What is a common rumor you know that can be concretely proven wrong?

Question

I am looking for examples of commonly-made assumptions that have already been proven wrong, especially ones that have damaged someone or something's reputation or otherwise negatively impacted.

Answer 1

How about Hillary being able to answer the hard questions because she was in the white house?  There were plenty of hard questions in the '90s, and did she answer those then?  What happened to universal health care then, for example?

Answer 2

That the color red irritates bulls... :P it really isnt true... though i dont know if this is what ur looking for...

Answer 3

That Barack Obama is Muslim

Answer 4

Assumptions of global warming and greenhouse gases being  the same

Answer 5

There is a Great assumption (among the Christian faith),

that everybody that has ever existed ...is a child of God.

It is written ...you must surrender your will to become a child of God.

He is the creator....Yes...That gives everyone a free

choice to commit and submit your whole life to Him.

Answer 6

richard jewell, accused olympic bomber, that turned out to be a good samaritan who actually saved lives

Answer 7

* Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

* Shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, or coarser.

* Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.

* Mobile phones create considerable electromagnetic interference in hospitals.

~ The tongue is not mapped out to taste sweet, salty, bitter and sour in select locations. The tip of the tongue is said to be reserved for the sweet taste. Yet place salt on the tip of your tongue - or anywhere, for that matter - and you will taste it.

~ A million-dollar industry has grown from the notion that the liver itself becomes toxic and must be cleaned, or banged out like a lint screen, with a vitamin and herb regimen. Not true. Aside from vitamin A, nothing ever accumulates in the liver.

~ Indeed, antioxidants such has vitamin C and beta carotene have been shown to fuel cancer growth, and selenium can be toxic. Conversely, there is no evidence that high doses of antioxidants help the body in any way - except (a big maybe here) vitamin E.

Answer 8

Human caused global warming is a prime example of this taken to extremes.

Answer 9

The tabloids beign sued by celeb's  ...one that was hurt ful because it was COMPLELTY untrue..was yrs ago Carol Burnett had some photos printed  in star or National enquirer

that she was a raving drunk ..ect...I beleive she was the first to win multi millions and a poineer int hat aspect

Answer 10

That john kerry is a traitor to his country, it may have cost him the presidency, ie, the "swiftboat" incident. The guy earned a purple heart. The military aint that clueless. It was just that upon returning kerry publically denounced the vietnam war, which angered his fellow soldiers, who were willing to make those ads for the sake of helping the republican party.

Answer 11

www.snopes.com

This is an urban legend and rumor site.

Answer 12

That Obama is a Muslim.. very clearly not true, as these same attackers probably also accuse him of being racist due to his PROTESTANT preacher's comments.

Answer 13

Go to Snopes.com - the web site for urban legends, etc.

It's fascinating reading.

Answer 14

that politicians never lie - (unless they are talking that it).