- Tommy McHugh had a stroke while pooping and became a prolific artist.
- Pope Leo's encyclical on AI may have been largely written by AI.
- Canada lost measles elimination status due to language barriers with Mennonites.
- In 1830s Massachusetts, Joseph Palmer was imprisoned for wearing a beard.
- Music promotion now uses fake accounts to boost artists.
- The myth of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary persisted into the 1700s.
- The green glowing uranium trope originated from The Simpsons, not reality.
- Rogue waves were considered myth until 1995.
- Helen DeWitt turned down a $175,000 prize to preserve her writing time.
- Commonwealth Prize story was likely AI-generated, with metaphors traced to fanfiction.
- China leads in many scientific facilities and STEM PhDs, challenging US dominance.
- Crime rates have decreased since the 1990s, but public perception says otherwise.
- ChatGPT can reduce belief in conspiracy theories by 20% after an 8-minute conversation.
- Many Americans hold basic scientific misconceptions, which chatbots may correct.