Get Smart With Wikipedia’s List of Common Misconceptions. Replace your annoying “Did you know?” factoids with even more annoying “Actually that’s fake” corrections.
Wikipedia features a massive list of common misconceptions about history, science, and more. I check it once a year to refresh my smugness.
The best corrected facts include: Twinkies don’t last forever; they have a shelf life of about 4. An undercover cop is allowed to lie when you ask if they’re a cop. The Immaculate Conception is about Mary’s birth, not Jesus’s, and it’s about original sin, not a virgin birth. A black belt isn’t always the highest rank in a martial art. The abbreviation “Xmas” was coined by medieval monks. The Roman vomitorium wasn’t a room for vomiting; it was a stadium entrance.
Napoleon was 5’7”, slightly above average in 1. France. It’s OK to swim right after eating. Install Wd My Book Essential External Hard Drive.
Glass doesn’t actually flow. Old warped windows were made that way. Shaving doesn’t make hair grow back thicker. Redheads aren’t going extinct. Of course, this is still Wikipedia, so before you rely on a fact for anything more than conversation, click through to the original source. List of Common Misconceptions Wikipedia.
The Week In Games: Infinite Cross- Over Appeal. Fall starts later this week. The kids are back at school. And you can once again find Captain America shield- bashing the little tin knight from Ghosts ‘n Goblins. I’ll never stop pining for a return to the animated 2.
D fighters Capcom nailed in the late 9. Marvel vs. Capcom is better than no Marvel vs. Capcom. I usually think cross- overs are cynical and ridiculous, but when it comes to fighting games I can’t help myself (unless it’s Play. Station All- Stars). With the weather getting colder and the nights getting longer, it’s the perfect time of year to go get lost in an arcade, and since for many of us that’s not possible or too much of a hassle, I’ll be looking to Infinite to help me re- live all those fond memories of having some stranger tear me apart with breath taking combos. At least in those spare moments when I’m not trolling the expanses of Destiny.
Trials of the Nine with me. Here’s everything else coming out over the next couple of weeks. Monday, September 1. The Solus Project — PS4, PSVR Muv Luv Alternative — PCMagic Forest — PC Tuesday, September 1. Fragments of Midnight — Vita Marvel Vs.
Capcom: Infinite — PS4, Xbox One, PC The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth + — PS4. Blackguards 2 — Xbox One, PS4 Burly Men at Sea — PS4, Vita The Coma: Recut — PS4 End Space — PSVRFactotum 9. PS4, Vita Hidden Dragon Legend — PS4 Ink — PS4 Mary Skelter: Nightmares — Vita. Mecho Tales — Vita. Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2 — PS4. Morphite — PS4 NBA 2.
K1. 8 — PS4 Pankapu — PS4 Robonauts — PS4 Shoppe Keep — PS4 ECHO — PC Wednesday, September 2. Super Hydorah — Xbox One, PC Morphite — Xbox One, PCPankapu — Xbox One Thursday, September 2. Steam. World Dig 2 — Switch Auto Age: Standoff — PC Pankapu — PC Friday, September 2. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 — Switch. The Lego Ninjago Movie — PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch. Pokken Tournament DX — Switch.
Project Cars 2 — PS4, Xbox One, PCCaveman Warriors — Xbox One, PS4, Switch, PC Raiders of the Broken Planet — Xbox One, PS4 SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell — Xbox One The Coma: Recut — Xbox One. Ink — Xbox One Steam. World Dig 2 — PCRevolve — Xbox One Bloody Zombies — Xbox One Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire — PCComing Soon. Tuesday, September 2. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Fallout 4 GOTY Edition — Xbox One, PS4, PC Hob — PS4, PC Lightfield — Xbox One, PS4 Megaton Rainfall — PS4, PSVRPinball FX 3 — Xbox One, PS4, PC Raid: World War II — PCRuiner — Xbox One, PS4, PC Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash — PS4. Steam. World Dig 2 — PS4, Vita Thursday, September 2.
Total War: Warhammer II — PC Friday, September 2. Cuphead — Xbox One, PC FIFA 1. Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 3. PS3, PC Gundam Versus — PS4 Star Fox 2 — SNES Classic What else is coming out soon?
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