A factoid is either an invented or assumed statement presented as a fact, or a true but brief or trivial item of news or information.
The Great Wall of China is often incorrectly said to be visible from space with the naked eye.
Urban legends is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual or humorous event that many people believe to be true but largely are not.
Colchester Overpass, the site of the 1970s urban legend of the "Bunny Man", said to be a man or ghost in a rabbit costume who attacked people in the area
The purported "haunted cemetery" of Bachelor's Grove, located in the suburban Chicago area, here photographed in infra-red