http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/ The latest Myth Busters from Fortean Times UK en-GB Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:02:59 +0100 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:02:59 +0100 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/5575/spartan_infanticide.html Truly the merciless warriors of legend? Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:40:44 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/5521/drunken_elephants.html Sozzled on rotting fruit Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:27:29 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/5134/ivy.html Creeping suspicions Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:50:47 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/5098/wrens_redundant_columns.html Unsupportable tale Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:50:20 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/4951/conkers.html It's health and safety gone mad! Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:57:22 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/4573/tutankhamens_peas.html More mysterious than the peas your 'mummy' made Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:32:33 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/4357/schrdingers_cat.html The silly alive-and-dead moggy Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:51:13 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/4174/pillsnbooze.html Alcohol and antibiotics don't mix. Or do they? Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:18:25 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/3985/slavery.html How come an anti-slavery law was passed this year when everyone knows slavery was abolished centuries ago? Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:23:39 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/3781/the_tongue_map.html Everyone knows that sweet is tasted on the tip of the tongue and bitter at the back... isn't it? Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:05:13 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/3547/evolving_hedgehogs.html Are our prickly friends learning to run instead of rolling up to escape squishing? Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:08:15 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/3379/tight_pants.html The idea that constrictive underwear lowers your sperm count is a load of balls Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:39:03 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/3196/dirty_flies.html Everyone know flies and their mucky little feet spread diseases... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:14:26 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/3091/monopoly.html Hasbro claim the game about getting rich quick was invented by a "little guy with a vision". Was it? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:47:32 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/2911/moss_growth.html Can moss give you directions? Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/2725/the_parakeets_of_london.html Are they the great-great-grandchicks of Jimi Hendrix's pet birds? Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:58:20 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/340/too_cold_to_snow.html Is it really true that snow can't fall during very cold spells? Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:40:18 +0000 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/53/the_charge_of_the_light_brigade.html How many men really died? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/75/penicillin.html Was Fleming's discovery really such a lucky accident? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/329/streets_of_dung.html Did the Victorians really think London would turn into a sea of horse manure? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/331/viking_titfers.html Did they really have horns on their hats? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 0