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Here's Tumblr going in on the wondrous life of Gotz von Berlichingen. If only we could all be so lucky to live a life as fruitful as the drunken warrior poet with an iron hand. The people of Tumblr know their weird history and are jazzed about letting other people know, hence this awesome tumblr thread about messed up history facts.

For whatever reason, people absolutely love to lie online. Whether it's for short-lived clout, spreading dangerous misinformation or fake internet points, there's just a bunch of troublesome liars out there. Luckily for us, there are people who identify these liars and call them out for their bullshit-spreading ways. For more online justice, here are some no-good liars who got called got called out for their absurd BS.

Everyone out there is trying to further their agenda, be it some wacky health BS, claiming credit for stolen work, or shirking responsibility from something they did wrong. Luckily for us, there's people out there committed to cutting through the manipulative BS. If you want more internet justice, then here's 13 times ridiculous liars got called out for their BS.

Whether it's a lie promoted from a government in wartime, or a company trying to to sell more product, there are some falsehoods people live with that are a direct result of very persuasive marketing. But hey, it's good to learn why we think the things we think. On a lighter note, here are fake facts people believed for WAY too long.

The world is a big amazing place filled with all types of people. Some of these people lack self awareness to a profound degree. Like it's actually amazing how bad some people are at thinking.And we love to hear about them. Here's some more dumb stuff people have said.

The world is a freaky place. Some events sound so extraordinary that they sound like a crackpot fever-dream that no one could possibly have thought to do in real life. You don't need to be Dale Gribble to believe these. These are 100% true facts (however fantastical they sound). On the other side, here are some completely unproven obscure conspiracies that people personally believe in.

President Trump was filmed saying that the noise from windmills causes cancer. The most cancerous thing going on here is the stupid in that statement. The quote from President Trump reads, "If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations, your house just went down 75% in value. And they say the noise causes cancer." Let us all just sit and stew over that one, while Twitter has a field day with the unbelievable statement. 

Are these unexplained mysteries only unexplained because we haven't tried hard enough to understand them, or is something bigger afoot? You be the judge! Maybe most of these will end up getting debunked in the comments section...

We googled almost all of them and they seem legit. So memorize a few of these if you wanna impress a first date. That said, we totally don't have your back for the second when they figure out your idiotic ruse. Anyway, here are some facts, and if you wanna feel even smarter, then here's some more.

None of these "facts" are true. They're basically a fun exercise in how things can sound true if you make up some context and throw in some names and dates. They sure sound like they're real though. You may even find some stuff that you've been mistakenly telling people for years. We take no responsibility if you end up repeating these as the truth at a party. That's on you, doofus.

People say incredibly dumb crap all the time. We're just glad that sometimes there's someone to witness it. If someone is alone in the forest, and they say something dumb, are they still an idiot? Yes, absolutely. In fact that probably makes them more stupid. Here are some instances of wondrous ignorance to scoff at.

If you ever wanted to learn about falcon husbandry, @redfacts and @commandercait broke the story on the wardrobe you're gonna need to get the job done. We're always delighted discover new wonderful things about the wild world we live in. If only they made hats this effective for attracting horny human beings. 

The following list of things guys wear or even smell like, is a manual of sorts, to life hack your way into attracting the attention of interested onlookers; if you're into such a thing. Everyone's different and comes with their own tastes, but it doesn't mean these aren't worth a try, if you're desperate! Hell, even if you're not, it's worth a shot. 

Some pieces of trivia can stick around in cultural consciousness for way too long, especially if they're untrue. It can be tempting to repeat a myth just because it sounds shocking and "unbelievable." There are oodles of misconceptions that people have about the past and future that just never seem to die.

Breaking Bad's a cocktail of chemically-infused chaos. As a viewer of the show, you get to follow a desperate high school chemistry teacher's dive into the underworld of drug dealing. His reasons for starting, and continuing his role in the illicit drug market, make for one hell of a dark and occasionally funny and brutally insightful story, that many people found themselves entertained by. If you haven't seen the show, consider the following fun facts, riddled with spoilers. That being said, these are something else!