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List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This is a list of current, widely held, erroneous ideas and beliefs about notable topics which have been reported by reliable sources from around the world. Each has been discussed in published literature, as has its topic area and the facts concerning it. In ancient Rome , the architectural feature called a vomitorium was the entranceway through which crowds entered and exited a stadium, not a special room used for purging food during meals. [ 1 ] Although wealthy gluttons and emperors with excessive appetites might be accused of binging and purging, vomiting was not a regular part of Roman dining customs . [ 2 ] Nero did not "fiddle" during the Great Fire of Rome ( violins had not yet been invented, nor was he playing the lyre ).
