24 debunked myths
Nathan Johnson
Published
08/19/2015
these will make you question everything
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The Swearing syndrome: Contrary to what you may believe only about 10% of people with Tourette’s have voice ticks and even fewer of those are capable of making a sailor blush with uncontrollable cursing. -
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Stained Glass Windows: I know that this one is going to rock the very foundations of your core belief systems but try and be strong. There is a myth that Stained Glass flows down over time making the top thinner than the bottom but in actuality this is just a trick of production. -
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Your pencil is not lead: Your pencil has never been lead. The “leads” have always been made from graphite. Chewing pencils did, however, cause cases of lead poisoning when older pencils were coated with leaded paint. -
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You swallow 8 spiders per year: This one has scared many a small child as they lay in bed awake at night but thankfully its just an old wives tale. If you think about it rationally, why the hell would a spider want to set up shop in your mouth anyway? Even if it did, you wouldn’t be swallowing spiders whole in your sleep. -
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The Chameleon defense strategy: The color change on these awesome reptiles is not camouflage, it’s actually an indication of their mood, in reaction to temperature and light. -
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Left and right sides of your brain: This is mostly a motor function thing and not an indication of whether you will be Ernest Hemingway or Albert Einstein. -
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The ATM response system: It sounds cool, but putting your pin backwards in to an ATM does not contact Police. It’s a pretty cool idea though. -
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Eating Carrots will not give you super powers: Carrots cannot help you see better in the dark. This myth was spread by British soldiers in WWII to mask their radar capabilities. -
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Bugs Bunny hates carrots: Feeding Bunnies carrots is actually bad for them but they’re good for you so you can’t give that excuse to your mother. -
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Churchill’s legendary ‘ugly’ quote wasn’t his: Here is a quote Churchill reportedly said to Lady Astor after she called him a drunk: “and you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning”. Unfortunately, this one apparently came from Churchill’s friend. It’s still amazing though. -
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Your tongue map: You might have thought your tongue had a mapped pattern but apparently taste sensations come from different areas of the tongue, not from any pattern. -
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Gladiators didn’t fight to the death very often: It was expensive to train Gladiators and they weren’t all slaves; some were Gladiators by choice. They were also seen in pretty much the same light as modern day sports heroes. -
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You have the memory of a Goldfish: It is false that Goldfish have an extremely short memory. They have even been trained to do tricks. -
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Sugar rush: Hyperactive children are just hyperactive. It doesn’t relate to sugar consumption but it probably doesn’t help much either. -
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Mac Computers are completely untouchable: Just like any computer Mac’s are vulnerable to viruses and Malware. -
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I’m undercover just so you know: Regardless of what you think, undercover cops don’t have to tell you they are cops. That wouldn’t make a lot of sense would it? -
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Bulls see red when they see red: It’s not the color that makes them charge, but the movement of the cape. -
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Stay free of MSG: The idea that MSG is bad for you has no basis in actual science. -
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You won the great sperm race: Think of it as less of a race and more of a siege. It requires multiple sperm to break through the eggs protective layers. -
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Little Bonaparte: Napoleon was not actually short. The confusion arose due to the size of his guards. -
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The knuckle crack experience: Donald Unger debunked the myth that cracking your fingers gives you arthritis as he spent 60 years cracking his left knuckle, while not cracking the right. Still can’t imagine that’s good for you though. -
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The down under flush: The flushing direction in the Northern and Southern hemisphere’s is not actually different. -
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Space wall of China: You cannot actually see the Great Wall of China from space. You would need specific observational equipment to do that. -
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Men do not just think through their junk: It’s a myth that men think about sex every 6 seconds. They do still think about it a lot though, the average guy will think about sex 19 times per day. I guess it’s true, you just can’t keep a good man down.
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