Urban Legends Reference Pages

[Guest JMA]

Urban Legends Reference Pages

 

This is a really good site that exposes some well-known "facts" as nothing but urban legends. The categories are very extensive and I recommend everyone take a look at the page.

 

Some common myths:

 

The Coriolis effect causes toilets to flush clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern.

 

We only use ten percent of our brains.

 

Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

 

The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the moon.

 

A Julius Caesar quote which warns people to beware leaders who "bang the drums of war."

 

Albert Einstein embarasses an atheist professor.

 

You must sign a petition to stop Jesus from being portrayed as a homosexual in an upcoming film.

[LaParkaYourCar]

I've had that site bookmarked for about a year now. Great stuff.

[Guest subliminal_animal]

These are all common sense anyway.

[The Czech Republic]

I love Snopes.

[Guest Fook]

This has been in my favourites for a while now. I still check it out often, not just for the updates but to reread those I find interesting.

[The Czech Republic]

The sexual ones are good for a laugh.

[Guest T®ITEC]

Some of those are a little scary/freaky... and I'm sorry to say I've believed more than one of those myths since childhood. Damn television.

[Guest Horse hockey!]

Now THIS is unsettling.. youngest mother on record is FIVE YEARS OLD!?

[Guest T®ITEC]

That will haunt me for the rest of my days.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Now THIS is unsettling.. youngest mother on record is FIVE YEARS OLD!?

PEDOPHILIA ALERT!

[Giuseppe Zangara]

Jesus fucking Christ.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I severely doubt that child was conceived in an immaculate manner.