# Understanding Misbelief/How sure are you?

Rate each of the following statements on a scale from 1 to 7 according to your degree of certainty, where 1 = definitely true, and 7 = definitely false.
| Definitely true | Likely True | Might be True | I don’t know | Might be False | Likely False | Definitely False |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Choose from this list of conspiracy theories, or from the list below.
* A day is exactly 24 hours.
* A full moon causes more crime or strange behavior.
* A penny dropped from the Empire State Building can kill someone.
* Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope.
* Albert Einstein invented the atomic bomb.
* Alcohol kills all bacteria in a wound.
* Alcohol kills brain cells.
* Alcohol warms you up.
* An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
* Astronauts experience zero gravity in space.
* Bats are blind.
* Ben Franklin discovered electricity by flying a kite.
* Birds will reject their chicks if humans touch them.
* Black belts in martial arts must register their hands as weapons.
* Black holes are cosmic vacuums sucking everything in.
* Bulls hate the color red.
* Camels store water in their humps.
* Carrots improve night vision.
* Chameleons change color to match their surroundings.
* Chewing gum stays in your stomach for seven years.
* Cleopatra was Egyptian.
* Coca-Cola can dissolve a tooth overnight.
* Coffee stunts growth.
* Columbus discovered America.
* Cracking knuckles causes arthritis.
* Daddy longlegs spiders are the most venomous, but their fangs are too short to bite humans.
* Detox diets cleanse your body.
* Eating before swimming causes cramps.
* Einstein failed math as a student.
* Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow.
* Fortune cookies are a Chinese tradition.
* Going out in cold weather causes colds.
* Goldfish grow only to the size of their bowl.
* Goldfish have a three-second memory.
* Hair and nails keep growing after death.
* Humans have only five senses.
* Humans only use 10% of their brains.
* If you touch a baby bird, its mother will reject it.
* Left-brained people are logical and right-brained people are creative.
* Lemmings commit mass suicide.
* Lightning never strikes the same place.
* Mac computers cannot get viruses.
* Marie Antoinette said, “Let them eat cake”.
* Microwaving food destroys nutrients.
* Napoleon was extremely short.
* NASA spent millions inventing a pen while the Soviets used a pencil.
* Ostriches bury their heads in the sand when scared.
* People in the Middle Ages believed the Earth was flat.
* Raw cookie dough is dangerous only because of raw eggs.
* Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight.
* Salem witches were burned at the stake.
* Seasons are caused by Earth’s distance from the Sun.
* Seasons are caused by the Earth being closer or farther from the Sun.
* Sharks must keep swimming, or they will die.
* Shaving makes hair grow back thicker.
* Spicy food causes ulcers.
* Sugar causes hyperactivity in children.
* The Big Bang was an explosion.
* The five-second rule makes dropped food safe.
* The Great Fire of London ended the Black Plague.
* The Great Wall of China is visible from space.
* The internet and the World Wide Web are the same thing.
* The Library of Alexandria was burned in one event.
* The moon has a dark side.
* The Sun is yellow.
* There is no gravity in space.
* Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb.
* Toads cause warts.
* Toilet water swirls in different directions in different hemispheres.
* Vaccines cause autism.
* Vikings discovered America first.
* Vikings wore horned helmets.
* Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen.
* Water conducts electricity.
* Yawning means you are tired.
* You can see the Great Wall of China from the Moon.
* You lose most of your body heat through your head.
* You swallow spiders in your sleep.
* Your hair and nails grow faster after death.
* Your heart stops when you sneeze.