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Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to ‘Radical Islamic Terror’?

An early morning tweet from Donald Trump contains a basic factual error and a grossly...

Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?

An Oxford University study that supposedly indicated "big butts make you smarter" was heavily distorted...

Do We Only Use Ten Percent of our Brains? Do we really use only ten percent of our brains?

Donkey Deaths Are more people killed by donkeys every year than in airplane crashes?

Blonde Extinction Are natural blondes likely to be extinct within 200 years?

Sneeze Equals Orgasm Is sneezing seven times in a row the same as an orgasm?

Swallowed Lipstick Does the average woman swallow six pounds of lipstick during her lifetime?

Understated Unemployment Does the government understate the unemployment rate because they only report what percentage of people...

Living Outnumber Dead Do the living outnumber the dead?

Woman’s Chance of Marriage Over 40 Does a woman over 40 have a better chance of being killed by a terrorist...

Do Men Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds?

An old bit of accepted psychology holds that men, on average, think about sex every...

Do People Swallow Eight Spiders Per Year?

One of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the internet.