1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True Quotes

“MYTH506. | There is an American flag on the Moon. According to Buzz Aldrin, one of the astronauts who was on the Moon, he and Neil Armstrong accidentally placed the original American flag too close to their spacecraft, and when they took off, the flag was blown away.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH373. | Paul Revere rode through the night to warn the colonists that, "the British are coming!" What really happened is that Revere rode in silence to avoid army patrols while spreading the word to key people. He also used the warning, "the regulars are coming out," as opposed to "the British" since many colonists were still loyal to the crown.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH 280. | Spaghetti originated in Italy. Spaghetti originated in China. Magellan tasted it on his travels in Asian and brought”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH 175. | George Washington was the first president of America. Peyton Randolph was the first American President but he was forgotten due to a technicality. When he was President, the United States was called The United Colonies of America.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH625. | You can get knocked out for a while and still stand up without a problem. Doctors say that if you're ever knocked out for more than five minutes, you must go to the emergency room as there's a very good chance that you have severe brain injury.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH584. | Multigrain food is rich in whole grains. Multigrain means that the food contains more than one type of grain, while whole grain means that the food contains all parts of the grain kernel, like the bran, germ and endosperm.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH 141. | Amelia Earhart mysteriously vanished. The mystery behind her sudden disappearance was solved just four years after she went missing. Her plane was found to be crashed near an island in Kiribati and her skeletal remains were found close by as well. The skeleton matched her measurements. They also found her equipment near the wreckage.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH 172.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“Amelia Earhart mysteriously vanished. The mystery behind her sudden disappearance was solved just four years after she went missing. Her plane was found to be crashed near an island in Kiribati and her skeletal remains were found close by as well. The skeleton matched her measurements. They also found her equipment near the wreckage.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“While Gandhi didn't like violence, he said that it should be used when it was absolutely necessary. He even volunteered to fight in the Zulu War and World War I.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“It doesn't take 7 years to digest chewing gum. In fact, it can't be digested at all and will simply pass right through you as is.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“It's an absolute necessity for food to have preservatives”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“Turkeys are originally from North America. They actually originate from Mexico.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH648. | Elephants are too heavy to swim. Elephants love water and can smell it from five miles away. They are also good swimmers and have been known to use their trunks as snorkels.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“Paralympics" is short for "Paraplegic Olympics". "Paralympics" is actually short for "Parallel Olympics.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True

“MYTH 133. | All of the continents used to be merged together to form Pangaea, a supercontinent. While this is true, there have been seven other supercontinents in the Earth's existence. They are: Vaalbra, Ur, Kenorland, Columbia, Rodinia, Pannotia, and the earliest one we know, Pangaea. Scientists believe that another supercontinent will form in 100 million years and it'll be called Ultima.”
― John Brown, 1000 Random Things You Always Believed That Are Not True