least not until an 1876 staging of Wagner's Opera The Ring of the Nibelung is the first

至少直到1876年上演的瓦格納'的歌劇《尼伯龍的指環》是第一次。

of 50 myths I'm about to bust for you.

的50個神話，我'為你破滅。

You know iron maidens? The medieval torture device that inspired the fourth-best

你知道鐵娘子嗎？中世紀的刑具，激發了第四名的靈感。

heavy metal band of all time? Yeah, they were fictional.

重金屬樂隊的所有時間？是的，他們是虛構的。

3. Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake" when told peasants were

3.瑪麗-安託瓦內特從來沒有說過"讓他們吃蛋糕"當被告知農民是。

starving due to lack of bread.

由於缺乏麵包而捱餓；

4. And while we\'92re on the topic of French royal women who were parted from their

4.當我們在討論法國王室婦女與她們分離的問題時。

heads, Anne Boleyn did not have eleven fingers, or at least most historians don't think so.

頭，安妮-波林沒有11個手指，或者至少大多數歷史學家不這樣認為&#39；。

5. The American Declaration of Independence was not signed on July 4 1776. It was signed

5.美國的《獨立宣言》不是在1776年7月4日簽署的。它是在

on August 2, 1776,

於1776年8月2日。

6. Also, not to harsh on your buzz, but the U.S. constitution was not written

6.另外，不是要苛責你的嗡嗡聲， 但美國憲法不是寫的。

on hemp paper but on parchment.

在麻紙上，但在羊皮紙上。

7. Napoleon did not have a Napoleon Complex, as he was five seven, slightly above

7.拿破崙沒有 "拿破崙情結"，因為他的身高是5.7，稍稍超過了 "拿破崙情結"。

average height for his time.

當時的平均身高。

8. Albert Einstein didn't fail math at school, and when he was showed a newspaper

8.阿爾伯特-愛因斯坦在學校裡的數學成績並沒有不及格，當他在報紙上看到一張

column claiming he had, Einstein responded, "Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential

欄目聲稱他有，愛因斯坦回答說，"在我15歲之前，我已經掌握了微分。

and integral calculus." Einstein did hook up with his cousin, though, so that's something.

和積分微積分."愛因斯坦沒有勾搭上他的表弟，雖然，所以這'的東西。

9. John F Kennedy did not say, "I am a jelly doughnut" when he said "Ich

9.約翰-肯尼迪沒有說，"I am a jelly doughnut"當他說"Ich。

bin Ein Berliner." No one in Berlin was confused on that day about what Kennedy was

bin Ein Berliner."那天在柏林沒有人對肯尼迪是什麼感到困惑。

saying.

說。

10. Sushi does not mean raw fish; it means "sour rice."

10.壽司並不是指生魚，而是指"酸飯&quot。

11. Placing metal in a microwave doesn't ruin the microwave. I mean, it's definitely

11.把金屬放在微波爐裡不會毀了微波爐。我的意思是，它絕對

a bad idea, but look, we just microwaved this tin foil and now in the smoldering remains

一個壞主意，但你看，我們只是 微波爐這個錫箔紙，現在在煙燻的遺體

I am microwaving a hot pocket.

我正在用微波爐加熱一個熱口袋。

12. The word "crap" is not derived from the great Thomas Crapper, who helped

12.12. "quot;crap&quot "這個詞並不是來自偉大的托馬斯-克雷珀，他幫助了。

give us indoor plumbing. Sadly, "crap" just comes from Latin, like all the other

給我們室內管道。可悲的是，"crap"只是來自於拉丁語，就像其他所有的

words.

詞。

13. 420 is not the Los Angeles police code for marijuana possession. Police Code

13.420不是洛杉磯警方的藏有大麻的代碼。警察法

420 just means juvenile disturbance, which only SOMETIMES involves marijuana possession.

420只是指少年騷亂，只有在某些時候才會涉及持有大麻。

14. The Great Wall of China is not the only man-made object visible from space. For

14.中國長城並不是唯一能從空間看到的人造物體。對於中國來說，長城並不是唯一可以從空間看到的人造物體。

one thing, many man-made objects are visible from space. For another thing, the Great Wall

一件事，許多人造物體都可以從太空中看到。另一件事，長城

of China is not among them.

的中國不在其中。

15. There's no such thing as an elephant graveyard where old elephants go to die. When

15.有沒有'象墳場，老象去死。當

elephants are ready to die, they just do it, like the rest of us.

大象已經做好了死亡的準備，他們只是做了，像我們其他人一樣。

16. The 1992 book SHARKS DON'T GET CANCER led to an increase in people using

16.1992年出版的《鯊魚不會得癌症》一書導致越來越多的人使用 "鯊魚"。

ground-up shark cartilage to treat cancer, but 1. That doesn't work, and 2. Sharks

地面上的鯊魚軟骨來治療癌症，但1.這不工作，和2。鯊魚

do get cancer.

確實會得癌症。

17. Chameleons don't primarily change color to camouflage. It helps them regulate

17.變色龍主要不是為了偽裝而改變顏色。它幫助它們調節

their temperature and it's a way of communicating. \fs24 \

這是一種交流的方式***************

18. Throwing rice at weddings does not lead to birds eating that rice and then the

18.在婚禮上扔米飯，不會導致鳥兒吃了那米飯後，就

rice expanding in their stomachs and the birds exploding. This has just never happened once

肚子裡的米飯膨脹，鳥兒爆炸。這種情況從來沒有發生過一次

in all of human history....or bird history.

在人類歷史上......或鳥類歷史上。

19. An earthworm does not become two earthworms when you cut it in half. If it's

19.一條蚯蚓不會因為你把它切成兩半而變成兩條蚯蚓。如果它'的

lucky, the part with the mouth survives and you're left with one, smaller earthworm.

幸運的是，與嘴的部分生存，你'留下一個，更小的蚯蚓。

But most likely you'll end up with two dead earthworms.

但很有可能你'最後會有兩條死蚯蚓。

20. Humans have more than five senses, including a sense of time, acceleration, and

20.人類有五種以上的感覺，包括時間感、加速感、和視覺感。

limb position. The five senses were made up by Aristotle, with whom I have a longstanding

肢體位置。五官是亞里士多德編造的，我與他有很久的交情。

and public feud, and as usual, he was wrong and I am right and shut up about how he isn\'92t

和公眾的恩怨，和往常一樣，他錯了，我是對的，閉口不談他如何不'92t。

here to defend himself.

在這裡為自己辯護。

21. Shaving does not cause hair to grow back thicker or coarser, no matter where you're shaving.

21.無論你在哪裡刮鬍子，都不會導致毛髮重新長出更粗或更厚的毛髮。

22. Your fingernails do't keep growing after you die.

22.你的指甲不會在你死後繼續生長。

23. If you swallow your gum, it will not stick in your stomach for seven years.

23.吞下口香糖，七年不粘胃。

It goes through your body just the same as anything else you eat. Except batteries.

它通過你的身體就像你吃的其他東西一樣。除了電池。

Don't. Eat. Batteries.

不要'不。吃。電池。

24. People don't use only 10% of their brains. William James seems to have

24.人們不會只用10%的大腦。威廉-詹姆斯似乎有

coined this one, but he was speaking figuratively.

這句話是他發明的，但他說的是比喻。

25. You can't catch warts from toads. But you can get warts from other people, which

25.你不能從蟾蜍身上感染疣。但你可以從其他人那裡得到疣，這。

is why I always say: Only socialize with Toads.

所以我總是說只和蟾蜍交往

26. A penny dropped from the Empire State building will not kill someone if it

26.從帝國大廈上掉下的一分錢，如果不小心掉下去，就不會死人。

lands on their head. The terminal velocity of a penny is between 30 and 50 miles per

落在他們的頭上。一分錢的極限速度是每分鐘30到50英里。

hour, not fast enough to kill anyone. Also, if you drop a penny from the top of the Empire

小時，速度不快，不足以殺人。另外，如果你從帝國的頂層掉下一個便士的話。

State Building, it will land like three stories below you, because the building is shaped like this.

國家大廈，它會像三層樓一樣落在你的下面，因為大廈的形狀是這樣的。

27. Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball and in fact never claimed to have invented baseball.

27.Abner Doubleday並沒有發明棒球，事實上也從來沒有聲稱自己發明了棒球。

28. Caesar salad was not invented by Julius Caesar but for its inventor, Caesar

28.凱撒沙拉不是凱撒大帝發明的，而是為它的發明者凱撒發明的。

Cardini, who supposedly invented the salad in Tijuana, Mexico in 1924.

卡迪尼，據說1924年在墨西哥蒂華納發明了沙拉。

29. Puff the Magic Dragon is not about Marijuana. As Mary of Peter Paul and Mary

29.撲滅魔龍不是關於大麻的。正如《彼得保羅的瑪麗》和《瑪麗

put it, "Believe me, if he wanted to write a song about marijuana, he would've written

相信我，如果他想寫一首關於大麻的歌，他一定會寫。

a song about marijuana."

一首關於大麻的歌.&quot。

30. Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my Dear Watson," nor did

30.夏洛克-福爾摩斯從來沒有說過 "小學，我親愛的華生"；也沒有說過 "我親愛的華生"。

31. anyone ever say "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca,

31.有人說過"再玩一次，Sam"在卡薩布蘭卡。

32. Sarah Palin never said, "I can see Russia from my house," and

32.薩拉-佩林從來沒有說過，"我可以從我的房子看到俄羅斯，"。

33. Al Gore never said, "I invented the Internet." Oh, and

33.阿爾-戈爾從來沒有說過，"互聯網是我發明的"哦，還有。

34. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD RON BURGUNDY NEVER SAID WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY. He

34.看在上帝的份上，羅恩-伯根迪從來沒有說過什麼好話，很快就升級了。他

said boy, that escalated quickly.

說，男孩，這升級很快。

Okay gotta speed up.

好吧，得加快。

35. Danishes are from Austria, not Denmark.

35.丹麥人來自奧地利，而不是丹麥。

36. Humans didn't evolve from chimps; we share an ancestor...but we did evolve.

36.人類沒有'從黑猩猩進化而來，我們有共同的祖先.但我們確實進化了。

37. It's a chest OF drawers, not a chester drawers, as I learned when I was 28 years old.

37.它'是一個抽屜的箱子，而不是一個切斯特抽屜，我28歲的時候就知道了。

38. If you can replace you're with You Are, contract; otherwise, don't.

38.如果你能用 "你是 "代替 "你是"，就籤合同；否則，就不要。

39. The Italian libertine is Don Juan, but in Byron's epic poem, he is Don Juan

39.意大利的自由主義者是唐-胡安，但在拜倫的史詩中，他是唐-胡安'。

Rhymes With Ruin.

與Ruin押韻。

40. You would not explode in the vacuum of space.

40.你不會在空間的真空中爆炸。

41. No one was burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials; 19 people were hanged

41.在塞勒姆女巫審判期間，沒有人被燒死在火刑柱上；19人被絞死。

and one was crushed with stones but NO BURNING.

有一個被石頭壓碎了，但沒有燃燒。

42. Chinese fortune cookies are Californian not Chinese.

42.中國的福餅是加州人而不是中國人。

43. Neither blondes nor redheads are about to go extinct.

43.金髮和紅髮都不會滅絕。

44. No one died during the chariot race sequence of

44.44. 在《戰車競賽》中沒有人死亡。

Ben Hur.

Ben Hur.

45. Mussolini didn\'92t make the trains run on time;

45.墨索里尼沒有讓火車準時運行。

46. Storing batteries in the freezer does not improve their performance;

46.將電池儲存在冰箱中並不能改善其性能。

47. THERE IS NO NEED TO REFRIGERATE PEANUT BUTTER, unless it's all natural

47.沒有必要冷藏花生醬，除非它是全天然的。

or organic or whatever;

或有機或什麼的。

48. Walt Disney is not cryogenically frozen;

48.華特-迪斯尼沒有被低溫冷凍。

49. Fidel Castro was never given a tryout by the Washington Senators or any other baseball

49.菲德爾-卡斯特羅從未得到華盛頓參議員隊或任何其他棒球隊的試訓。

team and

團隊和

50. Famed sexologist Dr. Ruth was not a sniper in the Israeli army? What? She was?

50.著名的性學家魯斯博士不是以色列軍隊的狙擊手嗎？什麼? 她是?她是？

Wow. Fine, then. 50. Julia Child was not actually a spy for the United States during World War 2.

哇哦好吧，那麼。50.Julia Child在二戰期間其實並不是美國的間諜。

SHE WAS? OH I GIVE UP.

她是？哦，我放棄了。