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The belief that women will swallow some astonishingly large amount of lipstick over the span of their lives has been kicking about for more than a decade.

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 every year than in airplane crashes?

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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Hair, Person, Human

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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A long-held rumor claims humans only use 10% of their brains.

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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Living Outnumber Dead

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 31, 2001 Do the living outnumber the dead?
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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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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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spiders spider

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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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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Man reading erotic magazine

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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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 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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