Common misconceptions

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Very interesting wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

A few of them surprised me a bit. Could be useful for getting the loud smartasses who go around proclaiming such things to shut the fuck up.

Comments

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"Marie Antoinette was a very unpopular ruler and many people therefore attribute the phrase "let them eat cake" to her, in keeping with her reputation as being hard-hearted and disconnected from her subjects."
That Viennese tart wasn't a ruler; she was merely the consort of Louis XVI.