Wikipedia has a fun-filled entry on common misconceptions.
• Space Invaders’ release in 1978 did not cause a shortage of coins in Japan.
• Humans do not generate all of the brain cells they will ever have by the age of two years.
• Automotive batteries stored on a concrete floor do not discharge any faster than they would on other surfaces.
• Submerging a mobile phone which has suffered from water damage into rice has not been shown to be effective in repairing them.
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