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Does the Average Woman Swallow 6 Pounds of Lipstick During Her Lifetime?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
David Mikkelson
Apr 30, 2010
While it’s a neat-sounding statistic, common sense rules it out.
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Are More People Killed By Donkeys Than Airplane Crashes Annually?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan 9, 2002
This rumor has been circulating since at least 1987, when it was cited in an article about effor ...
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Did WHO Study Conclude That Natural Blondes Are Likely To Be Extinct Within 200 Years?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 8, 2006
The “blondes are going extinct” rumor sprang from a spate of news stories that were aired by maj ...
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Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to 'Radical Islamic Terror'?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Oct 20, 2017
An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly misleading ...
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Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Apr 18, 2016
An Oxford University study that supposedly indicated "big butts make you smarter" was heavily di ...
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Woman's Chance of Marriage Over 40
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 19, 2008
Does a woman over 40 have a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of getting married?
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Sneeze Equals Orgasm
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Jan 23, 2006
Is sneezing seven times in a row the same as an orgasm?
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Do Men Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds?
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Apr 17, 2002
An old bit of accepted psychology holds that men, on average, think about sex every seven seconds.
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Living Outnumber Dead
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 31, 2001
Do the living outnumber the dead?
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Understated Unemployment
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Apr 23, 2001
Does the government understate the unemployment rate because they only report what percentage of ...
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Do People Swallow Eight Spiders Per Year?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 22, 2001
One of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the internet.
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Is This What the Earth's Population Would Look Like as a Village of 100 People?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Mar 27, 2001
What would the proportions of common traits be like if we could shrink the earth's population to ...
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Do We Only Use 10% of our Brains?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 8, 2000
Among the most powerful lures of the myth is the idea that we could harness the remaining portio ...
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