14 Facts People Believe To Be True.. But Aren't
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Common misconceptions people believe to be true.
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1. Women aren't the only ones with ticking biological clocks. While men remain fertile their whole life, the quality decreases with age.
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2. We use more than ten percent of our brains. We use all we have, just not all at once.
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3. Swallowing gum doesn't take 7 years to digest. It passes through just like the pennies or toy soldiers you gobbled up as a tot.
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4. A cold shower wont actually dampen your libido. The shock might distract you for a bit, but that's all.
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5. Cracking your knuckles wont cause arthritis. Just annoy your friends.
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6. Despite what your mom told you, crossing your eyes wont get your face stuck that way.
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7. Getting the plaque professionally scraped from your teeth wont loosen your teeth. In fact, its the opposite!
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8. Chomping down on carrots like Bugs Bunny wont make your eyes any stronger.
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9. Cutting your hair wont make it grow faster. It may seem like it, but hair grows at the same rate regardless.
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10. There are a million theories to get rid of the hiccups, but you really cant scare them out of someone.
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11. Eating after 8:00 pm doesn't make a difference in weight gain. You metabolize things exactly the same, so cutting down on night time snacking just saves you the calories.
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12. You cant determine the gender of a pregnant woman's baby based on how high or low its carried. The 5050 chance makes it easy odds to believe, but it just isn't true.
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13. Reading in the dark wont ruin your eyesight. In the dark your eyes will switch from using their cones to their rods making it more difficult.
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14. There is no such thing as a safe tan. UVA rays in tanning beds are just as harmful as UVB.
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Women aren't the only ones with ticking biological clocks. While men remain fertile their whole life, the quality decreases with age.
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