Misconceptions

mythical torture device

urban legend

South Korean misconception relating to the use of electric fans

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western cultural food hygiene myth

misconception that Europeans in Middle Ages believed in flat Earth

thumb|upright=1.35|Vomitorium at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii in [[Pompeii]]

Misconception that different parts of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different tastes

popularly held but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word

cleansing myth

erroneous, stereotypical, prejudicial belief about reasons to justify sexual aggression

Linguistic cliché

claim that some biological factor present in the defendant provides a defense against the accused crimes

危机/危機; "wēijī", claimed to represent a crisis and an opportunity

misinformation about the HIV/AIDS and its spread

supposed animal killer in the United Kingdom

academic urban legend

the false conjecture that a positive integer 𝑛 is prime iff 𝑛 divides 2ⁿ−2

the misconception of only using clock rate to compare the performance of different microprocessors

urban myth

human tendency to believe that we see the world around us objectively, and that people who disagree with us must be uninformed, irrational, or biased

commonly held beliefs about science that have no basis in actual scientific fact

Aspect of linguistic studies

a tax on meat or slaughtering