20 famous rumors that we all want to be true

Underwater cities? Celebrities of time traveling? Extraterrestrial!?


Although there are certainly enough things in the world to delight me and entertain us for the rest of our lives, it is unfortunately part of the human condition of always wanting a little more. As such, we sometimes want to believe things that can not be true. Sometimes we do it collectively. And it's like the birth of rumors.

To be sure, many popular myths are quickly proven false (NO, McDonald Hamburgers are not made from rat meat), but some inspiring remain omnipresent over the years. You know: tale on the changing physicist of history that has failed in mathematics, which means you can also bounce from any bump on the road. Or the one on the Holy Grail. And, of course, there are the stories of the myriad of extraterrestrial life, confirming that we do not hinder the universe, frightened and alone, on a cold and uncertain rock.

In this neighborhood, we gathered the 20 rumors of history of the top 20 absolute, the most impressive and the most impressive. Read it and look at your skyrocket, then immediately flow, once you realize that these great stories are completely false. (Sorry.) And if you want information, you can really believe, discover these20 crazy facts that will blow your mind.

1
Alligators live in the sewers of New York

New York City sewer alligators

The rumor that alligators live in the sewers of New York go back to the 1920s or 30 years. The legend has the tourists in Florida would buy baby alligators as souvenirs, bring them home, then rinsed them once they are too big, leading to a city with sewers that grow with alligators , which would be super-cool (and superficial). so true. Unfortunately, that's not true. Alligators live in warm climates and would probably not survive the Frigid New York Winters. In addition, no creature would last a long time if they had to spend all their time swimming in wastewater.

2
The Cage Nicolas is a travel vampire

Nicolas Cage, time traveling vampire

The rumor according to which Nicolas Cage is a vintage traveler or a vampire, or a traveling vampire - started to start when an image of his Doppelganger civil war has set up a sale on eBay in 2011. (For what it is worth the The actor also resembles the Mexican emperor of the 19th century Maxilian I.) If the rumor was true, not only Time trips, but we would also have seen a time traveler (and possibly a vampire) try to fly the declaration of independence several times. on the big screen. And for more ridiculous rumors about your favorite stars, check out the20 rumors of the craziest celebrities.

3
Keanu Reeves is immortal

Keanu Reeves shocking movie facts
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Nicolas Cage is not the only person in Hollywood who is "immortal" (or a vintage traveler, or possibly a vampire). There is a rumor that Keanu Reeves also exists for a long time, at least since Charlemagne's days, in the 8th century, that Reeves resembles a striking resemblance. There were other portraits of "Not Keanu Reeves" over the centuries, who led people to believe the actor, who is really old for his age (53!), Is actually hundreds of years .

4
George Washington wore wooden teeth

George Washington and the cherry tree
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The legend has for the false teeth of George Washington to be made of wood, but the real truth is much less pleasant. Washington wore prostheses, yes, but they were not wooden. They were made from elephant ivory, cow teeth and slave teeth. And for more surprising facts in the history of our country, checkThe 28 most durable myths in American history.

5
Zone 51 is a foreign warehouse

alien abduction
Refuge

In 2013, we have officially known that zone 51 exists. But the highly classified installation in Nevada is probably used for weapons tests, not to store and experiment with beings of other planets. We are probably going. What happens there, there is always someone riddles, then there is hope that this rumor is true, confirming the existence of life on other planets of the universe. And for scientific trivia more impressive, learn the20 types of artificial intelligence that you use every day and you do not know it.

6
The "Whoomp (there is)" Video had an Obama cameo

Obama Tag Team rumor

Who does not want to believe that Barack Obama was a supplement in the team of Tag team for "whoomomp (there"? If you look at the screenshot of the corner of your eye very briefly, it's so easy to believe that C is true, which would handle it on the coolest president of history, whatever his political opinions.

7
Lady Godiva Naked Rode across the city

Lady Godiva rumor

The story that Lady Godiva is naked on horseback riding through Coventry to prevent her husband from increasing taxes is one for the ages. But this great tale did not show that nearly 200 years after his death, and he is very unlikely to have ever happened. She and her husband were generous and the tale was probably composed of someone in the monastery they founded as a way to immortalize her generosity. And if you really want to have some clarity on the past, discover these30 crazy facts that will change your vision of history.

8
Pop rocks and coca-cola blow up your stomach

Coca Cola is one of the most admired companies in America
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The legend that consumed pop and coca-cola rocks at the same time making your stomach explodes at the same time a legend and the cause of Mikey's death of cereal advertisements. Neither is true, like Mikey is alive and well, and combining the rocks of pop and coke at the same time do not really do a lot of things at all.

9
Jimmy Hoffa is buried at the giants stadium

Jimmy Hoffa Unsolved Mysteries

Since Mobster Jimmy Hoffa disappeared more than 40 years ago, the location of his body has remained a mystery. But a story argued that his body was actually buried in the ending area of ​​the giant stage.MyTheBusters Can not find evidence of a body, but it would always be quite cool if hundreds of thousands of people were inadvertently invited to Hoffa's grave over the years.

10
Shakespeare did not write his plays

Shakespear portrait
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There is a popular theory of the plot that Shakespeare did not actually write his pieces. People who think that believe that Shakespeare was not educated enough to write his works, nor the time to remove it. Instead, some think that Francis Bacon was the man behind this bulky body of work. Others believe that Christopher Marlowe wrote them. And yet, a third faction thinks that the works of Shakespeare should actually be attributed to Edward de Vere, at the latest at Earl of Oxford. The lack of manuscripts of Shakespeare's hand, associated with an extremely limited amount of tangible information about his life, such rumors. And they have weight! People like estimated like Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud and Orson Welles all expressed their doubts about Shakespeare's paternity.

Nevertheless, everyone who is someone in the academic world firmly believes that Shakespeare has done, in fact, writes his own pieces, with perhaps a touch of editorial assistance in the last stages of his career. If this rumor was true, not only would there be a lot of academics with eggs on their faces, but no one at a party could raise this theory as an attempt to ring interesting.

11
Beyonce is the mother of Solange

This rumor charts many factors, the largest of which Beyonce was born in 1974, no 1981. Then, when Bey was only 13 years old, she fell pregnant and the family decided to cover her by rising Solange as she sister . If it's true, it would mean Beyonce is a grandmother. Yes. OK.

12
The city of Atlantis exists

City of Atlantis rumor

The city of Atlantis was mentioned for the first time by Plato as part of an allegory inThe Republic. Its allegory has been confused for history by several scholars in the 1800s, and now some people believe that there is really a utopian civilization lost somewhere in the ocean. Despite the fact that the classics and philologists, as well as the historians, they all agree that Plato has been created a place of fiction to illustrate a point, the erroneous interpretation of the Atlantis of Plato as a historic site of the scholar. Amateur Ignace L. Donnelly In the 1880s stimula a movement to find this city that never really existed. Part of the reason why people are still looking for it today is that Plato was not exceptionally accurate in its description of the location of the Atlantis, so the multitude of interpretations at the place of The situation means that people can continue to hypothete to a new place every time a precedent is refuted.

13
Cindy Crawford assured her mole

Cindy Crawford 90s workout videos

Betty Trading's legs were insured for $ 1 million and Bruce Springsteen assured her voice for $ 6 million. But there is no existing recording of Cindy Crawford to buy an insurance for the beauty mark on his face.

14
Elephants go to the elephant cemetery to die

Elephant walking

The notion of elephants wandering herd and heading towards an elephant cemetery to die is very charming, but that's not true.

15
John Wayne's body was frozen

John Wayne, inspring quotes
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Walt Disney is not the only famous person who would have been frozen raw raw raw. The rumor has John Wayne's body was also frozen after his death. It's a fun rumor, yes, but the facts buried it in a California cemetery.

16
A MOTHMAN HAVE CHICAGO

Mothman rumor

In 2017, the people of the city of Chicago reported comments from a flying humanoid creature that they called amodest. Most of the observations occurred above the northern part of the city. The creature by variable accounts looked like a gargoyle, a giant bat with red eyes or a modiser. There were 55 Mothaman's comments last year, suggesting that something definitively flies into the sky, although the "Mothaman" has no basis in a biologically confirmed confirmed fact.

17
The devil jersey is real

Jersey Devil rumor

In the New South Jersey pine buttons saw a creature with the body of a kangaroo, the wings of a bat and the head of a goat, known as Jersey Devil. The Jersey Devil exists for at least the 18th century and there were many supposed observations in the twentieth century. It was also the subject of an episode ofX filesSo, if this thing turns out, it would be a point for Fox Mulder.

18
Albert Einstein failed

Albert_Einstein
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Albert Einstein failed in mathematics and always went to be one of the greatest physicists in history. This is how history happens, leading many young children to believe that if they fail mathematics, hey, it does not matter. However, surprising nobody, Einstein was really not really,really Good in math and had mastered the differential and integrated calculation before having 15 years. (The rumor started from an entrance examination to a polytechnic school that failed in Einstein. He passed the mathematical section to the test, but that Einstein was a terrible botanical the student does not reach the same punch.)

19
Totesie Pop Wrappers with a star wins a price

tootsie owl

Every child knows that if the envelope of your Pop Toots has a complete Amerindian almond and a star on it, you get a price! Except of course you do not receive a price unless a convenience store owner takes the mercy on you. And for more enigmatic mysteries, discoverThe 30 unresolved mysteries of America have fascinating.

20
Tupac is still alive

tupac celebrity deaths
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If only it was true.

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