West across the Atlantic but he never...

It's long been said that the strange name of the Ouija board came from a combination of the French and...

In the popular story, to demonstrate objects of different mass fall at the same rate, Galileo dropped two spheres of...

Although the Coriolis effect is strong enough to influence the direction of travel for things covering great distances, like airplanes...

It’s often said the glass in old windows is thicker at the bottom of a pane because over time the...

A little-known alliance between the US and Tsarist Russia led to the Russian fleet showing up in force in New...