{"id":13871,"date":"2011-01-05T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13871"},"modified":"2011-01-05T19:42:02","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T17:42:02","slug":"wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. \u00a0Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. \u00a0But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. \u00a0Today I saw just such a page &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_common_misconceptions\">List of common misconceptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those misconceptions are well popularized by now. \u00a0Some I&#8217;ve seen before by accident (for example, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/tv\/mythbusters\/\">MythBusters<\/a>&#8221; show on Discovery channel takes care of some). \u00a0Some are not at all important to me. \u00a0But some really surprised and shocked me. \u00a0After reading through the whole list, here are those that were new and surprising to me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a common misconception among Americans that the signing of the\u00a0Declaration of Independence occurred on July 4, 1776. The official signing occurred on August 2, 1776. \u00a0<em>Never knew.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Napoleon Bonaparte (pictured) was not especially short. <em>1.68 meters. \u00a0I thought he was indeed short.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>There is no evidence that\u00a0Vikings wore horns on their helmets.<\/strong> <em>This is the biggest shock to me. \u00a0No, really.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0ancient Rome, there was no wide-spread practice of self-induced vomiting after meals, and Romans did not build rooms called vomitoria in which to purge themselves after a meal.\u00a0Vomitoria were tunnels underneath the seats of a stadium, through which crowds entered and exited. \u00a0<em>I&#8217;ve heard this too many times and never heard anything of the opposite. \u00a0So I assumed it was true. \u00a0Better check next time.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Entrapment law in the\u00a0United States does not require police officers to identify themselves as police in the case of a sting or other undercover work. \u00a0<em>Every time I saw it in the movies, I thought it was stupid nonsense. \u00a0Turns out I was right.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>When a\u00a0meteor lands on Earth (after which it is termed a\u00a0meteorite), it is not usually hot. In fact, many are found with\u00a0frost on them. \u00a0<em>Never knew.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>It is a common misconception that\u00a0seasons are caused by the\u00a0Earth being closer to the\u00a0Sun in the summer than in the winter.<\/strong> In fact, the Earth is actually farther from the Sun when it is summer in the\u00a0Northern Hemisphere. Seasons are the result of the Earth being\u00a0tilted on its axis by 23.5 degrees. \u00a0<em>They taught me this misconception at school. \u00a0Back when I used to believe my teachers. \u00a0Damn it.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>People do not use\u00a0only ten percent of their brains. \u00a0<em>I never believed this anyway. \u00a0Good to know I was right.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>There is also no evidence that reading in dim light or sitting close to a television causes vision to deteriorate. \u00a0<em>Again, I am surprised I was right. \u00a0Never ever did I believe this for a second. \u00a0And I had proof of my perfect vision.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Prolonged exposure to cold weather such as rain or winter conditions does not increase the likelihood of catching a\u00a0cold. \u00a0<em>I kept saying this for years. \u00a0Every time people looked at me like I am an idiot. I&#8217;m not denying that I am an idiot, but give me a break with the looks when I say at least something that is true.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Although it is commonly believed that most body heat is lost through a person&#8217;s head, this is not correct. The head loses as much heat as any other part of the body. \u00a0<em>I was told this so many times that I almost believed. \u00a0Good thing I had my own data for not wearing a hat at -25C.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Humans have more than five\u00a0senses. <em>I always knew that we have more. I just was not smart enough to think of examples. \u00a0Thank you, Wikipedia.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulls are not enraged by the color red<\/strong>, used in capes by professional\u00a0matadors. Cattle are red-green color-blind. It is not the color of the cape that angers the bull, but rather the movement of the fabric that irritates the bull and incites it to charge. <em>This is new to me. And shocking. \u00a0I&#8217;ve seen an angry bull once. \u00a0I should have been more worried about my movements than my cloths. \u00a0I&#8217;m glad I survived to learn this.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have you been surprised by any of the misconceptions in that page?<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. \u00a0Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. \u00a0But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. \u00a0Today &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wikipedia on common misconceptions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1114,1336,1112],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-education","tag-inspiration","tag-wikipedia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"VHvdD0_usx1_4DzKy_QCVcICVgX2EgA2ybELT-wl7kQ\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leonid Mamchenkov - Life, universe, and everything else\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-01-05T17:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-01-05T17:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamchenkovBlog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"headline\":\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":2,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"All, education, inspiration, wikipedia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"All\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"All\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"description\":\"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/05\\\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"description\":\"Life, universe, and everything else\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today","canonical_url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"VHvdD0_usx1_4DzKy_QCVcICVgX2EgA2ybELT-wl7kQ","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#blogposting","name":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov","headline":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"},"datePublished":"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00","dateModified":"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":2,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"All, education, inspiration, wikipedia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","name":"All"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"All","item":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#listItem","name":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","name":"All"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person","name":"Leonid Mamchenkov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/","name":"Leonid Mamchenkov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/","name":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"datePublished":"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00","dateModified":"2011-01-05T19:42:02+02:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/","name":"Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"Life, universe, and everything else","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Leonid Mamchenkov - Life, universe, and everything else","og:type":"article","og:title":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov","og:description":"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today","og:url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/","og:image":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg","og:image:width":1024,"og:image:height":1024,"article:published_time":"2011-01-05T17:42:02+00:00","article:modified_time":"2011-01-05T17:42:02+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamchenkovBlog","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@mamchenkov","twitter:title":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions - Leonid Mamchenkov","twitter:description":"It is way too easy to get lost on Wikipedia. Pages upon pages upon pages of information, with links to each other and to outside resources make time stop. But once in a while one can stumble across a page that conveniently collects numerous bits of knowledge and wisdom in a lengthy item list. Today","twitter:creator":"@mamchenkov","twitter:image":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"13871","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-07-19 22:39:45","updated":"2026-01-15 06:19:52","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/\" title=\"All\">All<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tWikipedia on common misconceptions\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress"},{"label":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},{"label":"Wikipedia on common misconceptions","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/05\/wikipedia-on-common-misconceptions\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42635,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/20\/container-misconceptions\/","url_meta":{"origin":13871,"position":0},"title":"Container misconceptions","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Ricard Bejarano points out a few container misconceptions. I particular like the bit about Swarm as a better option than Kubernetes for individual projects and small setups (1-2 nodes): Swarm\u00a0is Docker, Inc.'s orchestrator. It started development five years ago. It's built into the Docker Engine, which makes it the same\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26393,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/05\/3-serious-but-common-misconceptions-about-software-testing\/","url_meta":{"origin":13871,"position":1},"title":"3 serious (but common) misconceptions about software testing","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"QA Symphony looks at\u00a03 serious (but common) misconceptions about software testing: Testing is a Cost Center Legacy Tools are Good Enough Testing Is Easy These are indeed very common. Let me just briefly focus on the last one. \u00a0Consider how quickly the complexity escalates. \u00a0You are a building a simple\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18380,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/18\/the-daily-post-introduces-photography-101-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":13871,"position":2},"title":"The Daily Post introduces Photography 101 series","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Daily Post blog which I mentioned a few times before has started yet another rather useful thingy - a series of posts on how to become a better photographer. \u00a0Here is the first post, and it's rather good. \u00a0There are not too lengthy explanations, bullet point summaries, and, of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18872,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/27\/local-copy-of-the-wikipedia\/","url_meta":{"origin":13871,"position":3},"title":"Local copy of the Wikipedia","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Slashdot tells that there is a way to have a local copy of Wikipedia on your computer: Want your own copy of English Wikipedia with images? Got 100 GB of disk space? Then open-source app\u00a0XOWA\u00a0may be of interest to you. The project released torrents yesterday for the 2013-11-04 version of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26257,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/18\/wikiwand-wikipedia-modernized\/","url_meta":{"origin":13871,"position":4},"title":"Wikiwand &#8211; Wikipedia Modernized","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across an interesting take on Wikipedia - Wikiwand. \u00a0It's basically an upgraded and modernized design of the Wikipedia. \u00a0You can either search and browse it like you do with the regular Wikipedia, or, better even, install a browser extension (here's one for Google Chrome), which will redirect all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/options.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18388,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/20\/drilling-square-holes\/","url_meta":{"origin":13871,"position":5},"title":"Drilling Square Holes","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 20, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Drilling Square Holes WOW! A bit that drills square holes ... it defies common sense. How can a revolving edge cut anything but a circular hole? Not only do such bits exist (as well as bits for pentagonal, hexagonal and octagonal holes), but they derive their shape from a simple\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13871"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyring_services?post=13871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}