Talk:List of common misconceptions

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Ich bin ein Berliner

While the missconception that the Berlins did not think Kennedy to state that he is a Pfannkuchen, at least today the Berliner Pfannkuchen is not usually called a "Pfannkuchen" but a "Berliner" (I can say this pretty safe as I am a german myself) also because if you would call woth the regular pancake as well as the jelly doughnout "Pfannkuchen" it woould be hard to decide wich one is ment.

I have also heard of this common missconceptions but at least today we take it as a joke towards the stupidy of the americans (having translated Kennedy´s words wrong) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skullls (talk • contribs) 21:38, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Berliner Pfannkuchen are called 'Pfannkuchen' in Berlin and east germany and 'Berliner' in most of west germany (check the wiki article on Berliner Pfannkuchen). The entry is correct in the sense that the people of Berlin did not laugh about this, many in west germany did though (and still do, it is a common joke, also featured in TV comedy shows). I would adivise to clear up the misconception. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.230.212.75 (talk) 09:41, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

small grammatical error

Under the Evolution heading, the paragraph starting with the word "Mammals", the following sentence: "With the rise of phylogenetic nomenclature in the 1990s, "reptile" also sometimes became use as a synonym for Sauropsida, which exclude the basal amniotes and the synapsid line.[176]", "became use" should read "became used". 129.111.62.224 (talk) 20:40, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Ick. I changed it to "reptile also began to be used as a synonym...". Thanks for pointing out the error. Looie496 (talk) 20:48, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Does this line make sense?

Under the Chemistry section, the last line: "In fact, the lead frames of the windows are less viscous than the panes, and if glass was indeed a slow moving liquid, the panes would warp at a higher degree.[178][179]" The section is arguing that glass isn't viscous and then goes to say that the lead frames are less viscous than the panes, which would mean that the panes have some viscosity and seems to be counter to the rest of the line. Also the last part that "if glass was indeed a slow moving liquid, the panes would warp at a higher degree." seems too obvious to state. I searched but couldn't find anything regarding the relationship between the viscosity of lead and glass in either of the two sources cited. 129.111.62.224 (talk) 20:51, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Angels were previously humans in It's a Wonderful Life?

An entry under Religion reads "The Bible does not teach that humans can or will become angels after death.[309][310][311] This myth has been proliferated by films such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Unlikely Angel (1996)."

I don't recall any part of It's a Wonderful Life claiming that angels were formerly human. The fact that angels are said to be wingless and then earn their wings does not at all imply that they were human. Can someone provide a quote where the movie makes this claim? -- Fyrefly (talk) 22:15, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Teflon and velcro are not spin-off products from NASA space projects

I think it is very relevant, and both article have references of this fact:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teflon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro