33 “Facts” Everybody Knows That Are Actually Total Lies

1. Drinking alcohol doesn’t kill brain cells.
2. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb.
3. You do not use only 10% of your brain. You use 100%.
4. You can’t see the Great Wall of China from space. (For a start, it’s the same colour as the surrounding landscape.)
5. Twinkies do not last forever. Their shelf life is about a month and half.
6. Nobody ever said, “Beam me up, Scotty” in the original Star Trek TV series. Also, nobody says, “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it.”
7. Vitamin C probably won’t stop you from getting a cold.
8. Toilet pioneer Thomas Crapper’s name isn’t where we get the word “crap” from.
9. Goldfish don’t have a memory of three seconds. They can actually remember things for quite a long time.

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Man refused Dunkin’ Donuts home upgrade puts toilets on his lawn

To Augusta, Maine, to see David Labbe’s garden of loos.
Mr Labbe hoped to sell his property to Dunkin’ Donuts, who would have erected a drive-through eatery for people too lazy to get out of their cars to buy deep-fried sugar and fat.

But with the deal agreed, Augusta officials blocked the sale. Mr Labbes’ neighbours were pleased.