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Oct 7, 2014

Common Mythconceptions: World's Most Contagious Falsehoods

By David McCandless / informationisbeautiful.net
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A fun infographic on common myths and misconceptions from the book Knowledge is Beautiful. Click the infographic for a scalable full-size image.

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