# Common Misconceptions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 13, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094 "2018-05-13T17:28:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094/41 "2018-05-15T18:50:51Z")

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The North star is the brightest star in the sky.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094/42 "2018-05-15T19:13:25Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> That’s silly. There’s not enough room on most bananas.

Another common misconception.

What you call “bananas” are actually “bananos” (same root as the SI prefix for E-9), which are much much smaller than the (less common) full-sized variety.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094/43 "2018-05-15T19:17:15Z")

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> [@blood63](#):
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> The North star is the brightest star in the sky.

I don’t know of anyone that thought it was.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-misconceptions/814094/44 "2018-05-15T20:20:42Z")

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The Kremlin is a building with colourful towers and candy-striped onion-domes.

Nope. That’s St Basil’s Cathedral (actually the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat). The Kremlin is the big red fort next door.

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