Urban Myths

Chinese Man Divorces Ugly Wife And Is Awarded $120,000 Compensation

Reading Time: 2 minutesCirculating online for about the last decade is a news story about a Chinese man that divorces his ugly wife and is awarded $120,000 compensation. Weird, right? But is it true? There are after all so many stories that get made up that it becomes difficult to determine fact from fiction.Don’t get me wrong, there

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Has Niagara Falls Ever Frozen Completely Over?

Reading Time: 2 minutesHas Niagara falls ever frozen completely over? That is, has it ever formed a complete land bridge made out of ice and stopped the flow of water completely? Sure, there are photographs that appear to show a phenomenon of magnificent proportions, but it hasn’t ever happened in recorded history. But it did come close. There

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Was February 1865 The Only Month With No Full Moon?

Reading Time: 2 minutesWas February 1865 the only month with no full moon? No, no it wasn’t. Sorry to disappoint yet again, but the good old viral content has yet again let people down. But here’s the thing. It has happened and will happen again. To be precise, many reading this now may have been alive when it last occurred.

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Golf, Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden History

Reading Time: 2 minutesGolf, gentlemen only, ladies forbidden, history and intrigue of the origin of the name. Where did the word for the game originate from, and is it overly sexist in nature? Some have argued that the name for golf originated from being an acronym of gentlemen only ladies forbidden. Is this the truth or just a way

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Adolf Hitler Owned land In Colorado? True Or False?

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis may seem a little hard to believe, given World War II, and it is, but there’s a claim that Adolf Hitler owned land in Colorado. It was only by chance that the opportunity ever presented itself to Hitler, but when it did, legend has it that Hitler jumped at it because of his life

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