Do they put a chemical in pools that turns urine blue?

No, this is a story that mothers tell their children, so they don't pee in the pool. This myth was also popularized in the movie "Grown Ups." I am not encouraging you to pee in the pool though, so don't do it! -  John Baskin

Are Elephants Afraid of Mice?

No, elephants are not afraid of mice. Elephants are actually one of the more fearless animals in the world. Though they are afraid of noises that may indicate that there is a predator around. That is why people think that elephants are afraid of mice, because a small noise like a small mouse scurrying around might mean that danger is near. They wouldn't likely notice a mouse though, because of their poor eyesight, and large size. - John Baskin

Did "Coca-Cola" use to contain cocaine?

Did "Coke" originally contain cocaine? Yes. "Coke"was named for its two main ingredients, the extract of coca leaves and kola nuts. No one knows how much cocaine was actually put into "Coke", but the beverage did have some cocaine in it. They didn't want to take the cocaine away, because it was in the name. Anyone could make the same "Coke" formula, but only "Coca-Cola" could put the label on the bottle. They had to keep the name! They eventually did find a substitute that was much less harmful than cocaine. It still contained very small amounts of cocaine all the way up to 1929.
 Don't think that "Coca-Cola" turned millions of "Coke" drinkers into druggies. At that time it was common to put cocaine in trade marketed medicines (which "Coke" was at the time).
-John Baskin

Giants Found in Saudi Arabia?

This picture has been all over the Internet. They say that they found giant human skeletons on an excavation in Saudi Arabia. This is false. It was actually a picture from worth1000.com, which is a website that holds photo editing contests. This was made for an archaeological find contest. It would have been all over the news if it was real.
-John Baskin

Wizard of Oz Myths

This rumor is that a cast member, or a little person hung himself in the background of the "We're off to see the wizard" scene. The truth is that MGM bought 300 birds and a few of them were picked to be in the background, including a crane. It was just stretching its legs.


There is another myth that the man who played "The Tin Man" died from the aluminum paint. The truth is that the paint coated his lungs from him breathing it too much. He was in critical condition, and was replaced by another actor.  The original "Tin Man" actually outlived all of the other cast members! He lived to 95!

- John Baskin

Do vampire bats suck blood?

Yes, and no. Vampire bats feed on nothing but blood, but actually scrape their prey and then drink the blood from the scrape. Don't worry, they don't drink human blood. The horses, and cattle don't get hurt either. It is more like an annoying mosquito than a monster.
-John Baskin

Snakes in the Ball-Pit

Legend has it that once there was a boy who was playing in a ball pit at a local fast food play area. His mother heard him whimpering, and he simply said, "Mommy, it hurts."He died 30 minutes later. The mother went back a few minutes later to look for red ants in the ball pit, which he was allergic to. Instead she found a family of vipers! Is this true? No. This is an e-mail prank that has been around for more than a decade. It was just made up. There are other versions that include a needle full of heroin and a boy named Kevin Archer.  
 - John Baskin

Can a penny dropped from a building kill a person below?

The myth is that if you drop a penny from the top of the "Empire State Building" it can kill a pedestrian below, or go through the side-walk. A penny is not a spherical shape, therefore it is very unstable. It has a flat bottom, and the wind would slow it down. If it went sideways it still would be unstable and would slow down at times when it is sideways.
- John Baskin

Was Walt Disney's head actually frozen?

Disney's health has been going down hill, and on November 2, 1966 he went to "St. Joseph's Hospital"for pains in his leg and chest. They then found a lump in his left lung, and knew that he didn't have much longer to live. He then died on November 15, 1966. It does seem like he would be the person to do that, knowing that he made the "Monorail", and "EPCOT" just before his death. He wasn't though. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at "Forest Lawn Memorial Park" in Glendale. Cryogenically freezing wasn't even possible when he died          
    
          - John Baskin

The "Mega Woosh"

The "Mega Woosh" looks like the best stunt ever pulled off, but is it? The short answer, no.

- John Baskin

"Giant Lego Ball"

The giant lego ball on youtube looks so real, but is it? Well the video said that the "Lego Ball" was made out of 5 million lego pieces! Not one piece fell off. Those chances are 1 in 5,000,000! Also the "Myth Busters" proved this wrong. They also wouldn't have been able to get access to a busy street in San-Francisco. In the video you could also see that it was made out of Styrofoam, and slabs of thin plastic that look like legos, but aren't This still is a pretty cool youtube video though. It

- John Baskin

Chem-Trails

In 1996 a new conspiracy was born. It was that the "USAF" was spraying harmful chemicals into the atmosphere for a purpose undisclosed to the general public. The weird thing is is that they are all around each other. Some people think they do that to block out the sun! People never feel good after there are lots of them around.

So are chem-trails fact or fiction? They are fiction. chem-trails are often confused with con-trails, which are strings of condensed water vapor. People then said that chem-trails were larger. False! That is just a plane flying at a lower altitude. They are all clustered together, because they are on similar flight paths. It does cause some pollution, which may be the cause of not feeling well after seeing them. It could also be your imagination playing tricks on you. So don't go out buying gas masks, chem-trails aren't real.

- John Baskin