25. List of Common Misconceptions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions

24. North Sentinel Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island
Holy shit! There’s an island with people who have basically never had any contact with the outside world! Why didn’t I know about this?

23. UVB-76 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76
Almost 30 years later, and we STILL don’t know what this is!

22. Sealand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealand
Wow, this takes balls!

21. Toba Catastrophe Event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory
It almost resulted in the deaths of all humans! This is why we are all so closely related (relatively speaking).

20. Deviancy Amplification Spiral http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviancy_amplification_spiral
I love this name.

19. Megatsunamis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatsunami
Wow, this is terrifying

18. Doggerland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland

17.Banana Equivalent dose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
A really easily comprehensible way to talk about a very complex problem.

16. Unethical human experimentation in the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States

15. Pareidolia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Constantly seeing faces in clouds, toast, and stains? There’s a word for that. .

14. Forer Effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect
You can tell people who believe in the validity of astrology about this, but they’ll still not be convinced.

13. Willem Johan Kolff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kolff
This guy has no Nobel Prize in Medicine. The guy who invented the lobotomy? Yeah, he’s got one.

12. Solipcism Syndrome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism_syndrome
Hard to believe Wikipedia has a whole explanation of this yet marijuana is never mentioned.

11. 1951 Pont Saint Esprit mass poisoning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_Pont-Saint-Esprit_mass_poisoning
This blows my mind.

10. Lydia Fairchild
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild
If Franz Kafka had been an American woman, this is the story he would have written . . . and readers would have found it to be as fantastical as “Metamorphosis.”

9. Prince Philip Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement
You know, with all the crazy conspiracy theories out there that involve the British royal family, why does this not feature in any of them?

8. Bokononism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokononism
I miss Kurt Vonnegut.

7. Diprosopus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprosopus
Once you get to the part about Sonic the Hedgehog, you’re going to be as sure this is a joke as you were that Herman Cain’s presidential bid was a joke when you learned he was quoting Pokemon in his stump speeches and got his tax plan from Sim City. But evidently, this is real.

6. Noma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noma_(disease)
I’m just shocked I’d never heard of it before.

5. List of memory biases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_memory_biases
Comes in handy when dealing with two people who have different recollections.

4. Yonaguni Monument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonaguni_monument

3. Mimic Octopus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_octopus
I love Octopodi! It’s the closest you’ll get to a completely alien intelligence outside of meeting beings from other planets. Check out some video here:

2. Group Narcissism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_narcissism

1. Dunbar’s Number
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number
Next time your new date asks you what your number is, answer “I’m not sure, but it’s definitely somewhere between 100 to 230,” with confidence!