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|October 13, 2025
RECKON it’s too cold to snow or that men think about sex every seven seconds? Think again!
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Today is International Sceptics Day, asking us to challenge preconceived wisdom. And it turns out that a lot of things we thought we knew are wrong.
So, see how many misconceptions you’re under, as JAMES MOORE reveals the truth behind everyday myth:
Albert Einstein failed maths:
The famous boffin knocked down this fable himself saying: “I never failed in mathematics. Before I was 15 I'd mastered differential and integral calculus”
Elementary, my Dear Watson:
Fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes never said the line in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales. It was first used in a stage play.
Sushi means raw fish:
It means sour rice in Japanese and doesn’t even have to contain fish.
Sharks don’t get cancer:
This story is from the October 13, 2025 edition of Daily Star.
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