http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/ The latest Myth Busters from Fortean Times UK en-GB Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:41:56 +0000 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:41:56 +0000 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk 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 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/336/hot_heads.html Do we really lose most heat through our head? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/344/shaving_for_growth.html Does shaving really promote a wirey bush? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/353/victoria_and_the_lesbians.html Did she really find it so inconceivable? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/356/lord_nelsons_eyepatch.html Did he really have one? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/368/the_quick_and_the_dead.html Can there really be more people alive now than ever died? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/375/marathon.html Was it really 26 miles? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/383/famous_sayings.html All the things they never said Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/399/itchy_oysters.html Are their pearls really formed from expelling grit? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/436/brain_cells.html Do we really have a finite amount to work with? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/440/petrol_and_cigarettes.html Does it really go ka-boom? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/570/no_more_blondes.html Are blondes really a vanishing breed? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/606/drakes_bowls.html Was Sir Francis Drake really so laissez-faire in the face of the oncoming Armada? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/646/rasputin_the_indestructible.html Was he really so hard to kill? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/mythbusters/664/walking_the_plank.html Did it ever really happen? Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100