List of common misconceptions (Simple English Wikipedia)

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  • Radford, Benjamin (1999). "The Ten-Percent Myth". Skeptical Inquirer. Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. ISSN 0194-6730. Retrieved 2009-04-15. It's the old myth heard time and again about how people use only ten percent of their brains

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  • Crabtree, Steve (July 6, 1999). "New Poll Gauges Americans' General Knowledge Levels". Gallup News Service. Retrieved 2011-01-13. the Declaration... was officially signed on August 2nd. Another 32% give a more general answer, saying that July 4th celebrates Independence Day.

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  • National Pasta Association article FAQs section "Who "invented" pasta?"; "The story that it was Marco Polo who imported noodles to Italy and thereby gave birth to the country's pasta culture is the most pervasive myth in the history of Italian food." (Dickie 2008, p. 48). Archive copy at the Internet Archive

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  • Michael Quinion (2011). "Sleep tight". World Wide Words. Retrieved June 17, 2011.

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  • "Crap". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Houghton Mifflin. 2001. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  • "Gringo". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2001. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2011.

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  • "Fuck". Webster's New World College Dictionary. John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved June 17, 2011.