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Schoolyard Myths
Debunked: Urban Legends, Bizarre Facts & False Memories
Remember everything you learned in school? A surprising amount of it was wrong. Schoolyard Myths is a growing archive of 280+ debunked school myths, bizarre-but-true facts, and famous false memories — each one researched and explained, from why we only think we use 10% of our brains to whether Cleopatra really lived closer to the iPhone than to the pyramids.
Enter your high school graduation year above to see the myths from your school days, or browse the most-loved entries below.
Popular Debunked Myths
Bizarre Facts That Are True
Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the Great Pyramid.
Uncover →Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
Uncover →The last Woolly Mammoth died while the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built.
Uncover →The '@' symbol in email addresses has no official name.
Uncover →The 'save' icon is a picture of a technology no longer used: the 3.5-inch floppy disk.
Uncover →The sound of a modem connecting to the internet is a 'handshake' of two computers singing to each other.
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Famous False Memories
Why myths stick around
Myths survive because they're simple, vivid, and repeated by people we trust — teachers included. This site exists to replace those sticky stories with what the evidence actually says, one debunked myth at a time.