We've all heard them, but do you know if they're really true? You'll find all the answers to some of the world's most talked about myths (and some not so talked about ones).

1. MSG is a dangerous food additive.
Arguable

2. Aspartame has been proven to cause multiple health problems.
Arguable

3. The State of Idaho passed a resolution commending Jared and Jerusha Hess for the production of their film Napoleon Dynamite.
True

4. The Wright brothers invented airplanes.
True

5. A Chicago teen staging a mock hanging for a Halloween party died when the stunt went wrong.
True

6. Peter, Paul and Mary's hit song "Puff the Magic Dragon" is about smoking marijuana.
Myth

7. The characters of "Gilligan's Island" were intentioally cast to represent the seven deadly sins, with Gilligan playing the Devil.
Myth

8. Adolph Hitler drew the first picture of what the Volkswagon Beetle should look like, inspired to create "the car of the future" that anyone could afford.
True

9. A 39-year-old virginia man who tried to stuff 50 pounds of laundry into a washing machine with his feet accidentally turned it on and was spin-cycled to death.
Myth

10. Lightning is good for crops.
True

11. A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.
True

12. Elephants are not afraid of mice.
True

13. Putting grease or butter on a burn will help to minimize the damage.
Myth

14. Identical twins have identical fingerprints.
Myth

15. George Washington was killed when he bled to death while being treated for a sore throat.
True

16. Reading in low light will damage your eyes.
Myth

17. Oxygen is added to the air in casinos to keep customers from feeling tired.
Myth

18. Japanese thieves once sent a thank you note to a bank after robbing it.
True

19. Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" after a bet that he couldn't write a book using less than 50 different words.
True

20. The Pilgrims first landed at Plymouth Rock.
Myth

21. On average, American hospitals treat 120 people a day injured by toilet seats.
True

22. Musician Ronnie Smith told Elvis to "stick to driving a truck because you'll never make it as a singer".
True

23. Martha Stewart had herself cloned by a Columbia University geneticist.
Myth

24. Four leave clovers are fairly common.
True

25. Pirates used to make their victims walk the plank.
Myth

26. Fish don't drink.
True

27. Chickens don't sit on their eggs; they squat over them.
True

28. Benjamin Franklin came up with daylight savings time.
True

29. A Virginia golfer who played 36 holes while carrying his tee in his mouth was poisoned by a pesticide used on the course and died 10 days later.
True

30. A lawyer demonstrating the strength of the windows in his 25th floor office to a group of visiting law students crashed through the glass and fell to his death.
True

31. Blind people have better hearing than people who can see.
Myth

32. The tomato is a fruit and is considered a very large berry.
True

33. Cats have no ability to taste sweet things.
True

34. Too much caffeine can be fatal.
True

35. The hole in the middle of Life Savers was a manufacturing flaw that the candy's inventor decided to keep.
True

36. Taking lots of vitamin C or wearing a coat will help prevent a cold.
Myth

37. A chemical can be added to swimming pools to turn the water red when someone urinates in the pool.
Myth

38. Squirrels don't get rabies.
Myth

39. Drinking coffee will stunt your growth.
Myth

40. Human beings only use 10% of their brains.
Myth

41. Cooties are a kind of body lice.
True

42. Chicago was named the windy city because it's politicians were considered longwinded.
True

43. An abused goat that killed its owner was saved by animal rights activists from being put down.
True

44. A New York pathologist died of shock when a corpse he was cutting into grabbed him by the throat.
True

45. Henry Ford invented the automobile.
Myth

46. Thomas Edison invented the electric chair to demonstrate alternating current is dangerous.
True

47. A T-bone steak will dissolve withing 48 hours if it is left to soak in Coke.
Myth

48. Charlie Chaplin's remains were stolen and held for ransom.
True

49. Donald Trump bought a house for a good samaritan who helped him change a flat tire.
Myth

50. Marilyn Monroe stuttered as a child.
True

51. There is no living descendant of William Shakespeare.
True

52. Factory windows are frequently painted over to keep employees from being distracted by the outside world.
True

53. Sky surfer Rod Harris died in December, 1995 when his parachute failed to open during filming for a Mountain Dew commercial.
True

54. Two Michigan duck hunters who threw dynamite onto a frozen lake to open up a hole for waterfowl watched in shock as their Labrador Retriever returned with the burning stick of TNT and blew up their truck.
Myth

55. In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh.
True

56. Columbia Records mistakenly released a Byrds album without a title.
True

57. A Press Your Luck game show contestant memorized the game board's light patterns and won more than $100,000.
True

58. Microsoft helped fund an organization called Citizens Against Government Waste that lobbied state attorneys to drop their antitrust suit against the company.
True

59. A bank teller who refused to validate the parking ticket of a customer was shocked when the man closed his account and moved more than $1 million to a bank across the street.
True

60. During a 1978 murder trial, a California lawyer succesfully argued that his client's judgement was impaired due to the consumption of Twinkies.
Myth

61. Four would-be carjackers were killed when their intended victim drove around the body they had left on the road as a decoy and through the underbrush they were hiding in.
Myth

62. A Russian pilot once survived a 21,980 foot fall from his damaged plane.
True

63. Actress Tori Spelling had two ribs removed to reduce her waist size.
Myth

64. Rock band Van Halen demand a bowl of M&M's with all the brown candies removed as part of every concert contract.
True

65. The first toilet ever to appear on American TV was on Leave It To Beaver.
Myth

66. A British man who let his five-week ticket for the National Lottery expire killed himself when he heard his numbers had been drawn.
True

67. Sucking on a penny or a breath mint can help you pass a breathalyzer test if you've been drinking.
Myth

68. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day- July 4th, 1826.
True

69. Two California boys who made up a name to get a free ice cream cone were shocked when, years later, the Selective Service sent notice that their ficticious identity had yet to register for the draft.
True

70. A man who goes by the name "slavemaster" on internet chat rooms has murdered 56 women and is the focus of a nation-wide manhunt by the FBI.
Myth

71. Vic Morrow and two child actors from Twilight Zone, The Movie were killed by a helicopter during the latenight filming of a Vietnam battle scene in Valencia, California.
True

72. A woman who fell asleep on a mattress in an Alabama garbage bin woke up hours later in a Georgia landfill more than 20 miles away.
True

73. Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell out of a tree he was sitting under and hit him in the head.
Myth

74. A tourist who claimed a cable-car accident turned her into a nymphomaniac won $50,000 in damages from San Francisco in 1964.
True

75. A Swedish man who tried to shoplift a frozen chicken by hiding it under his hat wound up in the hospital suffering from icing of the brain.
Myth

76. The letters in FUBU, a popular line of sportswear, stand for "For Us By Us".
True

77. Betty Crocker was a real woman.
Myth

78. German chemist Robert W. Bunsen invented the Bunsen burner.
Myth

79. Prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, actor James Wood reported seeing four men who appeared to be hijackers making a trial run on an airline flight between Boston and Los Angles.
True

80. The 30-year-old news anchor Chris Chubbuck produced a gun and shot herself on live TV after a technical error prevented her from airing a story on schedule.
True

81. A Japanese woman died in North Dakota while searching for the drug money buried by a fictional character in the movie Fargo.
True

82. The Ku Klux Klan owns Snapple.
Myth

83. Mrs. Butterworth was a real woman.
Myth

84. The premier game of the X-treme Football League recieved a 1.6 Nielsen rating, the lowest for any primetime network program.
True

85. A college girl who went to bed in the dark so she wouldn't disturb her roommate awoke the next morning to find her friend murdered and the words, "Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the light?" written in blood on the wall.
Myth

86. A college student whose roommate commits suicide automatically receives a 4.0 average for the semester.
Myth

87. The Swiffer WetJet is hazerdous to dogs and other household pets.
Myth

88. The suicide rate increases significantly during the winter holiday season.
Myth

89. The day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year.
Myth

90. Power companies fine customers for keeping their Christmas lights up too long.
Myth

91. Pins, needles, and razor blades have been found in candy collected by trick-or-treaters.
True

92. The personalities of the dwarf characters in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs represent the seven stages of cocaine addiction.
Myth

93. Somewhere in the U.S. there is a famed haunted house so scary that no visitor has ever completed it.
Myth

94. Bubble Yum chewing gum contains spider eggs.
Myth

95. Alligators live in the New York City sewer system.
Myth

96. A dogowner returns to her home to find her dog choking. She rushes her dog to the vet and is told to leave it overnight. An hour later the vet calls and tells her to get out of the house immediately- the dog was choking on fingers! The police investigate and find a burgualr missing 3 fingers hiding in the closet.
Myth

97.McDonald's is the world's largest buyer of cow eyeballs.
Myth

98. A woman trying to look her best for her wedding cooked herself by being over-exposed to tanning bed rays.
Myth

99. A young boy died from eating Pop Rocks candy with Coke.
Myth

100. Two men each lost an arm in a tug-of-war contest.
True

101. In January 1919, a wave of molasses swept through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.
True

102. A man was burned to death while attempting to rescue his friend's dog from a boiling hot spring.
True

103. A Las Vegas tourist was electrocuted while crossing the street.
True

104. A Houston doctor was decapitated by an elevator.
True

105. An eruption of carbon dioxide from a lake killed hundreds of people.
True

106. After repeatedly complaining about the smell in their room, a couple staying in a hotel discover a dead body under their bed.
True

107. An Arizona man keeps his dead wife in a glass-enclosed coffee table.
Myth

108. Venomous spiders hide beneath toilet seats in public restrooms.
Myth

109. A man who died at his office desk went unnoticed by his co-workers until five days after his death.
Myth

110. Gang members drive without headlights on, then kill anyone who flashes them.
Myth

111. While making out on lover’s lane, a young couple hears a report on the radio that a killer with a hook for a hand has escaped and is nearby. The girl insists on being driven home immediately; upon arrival at her house, the boy discovers a bloody hook hanging from the passenger-side car door handle.
Myth

112. The Amityville Horror is based on a true story.
Myth

113. A child drowned after jumping into the ocean to see SpongeBob SquarePants.
Myth

114. A cursed mummy sunk the Titanic.
Myth

115. A man was electrocuted when he answered his cell phone when it was still recharging.
True

116. An anti-seat belt law advocate was killed in a car crash.
True

117. A motorist caught speeding by photo radar pays his fine with a picture of money so police send him a photo of handcuffs in return.
True

118. Nike declined a customer's request to have his shoes personalized with the word "sweatshop".
True

119. Colonel Sanders left a will specifying that 10% of KFC's profits are to be donated to the Ku Klux Klan.
Myth

120. A woman sued a radio station when the Hummer she won in their contest turned out to only be a toy.
True

121. The U.S. government grants immigrants a seven-year tax holiday upon their arrival to the United States.
Myth

122. Atari buried millions of unsold E.T. game cartridges in a New Mexico desert landfill.
True

123. M&Ms turned down the opportunity to have their candy featured in E.T., as a result, Reese's Pieces were featured, and sales went through the roof.
True

124. The toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper.
Myth

125. Gap was started by a gay man who wanted the store name to stand for "Gay And Proud".
Myth

126. When you take the SAT, you get 200 points just for spelling your name correctly.
Myth

127. Burglars check newspaper obituaries so they can rob homes when the residents are out attending funerals.
True

128. Rice is harmful to birds.
Myth

129. Some brands of kitty litter are radioactive.
Myth

130. If you touch a baby bird, their mothers won't take care of them.
Myth

131. Eating carrots will improve your vision.
Myth

132. JELL-O's main ingredient, gelatin, is made from the boiled bones and hides of animals.
True

133. Dropped food remains germ free if picked up within 5 seconds after dropping it.
False

134. Gatorade was first created by researchers at the University of Florida, getting its name from the Florida Gators.
True

135. A man starved to death rather than leave his computer to eat.
Myth

136. The drug Premarin is produced from the urine of pregnant horses.
True

137. Being an only child exempts you from military service.
Myth

138. Ciara was once a man.
Myth

139. A frog placed in water that is brought to a boil through a gradual temperature increase will make no attempt to escape.
Myth

140. Four deaths have occured among the cast of the Poltergeist films due to a curse.
Myth

141. Three people died from suffocation after sealing their home with plastic sheeting and duct tape.
True

142. A clever consumer earned a lifetime of free air travel by taking advantage of a Healthy Choice pudding promotion.
True

143. A man drifted three miles above Los Angeles in a lawn chair tied to helium weather balloons.
True

144. Water boiled in a microwave can suddenly explode if heated for too long.
True

145. Tapping on the side (or top) of a can of soda will prevent soda from spewing out when its opened.
Myth

146. The average person swallows eight spiders per year.
Myth

147. If a penny is placed on railroad tracks, the train will derail.
Myth

148. Toilets flush clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern.
Myth

149. The baggy pants fad was born in prison. Baggy pants were a way of signaling to other inmates that they were "available".
Myth

150. Steve Burns of Blue's Clues died of a drug overdose.
Myth

151. Chewing gum takes seven years to digest.
Myth

152. If you eat and go swimming without waiting an hour, you'll get cramps.
Myth

153. Right-handed people live longer than left-handed people.
Myth

154. The toilet waste from an airplane's bathroom is held in tanks and emptied when the plane arrives at its destination.
True

155. Cracking your fingers excesevley can cause swollen ligaments, swollen joints and a weaker grip.
True

156. Eating sugar will make you hyper.
Myth

157. There are people who can talk to the dead.
Myth

158. Breathing in secondhand smoke causes lung cancer.
Myth

159. The earth is warming at alarming rates.
Myth

160. Recycling is beneficial to the enviroment.
Myth

161. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
Myth

162. The life span of a taste bud is 10 days.
True

163. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
True

164. Chinese is the most spoken language in the world.
True

165. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star was composed by Mozart when he was 5 years old.
True

166. The average person spends 2 weeks of their life waiting for a traffic light to change.
True

167. In 1878, the first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names.
True

168. Adolescents have died huffing from cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air.
True

169. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.
True

170. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
True

171. Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
True

172. The eye makes movements 50 times every second.
True

173. Colored paper weighs more than white paper.
Myth

174. Your eye expands up to 45% when looking at something pleasing.
True

175. About half of all Americnas are on a diet on any given day.
True

176. The U.S. gov. has 4 warehouses devoted to cotton-swab storage.
Myth

177. Cats can hear ultrasound.
True

178. The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
True

179. The world's termite population outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
True

180. Frogs never drink.
True

181. Hopscotch was a form of torture in the 1500s.
Myth

182. A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.
True

183. You burn 20 calories per hour chewing gum.
True

184. The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.
True

185. Combining Coca-Cola and aspirin will get you high.
Myth

186. Your personal information can be obtained through the Zabasearch.com web site.
True

187. According to the revised terms of service for AOL's Instant Messaging (AIM) service, they "have the right to use anything in your IM messages in any way without compensation to you."
Myth