52 Common Myths You Should Stop Believing | 22 Words

Did you know that Einstein didn't fail math, we have way more than 5 senses, Napoleon was actually pretty tall, and you definitely do NOT need to wait 24 hours to submit a missing person's report?

Those are just a few of the more than 50 myths that London-based data journalist and information designer David McCandless busts in his fascinating infographic...

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For curious minds, McCandless and the other researchers who worked on the project have provided a spreadsheet of all the data they collected.

So fess up — how many of these did you believe?