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The image of vikings with [horned helmets](https://www.scribd.com/doc/51267328/Frank-Invention-of-Horned-Helmet) likely came from a stage production of Wagner's _Der Ring des Nibelungen_.

True! Vikings did not have horned helmets.

True or False: Vikings never actually had horns on their helmets.

Most of the accused were [hanged](https://historyofmassachusetts.org/salem-witch-trials-victims/). Several others died in prison. And one was tortured to death.

Nobody was burned at the stake.

True or False: Only some of the women accused during the Salem witch trials were burned at the stake.

His [false teeth](https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/false-teeth/) were made from ivory, animal teeth, and human teeth.

George Washinton didn't have any wooden teeth.

True or False: None of George Washington's false teeth were actually made out of wood.  


The first Space Pen was developed by a private company called [Fisher.](https://www.spacepen.com/about-us.aspx) Both the US and Soviet Union purchased their pens from Fisher.

It was neither.

True or False: It was actually the Soviet Union, not NASA, that invented the first pen that could write in space.

Different insects are called daddy longlegs depending on the region you're in. And none of them are even spiders. And [none of them is very venomous.](https://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html)

False. They're not even spiders.

True or False: Daddy longlegs are the most venomous spiders in the world.

The last of the non-avian dinosaurs died out about [63 million years](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115133.htm) before the first humans walked the Earth.

Humans and dinosaurs never lived together.

True or False: Humans and dinosaurs never coexisted.

Bulls can't even [see colors that well](https://books.google.com/books?id=GhmrNYJhcrIC&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false) and the cape just gives them something to charge at. It's the presence of the matador that really threatens them.

False. It's actually the matador.

True or False: Bulls are not enraged by the color red. They're enraged by the waving of the cape.

Spiders have basic instincts that prevent them from [crawling into the mouths](http://www.burkemuseum.org/blog/myth-you-swallow-spiders-your-sleep) of much bigger animals.

Humans don't swallow spiders in their sleep.

True or False: Sleeping humans don't actually swallow several spiders each year.

Though, certain areas of the tongue can be [more or less sensitive](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1571047/) to certain flavors in some people.

All parts of the tongue can tasty any flavor.

True or False: You can't taste bitter foods with the front of your tongue, only the back.

Your body doesn't even bother. It just [passes through your system](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-chewing-gum-takes-seven-years-to-digest/) like anything else would.

Chewing gum is actually indigestible.

True or False: Chewing gum doesn't actually take 7 years  
to fully digest.

Though, [finger length ratio](https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/08/health/trump-small-hands-penis/) actually may correlate.

False. Neither does.

True or False: It's hand size that correlates to penis length, not foot size.

Humans get warts from the [human papillomavirus.](https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/warts-faq-questions-answers#1)

True or False: Humans can't catch warts from toads.

However, they could [hurt themselves while sleepwalking](https://www.medicinenet.com/sleepwalking/article.htm), so it's usually a good idea to wake them up.

Waking a sleepwalker doesn't actually cause any harm.

True or False: It's harmful to wake up someone who is sleepwalking.

Many of the most important food crops don't [require any insect-assisted pollination](https://www.nrdc.org/onearth/would-world-without-bees-be-world-without-us) at all.

False.

True or False: If the honeybees all die off, crops will fail and humans will go extinct.

The [lights of cities](https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/24mar_noseprints/), however, are very easy to see from space.

True. In fact, it's not even easy to see from space without magnification.

True or False: The Great Wall of China is not the only human-made object visible from space.

Looks like you fall for a lot of very [common misperceptions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) about the world. You should try to question things more often and be a little more skeptical.

You're pretty gullible.

You believe some pretty [common misconceptions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions). But, you're just skeptical enough to not believe everything you hear. Keep questioning!

You don't believe everything you hear, but you do believe most of it...

You don't believe everything you hear. In fact, you were pretty skeptical of the [common misconceptions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) above. That's a good instinct!

You're not buying it.

You don't believe everything you hear. In fact, you didn't believe many of the [common misconceptions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions) in that quiz at all. Pretty smart! Keep that curiosity alive!

You're pretty dang clever, aren't you.

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