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Common Misconceptions About Robots and Artificial Intelligence

What do they know?

Common Misconceptions About Robots and Artificial Intelligence

Common Misconceptions About the Maya Civilization

Chichen Itza's Pyramid of Kukulcan in Yucatán, Mexico.

Common Misconceptions About the Maya Civilization

6 Misconceptions About the Vikings

Maybe Kolbeinn Butter Penis is aboard.

6 Misconceptions About the Vikings

Mata Hari’s Espionage, The Lusitania’s Aftershocks, and More Misconceptions About World War I

The Red Baron (center) posing with fellow German military officers.

Mata Hari’s Espionage, The Lusitania’s Aftershocks, and More Misconceptions About World War I

Common Misconceptions About Deaf People

Sign language interpreter Barbie Parker at Lollapalooza in 2014.

The Truth About Prince Albert’s Piercing, Queen Victoria’s Wedding Dress, and Other Victorian Era Misconceptions

A Private View at the Royal Academy by William Powell Frith, 1883.

7 Misconceptions About the Renaissance

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.

‘Let Them Eat Cake’ and More French Revolution Misconceptions

The Storming of the Bastille, by Jean-Pierre Houël.

6 Misconceptions About World War II

U.S. soldiers in an M24 Chaffee light tank driving through Bologna, Italy, in 1945.

Common Misconceptions About Ancient Egypt

An illustration from Hunefer's Book of the Dead.

Common Misconceptions About Bats

He just wants to talk.

6 Common Misconceptions About Flying

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No, the White Stuff on Your Baby Carrots Isn't Chlorine

Grin and carrot.

Common Misconceptions About Vikings

He may look fierce, but his name is probably "Ragnar the Snoring Softie" or something.

6 Misconceptions About Famous Books and Authors

No, William Shakespeare probably wasn't secretly the Earl of Oxford.

Common Misconceptions About the Renaissance

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which Michelangelo absolutely hated painting.