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Lizzie Borden Took an Axe
July 28, 2011 3:57 pm PeopleThe story of the Borden murders was so horrifying that it was, in its time, given the media equivalent of modern trials like the OJ Simpson case, and the Rosenberg spy trial. It has gone down in history thanks to the children’s rhyme that was invented at the time of the case. Virtually every child [...]
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Washington: The Dishonorable President
July 24, 2011 2:42 pm PoliticsFirst I should point out that while this myth does deal with a dishonorable act of George Washington, his rule was, on the whole, a good one. Perhaps because of his position as first (technically) president of the US, many myths and misconceptions have arisen concerning him. One – perhaps the most famous – being [...]
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Communism: A Utopia?
July 21, 2011 4:56 pm PoliticsVirtually everything most people think about communism is wrong. A lack of knowing what Marx envisaged and proposed as well as a number of nations being considered “communist” when they aren’t has led to these misconceptions. For this debunking you need to put away your political biases and look entirely at the facts of Marx’s [...]
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Sensory Overload
July 20, 2011 11:47 am HealthIn virtually every public institution of learning we are taught that man has five senses: sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing. This is the traditional five senses that have come to us through Aristotle. While they are all certainly real senses, what we are not taught is that this is but a tiny subset of the [...]
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Bathory: The Blood Countess
July 19, 2011 4:11 pm PeopleElizabeth Bathory was one of the most evil women in human history. She slaughtered at least 80 young women (though some witnesses claimed the number was closer to 650) and has the rather unfortunate reputation as being the world’s first female serial killer. Because of her gruesome crimes many misconceptions have arisen about her – [...]
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Biblical Blunder
July 18, 2011 3:56 pm ReligionThe number of misconceptions surrounding the Biblical tale of Adam and eve are many. In fact, there are a multitude of Biblical misconceptions in general. In this myth-busting article we will look at one very specific misconception that almost everyone holds. The myth: Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden for [...]
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Hitler: Vegetarian and Teetotaler
July 17, 2011 4:34 pm PeopleHitler undoubtedly ranks as one of the most evil men to have lived. And perhaps this is the reason that this unusual myth has become so widespread – people love irony and it is very ironic that the man who slaughtered untold numbers of people would be an animal lover, a vegetarian, and a non-drinker. [...]
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Medieval Flat Earth Myth
July 16, 2011 7:36 am HistoryThere is a widespread myth that until relatively recent times (often the enlightenment) that the majority of people in the world believed in a flat earth. Many think that Columbus was hindered in gathering funds for his journeys as people thought he would simply drop of the side of the planet if he went too [...]
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Neanderthals: Our Stooped Cousins
July 15, 2011 11:49 am ScienceHomo Neanderthalensis – Neanderthal man. When we hear this word we typically imagine a stooped hairy man-beast living in a cave and grunting at the other members of his clan. But the reality of what Neanderthal man is and his relationship with man is far different – in fact it couldn’t really be any more [...]
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Death By Sweetener
July 14, 2011 10:27 am HealthAspartame – artificial sweetener – is both reviled and loved around the world. Those who love it enjoy the benefits of sweet delights without the calories, and those who hate despise it for increasing the risk of cancer and a myriad of other illnesses. So who is right? The myth: Aspartame can increase the risk [...]
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