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Curated sets of wrong facts for specific moods and occasions
Everyone Believes This
The myths almost everyone retells as fact. You have probably said at least one of these out loud, with total confidence, to someone who nodded along. So has everyone. These are the beliefs that feel like common knowledge and turn out to be wrong, the NASA-spent-millions-on-a-space-pen tier of things we all just know. You believed a few of these. We did too.
The Britannica Files
Wrong facts sourced from historical Encyclopaedia Britannica editions (1768 to 1860). Each entry cites the specific edition and volume where the error appeared.
Aussie Myths
Things Australians (and everyone else) got wrong about the land down under. Drop bears not included. Or are they?
Things Your Teacher Got Wrong
Facts taught in schools for decades that turned out to be complete rubbish. Your teacher believed them too.
Scandals That Never Happened
The most persistent celebrity and historical scandals in circulation, all of them fabricated. Famous people, infamous rumours, and not a shred of evidence between them.
Mandela Hall of Fame
The most iconic shared false memories. Millions of people remember these the same wrong way. You will too.
Playground Greatest Hits
The myths every kid believed. Passed from child to child like a game of Chinese whispers, none of them true.