Did You D'oh?

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: