Here is where you can list popular beliefs, superstitions, and urban myths and legends, that are not true, but that many people think are true.
I am going to attempt to start a new craze of factual knowledge
For ideas/reference, please go to www.snopes.com
I'll start us off, then
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The nursery rhyme "Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses" is NOT about the Great Plague/Black Death.
The word Nylon did NOT come about from joining the names of the cities New York and London.
A "sirloin steak" is NOT so named because a mad English king liked it so much he decided to knight it.
I'll add some more on when I can think of them
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