5 Popular Myths You Should Stop Believing

Time to debunk the nonsense

A photograph of Marilyn Monroe by Frank Powolny, 1953 (Wikimedia Commons)

Having written about history and culture for many years, I can tell you there’s plenty of nonsense being peddled around the world right now.

Whether it be word of mouth or social media, there are many people who regularly sprout mistruths without doing any fact-checking beforehand.

While I don’t hold any personal vendettas against these people, I do think it’s important to push back from time to time.

So, if you’re someone who cares about the truth and wants to stop the spread of misinformation, you’ll probably enjoy this article …

Myth #1: You Can See The Great Wall of China From Space

A photograph of the Great Wall of China by Jakub Hałun, 2009 (Wikimedia Commons)

I heard this one constantly when I was a child. Whenever the Great Wall of China cropped up in conversation, someone — usually an adult — would pipe up and claim it could be seen from space.

This is garbage, to put it bluntly.

Astronauts who have been into space have been unable to locate the Great Wall of China without the help of radar-imaging techniques. It’s…