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Some people swear by things they picked up at school or university, others rely on the opinions of experts, while there are also some who get their intake of facts from the World Wide Web. And while some of the sources might seem more reliable than others, it's not uncommon that all of them might be incorrect sometimes.
There are plenty of scientific theories that have been proven wrong, so things that you've heard from 3 friends and aunt and your grandma can definitely be wrong. Here's a list of half-truths and all-lies that many people believe but actually have either been disputed or don't have any actual substance to them, according to Wikipedia. Scroll down, read through, and see if your own perception of truth and reality is challenged. Oh, and don't forget to comment and vote on your favorites!
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#1
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism Or Autism Spectrum Disorders
Although fraudulent research by British doctor Andrew Wakefield claimed a connection, repeated attempts to reproduce the results ended in failure, and the research was ultimately shown to have been manipulated.
SnowMercy 6 years ago
VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM OR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
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Tracey Tait 6 years ago
He lost his medical license and admitted to falsifying the results of his study.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
This is true, anti-vaxxers! I had all my shots, and I'm fine. Although I did have measles twice. And have developed a man-crush on Tom DeLonge. But they have nothing to do with vaccinations. Get your kids to a doctor, and let them be stabbed. Show your kids you care.
Andres Tejeda 6 years ago
My big concern is that anti-vaxxers say they don't want their kid to get autism, yet they completely disregard the fact that we also vaccinate against other debilitating and fatal diseases like Polio, Rubela, Scarlet Fever, Measles, Mumps, and others.
Hazy Egg 6 years ago
Latest research shows that getting measles can wipe out your immune system for a year. For someone who has been vaccinated twice, went into anaphylaxis once, and has no immunity, that's horror upon horror. If "you" refuse to vaccinate, keep your kids home. I don't want "your" decisions to end MY life.
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Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Yes. Well, an ex-doctor. He lied and got struck off. Wakefield had planned to capitalize on the MMR vaccination scare provoked by his paper by forming a corporation that would profit from "litigation-driven testing".
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Martata 6 years ago
Even if it was proven to be true... What I get from the anti-vaxxers perspective is that they'd prefer having their kids die of all sorts of diseases than having kids with autism. And how can anyone give credit to 1 study? So glad they've proved him wrong. What an a*****e. To play with people's lives like that.
Avital Pilpel 6 years ago
"But they contain mercury!". Yes, IN A COMPOUND. The whole point of chemistry is that compounds have very different properties than the elements that make them. Table salt is made of chlorine, a poison gas, an sodium, a metal so reactive it burns in water.
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#2
A Common Belief Regarding Self-Harm Is That It Is An Attention-Seeking Behaviour; In Many Cases, This Is Inaccurate
Many self-harmers are very self-conscious of their wounds and scars and feel guilty about their behaviour, leading them to go to great lengths to conceal their behaviour from others. They may offer alternative explanations for their injuries, or conceal their scars with clothing.
Grapeling 6 years ago
This is very true!! It's sad that people think it's just attention-seeking ;ccc
Dani 6 years ago
Yes! The worst part is that it's characterizing the victims of these disorders as needy and attention-seeking when this is not the case. It's essentially victim-blaming, just instead of attacking crime victims it's attacking victims of mental illness.
Load More Replies... Red72 6 years ago
I have them on my arms (all over), legs, & stomach. I gave up on trying to hide them a few years ago, instead I use it as an example of what you DON'T want to do to yourself. My son & nieces saw the embarrassment I had when people asked about them (when I was trying to cover them) and the scars NEVER go away, so as they have grown-up they have seen them and told me flat out, by seeing what I did, and the fact they never go away- they would never do it. So maybe my pain saved them from some..
debrina blackmoon 6 years ago (edited)
in 2011 i did it once with a needle to make scratches on my forearm-not thinking it through and having them higher, hidden under a sleeve. plus i made the mistake of crossing them so it was obviously not an accident-smh...what a pathetic moron. this was a time (of many ) when i was about to be kicked by my husband and lose my kids, due to an extremely stupid and horrifying set of mistakes for which i felt justified(some revenge)
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Rose Brien Harrington 6 years ago
Even if it was attention seeking, if someone is prepared to go to those lengths to get someone's attention, they obviously need it, serious professional, compassionate medical attention and they should get it. It's not something to be condemned.
random ann 6 years ago
The pain & desperation to get rid of the anxiety, hurt and anger is real when it comes to self harm. The last thing on your mind is the attention the life long scars will bring. The only thought on your mine is peace, relief & making it through the crisis in your mind. Many years later, I don't hate the scars, they are constant reminders of how far I've made it. I'm grateful to be alive, and their scars of life. Mental illness is real, and I've got the scars to prove it!
Dragana Buha 6 years ago
Thanks , I didn't stop doing it but each one on my skin is a constant reminder of every single suffer, abuse, insult, injustice I have put up through my life. And for the ignorant people- I don't use blades only, like to burn myself with steel metal from the oven.
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Ginni Machamer 6 years ago
Far more commonly, self-harm is an attempt at having control when one feels a serious lack of control in other areas of one's life.
Alice Laughs 6 years ago (edited)
Also an attempt to find something real when everything feels fake (an emotional disconnect issue)
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Bill phillips 6 years ago
I knew a girl in my therapy group who once had razor scars on her wrist and the inside of her forearms. She had them permanently covered up with a tattoo that says "Grace." I thought it was beautiful.
Sakuhana 6 years ago
For me it was diffenrent. I never did it, but once our family's cat scratched me so bad on my arm that I needed to put bandages on it. Every gossip adolescent heard and talked about me as "the lame girl that does THAT" like "omg she's so dumb!". A friend of mine ended up asking me about it, and of course I denied and explained the truth, until another friend confided that they were inded doing it. They weren't proud of it, they were feeling so bad about themselves they felt the need to feel something else, anything to feel better but they couldn't stand their own self. After that not only did I not justify myself anymore, I also stoped hiding the bandages. In those cases people seek others who did it, so I tried to atract the gossips to me. I still don't know if it was a good plan...
Koalamonster 6 years ago
Yes. Even if you're diagnosed with depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc- you still might have a family member who tells you to "suck it up" or "get over it." Even if you hide your scars well and they don't see them until years later they'll say you did it for attention. Which is odd when they don't find out until a full decade later.
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Ancient Greek Sculptures Were Originally Painted Bright Colors
They only appear white today because the original pigments have deteriorated. Some well-preserved statues still bear traces of their original coloration.
Nadine 6 years ago
In some museums, like the archaelogical museum in Athens, you can see some sculptures that still have some of their original paint. Greeks were really gaudy!
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Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
Yeah right. Next you're going to tell me the Statue of Liberty wasn't originally green.
Kenny Kulbiski 6 years ago
I'd like to see what they originally looked like. It would be an interesting Photoshop.
Luke 6 years ago
Same with the terra-cotta warriors of China. They were fully colored but as soon as they were dug out the pigments quickly oxygenated and lacquer layers peel off. Scientists are developing ways to preserve the colors in excavation hopefully it can be applied to archeological finds everywhere too.
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
I believe this is true for the terracotta warriors from China as well -- I saw an exhibit in Chicago about them and they had pictures of what it might have looked like. It was somehow even more impressive!
María Hermida 6 years ago
The Parthenon, too. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180119-when-the-parthenon-had-dazzling-colours
Grafton Eliason 5 years ago
What if these "Statues" were actually people who looked at Medusa?
Grafton Eliason 5 years ago
what if these "statues" were actually people who looked at medusa?
#4
There Is No Such Thing As An "Alpha" In A Wolf Pack
An early study that coined the term "alpha wolf" had only observed unrelated adult wolves living in captivity. In the wild, wolf packs operate more like human families: there is no defined sense of rank, parents are in charge until the young grow up and start their own families, younger wolves do not overthrow an "alpha" to become the new leader, and social dominance fights are situational.
L McN 6 years ago
They failed to mention: there are natural leaders in wolf packs too, just like with humans. Some prefer to follow, others to lead. Some are terrible at leading and get pushed into the following role, and sometimes they take turns. Probably how canines were so easy to domesticate, their social structure is comparable to ours and the rewards for working WITH us were greater than the rewards for not.
Lynda Momalo 6 years ago
Can someone say THIS louder for all the Incels out there whining about alpha and beta males.
Nathan Jones 6 years ago
This one is misleading. Unlike with a pride of lions, with wolves there can be several alphas, just like with humans. But saying there is no alpha is miseleading.
Majbritt Nielsen 6 years ago
Well defining the alfa stereo type from the studie on wolf packs in close fenced og and not even mest ideal behavior. Leasing to a wrong conclusion. Then they are right for saying it.
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#5
It Is Rarely Necessary To Wait 24 Hours Before Filing A Missing Person Report
In instances where there is evidence of violence or of an unusual absence, law enforcement agencies in the United States often stress the importance of beginning an investigation promptly. The UK government website says in large type, "You don't have to wait 24 hours before contacting the police."
Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
Can you say that one more time? You don't have to wait 24 hours before contacting the police!
error_404_user_not_found 5 years ago
You DO NOT have to wait 24 hours before contacting the police!!!
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Kai 6 years ago
wutt, because a 5yo probably left you to have a secret life with other parents by is own.. wtff police!
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Pamela Scott 6 years ago
This needs to be spread far and wide! Have to wonder how many leads are lost because people believe this! Young gentleman in our area may have been found if his family had called for help sooner!
Pamela Scott 6 years ago
He was talking to his Dad telling him his truck had stopped running and the call just stopped with him in mid sentence. They went looking for him till late the next evening. No signs of what happened after that moment has been found!
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Eddie Maurer 6 years ago
This isn't true for every place/ I know from a sad experience which I don't care to share here atm. But it's a fine line in my state. And they don't care the circumstances.
#6
Goldfish Don't Have Short Memory Spans
The notion that goldfish have a memory span of just a few seconds is false. It is much longer, counted in months.
Elina Kuusisto 6 years ago (edited)
Well, you're no goldfish, we know that 😉
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Dynein 6 years ago
I hate that misconception, memory is one of the points of having a brain. It allows you to adjust your behavior to the conditions you find yourself in and is therefore VERY beneficial to have. Even organisms with very few neurons can do this to some extent (e.g. learning to seek shelter under certain conditions, and yes, that lasts much longer than a few seconds), and organisms with enough neurons to have a noticeable brain can DEFINITELY remember stuff. So stop finding excuses to put such a complex organism in a bowl with zero stimulation whatsoever..
Bunzilla 6 years ago
I think this myth originated in order for people not to feel guilty for keeping their goldfish in a tiny bowl. ('Goldfish bowls' were originally never intended for permanent housing. They were only meant as a way to temporarily display a fish. Provide your fish with an appropriately sized home!)
Lior marvel 6 years ago
My goldfish is about 8 years old and he knows me and always comes to say hello but only for me
Theory Buchannon 6 years ago
oh haha lol people in my school say that they have a memory span like a goldfish because they suck at remembering.
#7
Humans Have More Than The Commonly Cited Five Senses
The number of senses in various categorizations ranges from five to more than 20. In addition to sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, which were the senses identified by Aristotle, humans can sense balance and acceleration (equilibrioception), pain (nociception), body and limb position (proprioception or kinesthetic sense), and relative temperature (thermoception). Other senses sometimes identified are the sense of time, echolocation, itching, pressure, hunger, thirst, fullness of the stomach, need to urinate, need to defecate, and blood carbon dioxide (CO2) levels.
Daria B 6 years ago
Growing up on Saint Seiya, at a certain point your conscience takes it for granted that, in fact, it's 7. ♥
Dama Ris 6 years ago
Wouh! I thought all persons who even know what Saint Seiya is, were dead or just dead to the world...in other words, no where to be found on any social media! Hi! :)
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2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
But those come from inside your body, where touch comes from outside.
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Alex Newell 6 years ago
If you define "touch" as any nerve endings, I suppose most of those are covered
Leodavinci 6 years ago
Nope. All those other "senses" are simply a "variation" of one of the 5. Touch covers most of them.
Brendan VonCulin 6 years ago
What is sense of balance a variation of then?
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Nebo 6 years ago
But when you think about it, ultimately, they are ALL actually the sense of touch.
Jane Alexander 6 years ago
There are at least 5 of the 'sixth sense'; The 'gut feeling', the 'just knew it' the 'picture inside your head, the 'voices' (like a song that won't go away) and like in that old Tina Turner song; "I smell trouble" There may be more, but I've only known those five personally.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Was Not Short
He was actually slightly taller than the average Frenchman of his time. After his death in 1821, the French emperor's height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet, which in English measurements is 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). He was actually nicknamed le Petit Caporal (The Little Corporal) as a term of endearment. Napoleon was often accompanied by his imperial guard, who were selected for their height—this could have contributed to a perception that he was comparatively short.
Nunya 6 years ago
I'm still partial to calling him the Tangerine Wankmaggot...
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Mike 6 years ago
It was also something encouraged by the English to make him seem like a smaller threat (pun intended)
Jon S. 6 years ago
Yes, there was a popular propaganda cartoon depicting him as a midget, which is supposed to be where this myth started
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Pamela Scott 6 years ago
His personal Imperial guards had to be at least 6 foot tall. They had to be able to read and write at least 2 languages and either have been in the military a minimum of 10 years or done something that was way above a beyond the normal acts of a soldier in battle, the kind of things we see soldier get bronze stars for now. Once they were part of his guard they were not to be seen with loose women and had to treat all women even those women with the same regard they would have for their own mother, wife or child!
European other 6 years ago
Yeah I have heard that he wasn't so short. It's what the British wanted you to think.
#9
The Forbidden Fruit Is Not Apple
The forbidden fruit mentioned in the Book of Genesis is never identified as an apple, a misconception widely depicted in Western art. The original Hebrew texts mention only tree and fruit. Early Latin translations use the word mali, which can be taken to mean both "evil" and "apple". In early Germanic languages the word "apple" and its cognates usually meant simply "fruit". German and French artists commonly depict the fruit as an apple from the 12th century onwards, and John Milton's Areopagitica from 1644 explicitly mentions the fruit as an apple. Jewish scholars have suggested that the fruit could have been a grape, a fig, wheat, an apricot, or an etrog.
SnowMercy 6 years ago
Etrog is an ancient citrus fruit still cultivated today for ritual use during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to the googles.
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Olga Khatenkova 6 years ago
Is it only me or anybody else who finds it strange that wheat would grow on a tree?
Drew Garza 6 years ago
Or a grape. Unless the tree was wrapped in vines. Hmmmm...
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Kurisurin Sutaringu 6 years ago
I mean, that's pretty much what a pomegranate was in Greek mythology
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I remember reading that the apple thing came from the myth of Heracles and the golden apples. It was a popular story with the Greeks and Romans, so when the bible was translated into those languages, apparently "apple" just got tossed into the Genesis story. Or something like that. Don't quote me on this.
Jon S. 6 years ago
Your are correct, as far as I understand it. the Greek association with apples, gods and sin was so strong that it was natural to depict an apple when they started illustrating biblical stories
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mntryjoseph 6 years ago
Most likely it was a fruit that doesn't exist anymore. The world was destroyed with a flood during Noah's time, and the garden of Eden would have been destroyed at that time too.
Charles Lawson 6 years ago
A rabbi told me there are 613 commandments 613 seeds in a pommagranate so that is the fruit.
#10
Albert Einstein Did Not Fail Mathematics Classes
Albert Einstein did not fail mathematics classes (never "flunked a math exam") in school. Upon seeing a column making this claim, Einstein said "I never failed in mathematics... Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus." Einstein did, however, fail his first entrance exam into the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School (ETH) in 1895, when he was two years younger than his fellow students, but scored exceedingly well in the mathematics and science sections, then passed on his second attempt.
Grapeling 6 years ago
oh :c now we can't use Einstein's "failed class but still succeeded" story to encourage others?
Elisaurous uwu 6 years ago
its very nice you use that to support others :D
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Lori Jabi 6 years ago
I think the main reason for this is that our grading system in Switzerland is upside down. The best you can get is 6 the lowest is 1. All other countries know 1 as the best mark.
Master Markus 6 years ago
It would be kind of ridiculous if he did, considering that physics is so math-heavy.
Dave P 6 years ago
That is because he scored a 1.2GPA in Math is school, however the school system he was in a 5 was the lowest and a 1 was a perfect, his 1.2 GPA put him in the top 1/100th of 1% of students in Math. It was people taking his GPA number without understanding the system he came from used a different metric
Bully 6 years ago
Yes, that's correct. We all know how important the skills in French had been for his later works *sarcasm off*. Such a weird requirement.
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#11
Acne Is Mostly Caused By Genetics
Acne is mostly caused by genetics, rather than lack of hygiene, eating fatty food, or other personal habits.
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
If it's a problem you genuinely have try Azelaic Acid. Amazing success - threw all the meds from the docs away and had a celebratory dance. 🕺
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Cindy Snow 6 years ago
And hormones. Mostly androgens and androgen sensitivity...which are genetic in origin. That's why you see homeless with clear skin and people with acne can wash their face 4 times a day...it's not about being clean.
Ashley Galyen 6 years ago
Took me years to figure out that mine's caused by anxiety. When stress I start to scatch away at imperfections. My skin is clearest when I have acrylic nails.
#12
Eight Glasses, Or Two To Three Liters, Of Water A Day Are Not Needed To Maintain Health
The amount of water needed varies by person (weight), diet, activity level, clothing, and environment (heat and humidity). Water does not actually need to be drunk in pure form, but can be derived from liquids such as juices, tea, milk, soups, etc., and from foods including fruits and vegetables.
Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
Major source of water is fat metabolism, for which water is a by-product. Also, camels store fat in their hump and use it as a combined energy and water source (see fuel cells in space).
John Braines 6 years ago
Actually this is not true. Carbohydrate is a better source, but not as good as having a drink! Fat is just a way of storing energy efficiently.
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Bumblebee 6 years ago
Actually, if you are thirsty, you are already too late. But, you are right. When you feel thirsty? Then absolutely drink something!
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Pamela Scott 6 years ago
My father-in-law moved in with us when he started having some major health issues around a year after my mother-in -law passed away. He was in stage 4 urinal failure and turned down dialysis. We quickly realized why! He had made jokes about taking a hand full of meds at morning and bedtime. He was really doing that. Hubby had to go over his meds with his docs. He was on many he should never have taken at the same time! The biggest issue was he would drink a cup or two of coffee with his meals and that was all! My Hubby made him start drinking water. He still got coffee with his meals but the first doc my husband asked said 5 bottles of water and my father-in -law was with us for several years long after the 6 weeks we had been told. He even reached the point that he was able to stop the water pills they had him on.
Anna Repp 6 years ago
My mom still would not listen to me and keeps telling me to drink more water! I drink like 10 cups of tea a day sometimes, but NO, she thinks that's not good enough. I need to drink the 7 glasses of pure water on top of that!
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People Don't Swallow A High Number Of Spiders While Asleep
The widespread urban legend that one swallows a high number of spiders during sleep in one's life has no basis in reality. A sleeping person causes all kinds of noise and vibrations by breathing, the beating heart, snoring etc. all of which warn spiders of danger.
Grapeling 6 years ago
<-- person who used to think about taping their mouth shut to prevent spider invasion
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
If they were that determined they'd go up your nose.
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Nupraptor 6 years ago
The "statistic" that you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping was actually made up to demonstrate the kind of B.S. statistics that people will believe. And then people started believing it. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/
Bathsheba 6 years ago
It amazes me anyone ever believes this. Everyone is swallowing 8 in a year, but no one you have ever met has EVER woken up with one squished under their cheek/inside their cheek/smothered by their tongue/drowned in drool. Un-bloody-likely.
Load More Replies... Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
I have RLS, and I toss and turn like a crocodile's death roll. I couldn't swallow a spider in my sleep even if I wanted to.
Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
Try force twitching your legs before going to bed. It worked for me. My jaw used to suddenly snap biting my tongue, but i began to force it to give short snaps and now i'm good.
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#14
Hair Care Products Cannot Actually "Repair" Split Ends And Damaged Hair
They can prevent damage from occurring in the first place, and they can also smooth down the cuticle in a glue-like fashion so that it appears repaired, and generally make hair appear in better condition.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
I was told by a professional hairdresser (that I trust) that Pantene is probably the worst commercial product to use on your hair ever. Since I stopped using it, my hair improved drastically. I now only use professional stuff, or Garnier products at a pinch, and boy, has it made a big difference over the years.
Randomcthulu 6 years ago
Same, Pantene literally makes my hair break off because of the waxy buildup it causes
Load More Replies... Alex Bailey 6 years ago
The Victoria Wood's sketch where she tries to get some dimwit to explain how on earth herbs could possibly mend split ends... Was it Mens Sana in thingummy doodah?
Pamela Scott 6 years ago
Most shampoos use sulfate cleaners. Those are the same cleaners used to strip the grease build up on car parts or the grease floor in the car shop. They add other stuff to buffer the effects but you really do not need those harsh chemicals to clean your hair. I developed an allergy to sulfate and was kind of worried when I saw all the articles that would say things like I don't shampoo my hair. Wish they would stop saying that. I still wash my hair with great soap I just skip the sulfate! You have way less split ends that way!
Stan Chung 6 years ago
that's why after awhile it doesn't work. hairstylists will tell you the only cure for split ends is to lop it off.
Hellysal 5 years ago
There are some products that kinda repair those broken hair in a way. Not entirely recovered from the damage, but greatly improving the overall condition of the hair. Olaplex and such. Personally never tried it and also not a professional, so I can't really tell how much they can do, though it's used by some of the best, so there must be something to it.
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Living_Shadow 6 years ago
I am not surprised at all. I feel like this is something we all know somewhere inside but part of you wants to believe that it will help.
#15
Thomas Edison Did Not Invent The Light Bulb
He did, however, develop the first practical light bulb in 1880 (employing a carbonized bamboo filament), shortly prior to Joseph Swan, who invented an even more efficient bulb in 1881 (which used a cellulose filament).
L McN 6 years ago
Did that shock you? Then here is more: Thomas Edison did not invent nearly ANY of the patents that he has in his name. He hired a team of scientists who were paid a low to moderate sum, and any invention that they came up with Thomas Edison would patent under his name. And inventor he was not, but a crude and effective business man he WAS. (See the history of Nicola Tesla to expand on how crude of a businessman he could be)
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Bill 6 years ago
HE STOLE THE LIGHTBULB and a few other patents. Kinda like Bill Gates and Microsoft with endless lawsuits in the 80s and 90s
Kaisu 6 years ago
Thomas Edison is said to have invented the moving picture camera when it was actually Louis Le Prince!
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Nick Nickson 6 years ago
Thomas Edison used to steal ideas from other briliant people. Today it was he who would "find out" facebook.
Dama Ris 6 years ago
Ha! I understand that reference!...(Captain America reference to say I understood yours) :D I LOVE Dr. Stone!
Load More Replies... Flash Henry 6 years ago
Edison also stole a whoooooooooooole of "his" inventions from other people.
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Edison didn't actually invent much of anything useful. He was the master of patenting and marketing the inventions of his employees. (Apparently he was a real right prick about it too!)
Dave P 6 years ago
Actually he did not, the first practical lightbulb was Hiram Maxim, however Edison used connections at the patent office to have them delay his patent by month till his own was ready. Maxim was so upset he left working with electricity all the together and ended up a few years later inventing the machine gun and the rest is history
#16
There Is No Evidence That Iron Maidens Were Used For Torture, Or Even Yet Invented, In The Middle Ages
Instead they were pieced together in the 18th century from several artifacts found in museums in order to create spectacular objects intended for (commercial) exhibition.
The Pants with Nobody Inside 6 years ago
Proof that The Doctor's been chasing Daleks through time.
#17
The Deep Web Is Not Full Of Porn, Drugs And Stolen Bank Details
The area that contains this illegal information is a small portion of the deep web known as the "dark web." Much of the deep web consists of academic libraries, databases, and anything that isn't indexed by normal search engines.
AnnaB 6 years ago
People confused about the terms 'dark web' and 'deep web'.
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Ben Steinberg 6 years ago
What is the "deep web"?? I've never heard that term before. The "dark web", yes -- you need a TOR client to surf that and it's filled with ALL kinds of...things. The deep web? Don't surf to that URL...it's in the deep web and you might get a cramp and drown! /s
Joran Quinten 6 years ago
It's all of the websites that are not indexed by search machines
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Ilvana Babic 3 years ago
Why is it Dark and"hidden" Keep the information hidden for what reasons? Call it than the White Web :))
error_404_user_not_found 5 years ago
The dark web also (supposedly, I've never been there) isn't full of it either, while there certainly is a lot, a lot of people use it for anonymous medical advice that they don't want to share in the normal world and stuff like that. (again, supposedly)
#18
Sign Languages Are Not The Same Worldwide
Aside from the pidgin International Sign, each country generally has its own native sign language, and some have more than one (although there are also substantial similarities among all sign languages).
littlesaresare 6 years ago
Sign languages are also natural languages with their own grammars, totally unrelated to that area's spoken language.
Sunshine Sarah H. 6 years ago
yes they are! I am proud to be an ASL user!
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me 6 years ago
Yes! There was an international sign language created (not sure of the details) but it was never fully used and most people stick to the sign language used in their country. SIGN LANGUAGES ARE INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES, NOT SIGNED FORMS OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE!
Jo Choto 6 years ago
People always seem surprised by this, but just like spoken languages, different deaf communities have devised/adopted their own languages over the centuries, resulting in completely different languages. I sign ASL and spoken English, American version. My niece is learning British Sign Language. We started comparing different words. It turns out the ASL sign for paper is the BSL sign for pansexual. So it just goes to show that these languages are NOT mutually intelligible!
Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
It also varies from region to region. Almost like an accent. Everyone should learn it - it's really fun.
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 6 years ago
Yes. I'm studying ASL in school as one of my majors. ASL, BSL(British Sign Language), SSL (Spanish sign language), JSL (Japanese Sign Language), and there are loads more.
#19
Fortune Cookies Were Invented In Japan, Not China
Fortune cookies, despite being associated with Chinese cuisine in the United States, were invented in Japan and introduced to the US by the Japanese. The cookies are extremely rare in China, where they are seen as symbols of American cuisine.
E Menendez 6 years ago
They were invented in the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. They are not from Japan at all.
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D. Pitbull 6 years ago
Yup. Fortune Cookies, Chop Suey... Sweet 'n' Sour Pork... aaaall American... not created in China at all...
Ian Carter 6 years ago
when you get a Chinese take away in the UK you never get them, I have been to Hong Kong and never had them there either it wasnt until I went to America that I got one
Kurisurin Sutaringu 6 years ago
That's not surprising to me! Chinese and Japanses cultural things often get mixed. In fact, I've even had a person ask me "what's the difference?" The amounted of people uneducated of others cultures!
Elsahthescienceguy 6 years ago
Chienese people consider the chef sloppy for leaving a price of paper inside their food
#20
Vikings Didn't Have Horns On Their Helmets
There is no evidence that Vikings wore horns on their helmets. In fact, the image of Vikings wearing horned helmets stems from the scenography of an 1876 production of the Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle by Richard Wagner.
Kaisu 6 years ago
This horns in the helmet stereotype is a Christian creation, to make the vikings appear more like the devil, since they were considered brutes and pagans
Load More Replies... glowworm2 6 years ago
How to Train Your Dragon and Hagar the Horrible don't exactly help with this one.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
Yeah, the Victorians liked the idea that these "marauders" were evil, so they perpetuated the devil's horns concept for the Vikings, who were far too practical to bother putting horns on their heads.
Master Markus 6 years ago
I'm certain it was earlier than the Victorian era.
Load More Replies... Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Most vikings didn't wear helmets, or armor for that matter. To date, all helms found linked to Norsemen, were either purely ceremonial as a sign of status, or, "borrowed" from other cultures. One famously was likely used as a cooking pot rather than head gear.
Night Owl 6 years ago
But it's logical. It would present a giant disadvantage and be impractical
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MadMom 6 years ago
And yet nearly every Viking figure in the Norwegian souvenir shops has horned helmets. They are not helping their cause.
Kjell Kristian Heidal 6 years ago
It's what tourists want, because they've "learned via artists" vikings looked like. So it sells.. an accurate looking viking figure wouldn't really sell that well, since it would look like a very normal person. But I agree, it's not helping educate people no.
Load More Replies... Jon S. 6 years ago (edited)
The ancient Gauls however did have helmets with horns. At least one example and several images depicting them have been found. I have often wondered if the style of helmet ended up on viking heads as 19th century artists didn't know what a viking looked like and went 'any barbarian will do,' so picked up on french depictions.
#21
Christopher Columbus Was Not The First European To Visit The Americas
Leif Erikson, and possibly other Vikings before him, explored Vinland, which was either the island of Newfoundland, part of modern Canada, or a term for Newfoundland and parts of the North American mainland. Ruins at L'Anse aux Meadows prove that at least one Norse settlement was built in Newfoundland, confirming a narrative in the Saga of Erik the Red. Columbus also never reached any land that now forms part of the mainland United States of America; most of the landings Columbus made on his four voyages, including the initial October 12, 1492 landing (the anniversary of which forms the basis of Columbus Day), were on Caribbean islands that are now independent countries.
Walter Cheego 6 years ago
When are they going to correct the history books used in school, why are we taught these lies!?
Night Owl 6 years ago
And why do some states still celebrate Columbus day?
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Bianka Howwess 6 years ago
Columbus also raped and enslaved the native peoples of those islands, and because they were seen wearing gold, Columbus ordered them to mine gold for him. when they did not provide the amount of gold that he wanted, he slaughtered them all.
Laura Maeflower 6 years ago
So wait, not only did he not really discover America, but he was a horrible man? Why are we taught about him in school again?
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Cause your educational system sucks? It took me years to get why americans are so focused on Columbus.
Load More Replies... Kurisurin Sutaringu 6 years ago
Everyone needs to read the truth so we can all collectively ban the day celebrating this lying, enslaving s**t-bastard.
Calypso poet 6 years ago
I knew this because we were actually taught the truth in school and I graduated in 1990. I guess our school was liberal before being liberal was a bad thing. Our school system was mainly white but we spent a lot of time on slavery, the civil war and the Holocaust. I don’t think teachers could get away with that now.
Krystine Patterson 6 years ago
He was also a cruel genocidal prick who committed heinous acts and should not be celebrated - https://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel
#22
The Great Wall Of China Is Not Visible From Space Or From The Moon
The Great Wall of China is not, as is claimed, the only human-made object visible from space or from the Moon. None of the Apollo astronauts reported seeing any specific human-made object from the Moon, and even Earth-orbiting astronauts can see it only with magnification. City lights, however, are easily visible on the night side of Earth from orbit.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
So we just place torches at equidistant markers along the wall, and boom! Visible from space.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Why should it be possible to see something that is only less then 10 meters wide? It would be like seeing a hair from 100 meter distance. The lenght of the hair doesn't matter, it is too narrow to see it.
Nunya 6 years ago
Ummmm...can we make up our minds? The title says that the Great Wall is NOT visible from Space or the moon. But the paragraph-caption says it is not "only human-made object visible from space or from the Moon". So...which is it? Is it or is it not visible from space or the moon??
#23
Humans Did Not Evolve From Either Of The Living Species Of Chimpanzees
Humans and chimpanzees did, however, evolve from a common ancestor. The most recent common ancestor of humans and the other living chimpanzees lived between 5 and 8 million years ago.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
We're distant cousins. And since they fling their own c**p, I try to stay as distant as possible.
Harvey Ulric 6 years ago
In the tertiary period some races of anthropoids appeared in the lower Pliocene. These anthropoids, ancestors of man, and the ascendants of the apes that still exist in the world, had their evolution in convergent points, therefore, the serological kinship between the organism of man and the chimpanzee. There was not a “descent from the tree”, at the beginning of human evolution, because was established, a definite lineage for all species. Fish, reptiles, mammals, had their lineage of development fixed and the man would not escape this general rule. Source: https://harleyulric.wordpress.com/
Magpie 6 years ago
Goodness gracious! My grandmother explained evolution to me, and how we are distant cousins of apes. Now I am old enough to be a great grandmother, and she was born about 1897. yes 1800s.
Magpie 6 years ago
ctd: shaking my head. Didn't realise this misunderstanding was even a thing.
Load More Replies... Ilvana Babic 3 years ago (edited)
I have always been told that I 'm not a chimp relative. My dad always says:"We have been trying to teach chimps to talk for years and years,seems forever and they can't say s**t! I'm not a chimp so neither are you my sweet daughter even though you can climb trees like one!"
Jane Alexander 6 years ago
I would still love to find that poem, supposedly written by the monkeys. The one that ends "Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss, but goodness, he didn't descend from us" Anyone ?
#24
The Historical Buddha Was Not Obese
The "chubby Buddha" or "laughing Buddha" is a 10th-century Chinese folk hero by the name of Budai. In Chinese Buddhist culture, Budai came to be revered as an incarnation of Maitreya, the Bodhisattva who will become a Buddha to restore Buddhism after the teachings of the historical Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, have been forgotten.
Nunya 6 years ago
The "Fat Buddha" or "Laughing Buddha" is consider one of MANY buddhas. A Buddha is an awakened (or enlightened) one. Technically speaking, Jesus of Nazareth would have been considered a buddha. As would Krishna, Ghandi, and even Martin Luther King Jr. So he is A buddha. Just not THE Buddha.
Jon S. 6 years ago
One thing I never realised until recently is that buddha was rarely depicted until the ancient Greeks settled in Afghanistan and converted to Buddhism. They were so used to worshipping statues of their gods that they created a hellenized version, which became popular in the region and has informed most modern depictions.
Analyn Lahr 6 years ago
And I thought that image was a deity named Hotei. But I knew it wasn't the original Buddha.
glowworm2 6 years ago
I always thought they were two separate Buddhas.There's the chubby one, and then there's the elegant, sophisticated looking one who's always depicted with extra arms.
#25
Sugar Does Not Cause Hyperactivity In Children
Double-blind trials have shown no difference in behavior between children given sugar-full or sugar-free diets, even in studies specifically looking at children with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or those considered sensitive to sugar.
Carson Skjerdal 6 years ago
I feel like something is missing here, is it not basically stating sugar does not effect children
BlackestDawn 6 years ago
Not in terms of making them hyperactive when compared to other sources of energy. I think the main reason is because sugars are short carbs and thus easily and quickly metabolized thus giving an appearance of become "hyperactive" compared to carbs metabolized slower.
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bv7hearts 6 years ago
Whether it causes hyperactivity or not, sugar in large and sustained quantities is poison.
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
It's the same with anything, including water...
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Lin 6 years ago
I'm sorry I used to look after a lot of children and I definitely can see a difference in the children's behaviour before and after sugar intake. And no I'm not biased I'm not a parent but I call B.S. on this too.
Uchman 6 years ago
Your anecdotal "evidence" mean nothing in the face of several scientific double blind studies.
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Valerie Lessard 6 years ago
PLEASE please make this a public announcement to parents everywhere who refuse to believe its the stimulus and environment their munchkins live in and not "too much sugar" . They get so f*****g upset because just not giving them sugar after 5pm or whatever their stupid rule is, is so much easier than changing the child's and households overall lifestyle.
Dave P 6 years ago
Not exactly, it has no difference in kids with ADHD already, however it does affect regular kids, gives them more energy in a short packed rush, which as a side effect leads to restless which then leads to kids getting hyper and lower attention spans. Sugar on its own is no the key, but the process it starts things that mimic the effects of ADHD, but is not ADHD. NYU did a study and found students that had lower sugar contents in their diets performed better in school, concentrated better, etc. That is why claims like the one above is misleading
Berdarien Brown 6 years ago
I'm curious in what context and what sugars they used. Was this just sugar in general or done with specific types. Meaning fructose, glucose, lactose or using high fructose only. Can't read the study so curious in how the children were dosed. Some people process some sugars better than others. This means glucose might cause an issue with some but not others. Also is it an abundance of sugar or a balanced diet amount. Were the kids in ketosis or just not eating "sugar".
Fred and George Weasley 5 years ago
then again, eating the chocolate bar shown isnt great for you
#26
The Redhead Gene Is Not Becoming Extinct Due To The Gene For Red Hair Being Recessive, Nor Will The Gene For Blond Hair Disappear
Although redheads and blonds may become more rare, they will not die out unless everyone who carries those genes (strictly speaking, alleles) dies or fails to reproduce.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I still find it hard to believe it's a recessive gene when my family is riddled with redheads.
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
It's actually more common than people realise. I know a lot of redheads. Real blonds, not so much, but definitely redheads.
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Rose Brien Harrington 6 years ago
My mother was a redhead, my hair is purple. What gene is that? :)
La Petite Morte 6 years ago
I'm a redhead with dark skin, eyebrows, and hazel eyes. Irish mother/ Apache father. His skin tone, her hair. I started dyng my hair dark at 14 because I was tired of people accusing me of dying my hair red.
Load More Replies... Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Even the concept that redheadedness is a recessive gene is incorrect. Reality is it is the result of a combination of geneticss, epigenetics and about a million other factors. Mendelian genetics is an outdated concept that is still taught due to a complete lack of revision to modern standards of public school science. However, I will continue to enjoy my winter vitamin D production while you pigmented folks choke down pills and such...
Marcellus the Third 6 years ago
"Mendelian genetics is an outdated concept". Hahahahahaha.
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Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
Bollocks. Ed Sheeran doesn't have a soul. That's why he keeps stealing other people's music, and then hiding behind Christianity when the lawyers come knocking.
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Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
So is anyone with blue eyes. Most of us have some "mutated" form of a number of genes...
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Faith Nicole 6 years ago
Im the only redhead in my immediate family, my grandparents didnt have read hair & neither did my great grandparents..and nobody has freckles, except me. & ironically our mailman had both 🤣 so my brother, of course, had fun torturing me about that as a child, along with being the adopted one
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Skin colour, eyelashes and brows, hair on the arms - you just can't fake the real thing.
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There Was No Widespread Outbreak Of Panic Across The United States In Response To Orson Welles's 1938 Radio Adaptation Of H.g. Wells's The War Of The Worlds
Only a very small share of the radio audience was even listening to it, and isolated reports of scattered incidents and increased call volume to emergency services were played up the next day by newspapers, eager to discredit radio as a competitor for advertising. Both Wells and CBS, which had initially reacted apologetically, later came to realize that the myth benefited them and actively embraced it in later years.
Full Name 6 years ago
The intro of the broadcast very specifically states it's not real, and the broadcast isn't in real time so you'd have to be beyond stupid to believe it.
AnnaB 6 years ago
What if you missed the intro and tuned in in the middle of the broadcast?
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debrina blackmoon 6 years ago (edited)
wow- he was a hottie:! sort of resembles Misha Collins there:)
#28
Hair And Fingernails Do Not Continue To Grow After A Person Dies
Rather, the skin dries and shrinks away from the bases of hairs and nails, giving the appearance of growth.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
Keratin is a dead substance. It's why you don't feel pain when cutting your hair/nails, but will feel pain if you pull them out.
Rissie 6 years ago
No, it's not about the hair or nails themselves. It's about the cells that produce the keratin. When you die, these stop working like everything else in your body.
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#29
George Washington Did Not Have Wooden Teeth
His dentures were made of gold, hippopotamus ivory, lead, animal teeth (including horse and donkey teeth), and probably human teeth purchased from slaves.
Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
Did they just say "purchased" from slaves?? Um NO, they were FAR from "purchased"!!!
Full Name 6 years ago
Yeah, purchased in exchange for them not being killed on the spot.
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#30
Vomiting Was Not A Regular Part Of Roman Dining Customs
In ancient Rome, the architectural feature called a vomitorium was the entranceway through which crowds entered and exited a stadium, not a special room used for purging food during meals.
Alex Harris 6 years ago
Are there people who think that the vomitorium was a place to vomit? LOL.
Flower Crown Faun 6 years ago
No need to be so self-important. Not everyone knows the same things as you & you should respect people regardless of their knowledge.
Load More Replies... Laugh Fan 6 years ago
Here's to the health of Cardinal Chunder Piddle. Ah, Blackadder.
Load More Replies... Nicole Holt 6 years ago
lmao!! Seriously? Did anyone really believe that was a thing? This is the first I've heard of it :)
Master Markus 6 years ago
I thought that this was a joke? Like I heard people talking about vomiting in vomitoriums but I always figured they were just making a joke about the name, but I learned much earlier that it was an exit/entranceway.
D. Pitbull 6 years ago
And .... now all I can picture... are giant gateways shaped/designed like mouths - and the architects giggling with each other saying "Tell everyone it's a vomitorium... hahahaa *high-five* We are so awesome"
Róza Wawruch 6 years ago
Well, according to chronicles of Suetonius, it wasn't completely uncommon. Not a regular part of regular dining, but great feasts did involve the feather. He writes about this more or less casually, not as if it was anything extreme or outrageous.
Ellen Turner 6 years ago
They probably did that in Marie Anttoinette's time, considering corsets.
#31
There Is No Truth To The Claim That The Fisher Space Pen Was Devised As The Result Of Millions Of Dollars Of Unnecessary Spending On Nasa's Part When The Soviets Used Pencils
Pencils cannot be used in space because the graphite dust and particles they generate pose fire, puncture and inhalation hazards in a low-gravity, high-oxygen environment, something even the Soviets acknowledged. The space pen was independently developed by Paul C. Fisher, founder of the Fisher Pen Company, with $1 million of his own funds. NASA tested and approved the pen for space use, then purchased 400 pens at $6 per pen. The Soviet Union subsequently also purchased the space pen for its Soyuz space flights.
Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
Soviets used felt-tip pens, which rely on capillary action instead of gravity.
Leodavinci 6 years ago
Except that felt-tip pen tips will dry out much quicker if you place them tip side up instead of tip side down. Gravity does have some affect.
Load More Replies... Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Some are also pretty! Which is, of course, the most important aspect!!!
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Bulls Are Not Enraged By The Color Red
Bulls are not enraged by the color red, used in capes by professional matadors. Cattle are dichromats, so red does not stand out as a bright color. It is not the color of the cape, but the perceived threat by the matador that incites it to charge.
Andres Tejeda 6 years ago
Nope they are just enraged by the a*****e trying to kill them for sport.
Elaine Dodge 6 years ago
But they are enraged, and so they should be, by the unspeakable cruelty and pain inflicted on them during the bull fight. Personally, I'm on the side of the bull. Go get them pink stockined wearing, fancy pants cowards, you bulls. Get 'em good!
VeryDarkMatter 6 years ago
There are traditions that are so out of date and wrong. JUST STOP THIS TORTURE
Juan Alcorta 6 years ago
They are enraged by those obnoxious tight trousers the matador is wearing!
#33
Drowning Is Often Inconspicuous To Onlookers
In most cases, raising the arms and vocalising are impossible due to the instinctive drowning response. Waving and yelling (known as "aquatic distress") is a sign of trouble, but not a dependable one: most victims demonstrating the instinctive drowning response do not show prior evidence of distress.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
When people are drowning, usually only their head is breaking the surface and bobbing up and down, just at the water level. The limbs are fully occupied in trying to keep the head above water. It's very hard to spot someone who is drowning unless you have been trained in what to look for.
Kasey Earls 6 years ago
I was at a pool party and sitting on the side of the pool and a young girl went out too far away from the step and started sinking. She was silent and just had her arms raised above her head reaching up and looking up with wide eyes. I just happened to glance down and saw her and pulled her up but absolutely no one near or around her noticed a thing. It scared the c**p out of her, me and her parents.
#34
Shaving Does Not Cause Terminal Hair To Grow Back Thicker (More Dense) Or Darker
This belief is due to hair that has never been cut having a tapered end, whereas after cutting the edge is blunt and therefore thicker than the tapered ends; the cut hair appears to be thicker and feels coarser due to the sharper, unworn edges. The shorter hairs being less flexible than longer hairs also contributes to this effect.
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Nor does pulling out a grey hair cause several more. If you've seen one they're coming anyway.
Zania Erso 6 years ago
Mum? Why did you tell me this? I could of shaved without fear!!! Mum! WHY!!!
Elaine Dodge 6 years ago
Waxing on the other hand does, after a while, stop hair from growing altogether.
Calypso poet 6 years ago
No it doesn’t. If the hair follicle is damaged enough that can happen over time.
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Diet Has Little Influence On The Body's Detoxification
Detoxification diets "have no scientific basis", and are a "waste of time and money". Despite this, there is a common misconception that specific diets aid this process or could remove substances that the body is unable to remove by itself. Toxins are removed from the body by the liver and kidneys.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
I laugh in my head when people say they are doing a chemical detox. Like seriously, what do you think your Liver and Kidneys do. They are our filter and doing a detox won’t reverse Any damage you have done to your kidneys and liver either.
Andres Tejeda 6 years ago
Exactly I tell this to my friends on these detox diets, and tell them no Suzie, lemon water will not remove that half bottle of tequila you drank last night.
Load More Replies... Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
Phew. Now I don't have to feel guilty for not drinking that green sludge.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Detox is a word for coming off of drugs or alcohol, nothing else.
Full Name 6 years ago
The "detox" is by eating healthy foods for once. That's why you feel better.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
It is called "Placebo". That is why we feel better if we think we should feel better. That is how homeopathy kind of works.
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The Melody Used In "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Was Not Composed By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart When He Was 5
The melody used in "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", the "Alphabet Song", and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" was not composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he was 5 years old; it was already a popular French folk tune which existed for decades before Mozart composed a series of variations on the tune, when he was 25 or 26.
Lynda Momalo 6 years ago
Nonsense, my brother wrote it -- at least that's what he convinced our niece when she was little (she believed it for years!)
#37
There Is No Evidence That Jesus Was Born On December 25
The Bible never claims a date of December 25 (he and his followers primarily used the Hebrew calendar, which as a lunisolar calendar does not have a day-to-day correspondence to the fully solar Roman calendar nor its modern-day descendant Gregorian calendar); contextual clues may imply a date in or around September. The fixed date is attributed to Pope Julius the First because in the year 350 AD he declared the twenty-fifth of December the official date of celebration. The date may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after Christians believe Jesus to have been conceived, the date of the Roman winter solstice, or one of various ancient winter festivals.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
There is no evidence that Jesus was born. Could have ended the sentence right there.
Carson Skjerdal 6 years ago
Ooh this comment section is about to get heated! Let me get my popcorn
Jo Choto 6 years ago
Uh.. hello, there is no evidence whatsoever anywhere in Israel that Jesus Christ ever lived at all. There is evidence of his contemporaries in documents and in various locations, but nothing anywhere that proves he ever lived anywhere in the Holy Land, so let's not quibble over dates. I've spent some time over there, and seen the evidence (or lack of it) myself. Most Christian festivals were designed to compete with the pagan festivals and celebrations of solstices and seasons, such as Christmas around the time of Yule/winter solstice, and Easter to coincide with Ostara/spring festival. The church figured if they could co-opt celebrations already occurring, they would have a better chance of winning people over to their side, and it worked pretty well for them.
Kurisurin Sutaringu 6 years ago
The omly reason the date is where it is now is because it originally used to be a pagan festival, before the Christians took and changed it. Along with stealing many other pagan holidays, they also banned many of the original practices that came from them to try and force others to follow them.
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 6 years ago
Most people speculate he was born in the spring or summer, considering in the Bible the Shepard's are in the field tending to the sheep. Which doesn't make sense in winter time.
#38
Microwave Ovens Do Not Cook Food From The Inside Out
2.45 GHz microwaves can only penetrate approximately 1 centimeter (0.39 in) into most foods. The inside portions of thicker foods are mainly heated by heat conducted from the outer portions.
Magpie 6 years ago
Is why cooking instructions often say let it sit for x minutes before serving.
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Night Owl 6 years ago (edited)
Exactly. Pretty kitty and the fur looks so smooth and sleek... It also has pink nails (either painted or anti-scratch thing)
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Valerie G. 6 years ago
That is why you should put your, say spaghetti, on a plate in a circle, with a whole in the middle so everything is heated through evenly.
Koalamonster 6 years ago
Disagree, I've had more than one person tell me that.
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Great White Sharks Do Not Mistake Human Divers For Pinnipeds
Their attack behaviors on humans and pinnipeds are very different: when attacking a seal, a great white shark surfaces quickly and violently attacks it. Attacks on humans, on the other hand, are more relaxed and slow: the shark charges at a normal pace, bites, and swims off. Great white sharks have efficient eyesight and color vision; the bite is not predatory, but rather for identification of an unfamiliar object.
Foxxy 6 years ago
Very rarely has a shark actually eaten a person, they don’t intend to eat us. And the attacks aren’t because they see us as food. They are exploring, testing and some probably going for a taste but we probably taste like s**t to them since they rarely swallow.
Full Name 6 years ago
"since they rarely swallow." at first I took this as sharks don't often swallow in general, haha. It's early and I'm dumb.
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Jo Choto 6 years ago
No, but they frequently mistake surfers for pinnipeds and come up from underneath when hunting them. The irony is that there are colors and patterns that deter sharks from coming close, and you would think that every surfboard would be decorated like that on the underside to deter sharks, but no.
#40
Mental Abilities Are Not Absolutely Separated Into The Left And Right Cerebral Hemispheres Of The Brain
Some mental functions, such as speech and language (such as Broca's area and Wernicke's area), tend to activate one hemisphere of the brain more than the other in some kinds of tasks. If one hemisphere is damaged or removed at an early age, these functions can often be recovered in part, or even in full, by the other hemisphere (see neuroplasticity). Other abilities, such as motor control, memory, and general reasoning, are served equally by the two hemispheres.
Flower Crown Faun 6 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of a little girl called Cameron Mott who underwent a hemispherectomy at age 6 due to aggressive, uncontrollable seizures caused by Rasmussen's syndrome. Her immune system was attacking her brain cells & making her regress to the level of a two year old. After the surgery, she was left with hemiplegia (partial paralysis) on her left side, but her remaining brain hemisphere took over for the one lost in everything but her left arm. Now she's a normal little girl living her best life with half a brain! Seriously one of my favorite true stories; it shows the wonders of today's medicine & the human body, & how people can overcome anything.
#41
Most Diamonds Are Not Formed From Highly Compressed Coal
More than 99 percent of diamonds ever mined have formed in the conditions of extreme heat and pressure about 140 kilometres (87 mi) below the earth's surface. Coal is formed from prehistoric plants buried much closer to the surface, and is unlikely to migrate below 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) through common geological processes. Most diamonds that have been dated are older than the first land plants, and are therefore older than coal. It is possible that diamonds can form from coal in subduction zones and in meteoroid impacts, but diamonds formed in this way are rare and the carbon source is more likely carbonate rocks and organic carbon in sediments, rather than coal.
Henry Cheves 5 years ago
The thing is, it is the heat and pressure which is not strong enough at coal level depths to create diamonds, not that it cannot be done. Superman would be unnaturally doing it and therefore he controls all variables. Although the diamond would be very tiny and very high on the Mohs scale.
Load More Replies... xaspsx 6 years ago
Also, they have no inherent monetary value - only a perceived value as a result of hoarding of 90% of the world's cut diamonds by one company (DaBeers) plus aggressive marketing campaigns since the 50s making them suddenly popular for engagement rings. They also need to be avoided as you are directly contributing to slavery and oppression by buying a diamond.
Full Name 6 years ago
I've never heard this one. I've always heard it was compressed carbon. Edit: Wait, outside of Ferris Bueller's claim about Cameron's a**s.
Bunzilla 6 years ago
They are made of compressed carbon. They're just not formed out of compressed coal.
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Ostriches Do Not Stick Their Heads In The Sand To Hide From Enemies
This misconception was probably promulgated by Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE), who wrote that ostriches "imagine, when they have thrust their head and neck into a bush, that the whole of their body is concealed."
Bobby's Girl 6 years ago
My daughter, as a toddler, used to cover her eyes and say, "You can't see me!"
Orillion 6 years ago
It means he lived from 23 to 79 Common Era. This is basically the same as 23 to 79 AD, but Common Era was made as 'religion neutral' if you will.
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Private Browsing, Such As Incognito Mode, Does Not Protect Users From Being Tracked By Websites Or Their Internet Service Provider
Such entities can still use information such as IP addresses and user accounts to uniquely identify users.
Vic 6 years ago
Actually they don't lie. If you read carefully they mention that in incognito mode, your track is not kept on the machine you are using, but sites/isp can track you. I know you were probably kidding, sorry for being a buzzkill.. 😬
Load More Replies... Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
There is a reason the early adopters of this tech called it "pr0n" mode. This came about when the search companies took away automatic browser history clearing.
#44
The Flight Mechanism And Aerodynamics Of The Bumblebee (As Well As Other Insects) Are Actually Quite Well Understood
Despite the urban legend that calculations show that they should not be able to fly, the flight mechanism and aerodynamics of the bumblebee (as well as other insects) are actually quite well understood. In the 1930s, the French entomologist Antoine Magnan indeed postulated that bumblebees theoretically should not be able to fly in his book Le Vol des Insectes (The Flight of Insects). Magnan later realized his error and retracted the suggestion. However, the hypothesis became generalized to the false notion that "scientists think that bumblebees should not be able to fly".
Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
It is a question of simplifying. If do the simple maths on bumblebees, the result is that they can not flap their wings fast enough (muscle speed and strength, nerve firing rate, speed of neural signals and such). When you start to factor in variables like the hydrostatic rebound of the thorax, reflex motion of other muscles, suddenly they can fly. Of course the old joke is never to tell the bumblebee it can't fly.
Full Name 6 years ago
But it was relatively recently we figured out, with the aid of high speed video, how they actually flew.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 6 years ago
That's why wasp traps are designed with an internal up-turned cone. Once the wasps fly in, it's near impossible for them to find their way out since they are unable to fly backwards like bumblebees or honey bees do.
Flower Crown Faun 6 years ago
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees do not care what humans think is impossible.
Sofia Gunn 6 years ago
“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.”
#45
Computers Running Macos Or Linux Are Not Immune To Malware Such As Trojan Horses Or Computer Viruses
Specialized malware designed to attack macOS and Linux systems do exist.
Mark Smallman 6 years ago (edited)
I don't think people who use Mac OS believe that either but the shear number of Windows machines makes it more worthwhile writing viruses for them instead.
Carson Skjerdal 6 years ago
True, but Windows being more popular, more viruses will be written for it. It's like if 99% of people drove Honda Civics, car thieves have a better success rate if that's the car they learn to break into.
L McN 6 years ago
They do exist. But since Microsoft is the most common OS used by big businesses it is more cost/time effective to develop virus' and find weaknesses in that OS, as you can keep reusing the vulnerability to illegally gain money from a larger group of high dollar targets. It is simple cost to benefit ratio.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
But they are very rare because there's not as much money in it as there is with Windows since most businesses still operate using Microsoft Programs.
#46
Eskimo Tribes, Such As The Inuit And Aleut, Do Not Have A Disproportionate Number Of Words Representing Snow In Their Languages
The myth comes from a misconstruction of Franz Boas's original statement noting that Eskimos had a variety of words for various snow-related concepts; Boas noted that the same was true of English.
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Us yinzers have one word for snow...but its use here would get me banned...
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago (edited)
The British have dozens of words for rain, depending how strong it is. :)
Joran Quinten 6 years ago
And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.
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Earthworms Do Not Become Two Worms When Cut In Half
Only a limited number of earthworm species are capable of anterior regeneration. When such earthworms are bisected, only the front half of the worm (where the mouth is located) can feed and survive, while the other half dies. Some species of planarian flatworms, however, actually do become two new planarians when bisected or split down the middle.
Olga Khatenkova 6 years ago
Oh, I feel so bad now: I've spent so much time thinking that as a kid I helped enlarge the local population of earthworms...
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
The term "planarian" is a bit misleading here too. In Platyhelminths some Triclads regenerate. Some Rhabdocoela regenerate. Some Polyclads regenerate. Only a handful can regenerate an entire animal. Even rarer still , there are a few that reproduce by budding or fission. Earthworms are in a different "branch" on the "tree" in Annelids. They don't regenerate any better than you or I.
#48
Female Praying Mantises Rarely Eat The Males During Coitus, Especially In Their Natural Environment
In a study in a laboratory at the University of Central Arkansas, it was observed that 1 out of 45 times the female ate the male before mating and the male ate the female with that same frequency.
XxInstantKarmaxX 6 years ago
um then how does she raise her kiddos if she is dead and the only reason they eat their partner is cause they need the protein
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
This varies by species. The invasive Chinese mantis in North America is famous for this. Native species, not so much.
#49
Humans And Dinosaurs (Other Than Birds) Did Not Coexist
The last of the non-avian dinosaurs died 66 million years ago in the course of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, whereas the earliest members of genus Homo (humans) evolved between 2.3 and 2.4 million years ago. This places a 63-million-year expanse of time between the last non-bird dinosaurs and the earliest humans. Humans did coexist with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats—mammals often erroneously depicted alongside humans and dinosaurs.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
Lies! All of the original Power Rangers had their own dinosaurs, and they've done it again with the Dino Thunder team!
Andres Tejeda 6 years ago
Seriously why do people even believe we coexisted? I blame the creationist young earth people.
Catlady6000 6 years ago
As a serious Bible student, PREACH! No where in the Bible does is say how long the Creative days were. For that matter, the seventh day, the where God rested from his creative works, no where does it say it ended, so, Scripturally we're likely still in that seventh day. Boom
Load More Replies... glowworm2 6 years ago
I mostly blame the Flintstones for this--although there were definitely other media portrayals also responsible for this one.
Niffler_13 6 years ago
Theory is that the Flintstones are post-apocalyptic.
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#50
A Vegetarian Or Vegan Diet Can Provide Enough Protein For Adequate Nutrition
In fact, typical protein intakes of ovo-lacto vegetarians and vegans meet and exceed requirements. However, a vegan diet does require supplementation of vitamin B12 for optimal health.
Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
Yeah, but meat tastes too good to give up. Except human. They taste like sweat and arrogance.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
This statement is tricky. It mixes vegans and vegetarians and then adds a special vegan diet. Yeah, you can be healthy on a lot of diets, also vegan ones, but that is not true for everyone. A vegan diet for pets is for example animal cruelty in my eyes. Also giving your kids only a vegan diet can be risky cause kids still need to grow. To summarize it in one sentence is just not possible.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
It also depends on the kind of Vegan diet you are on. If you are on a whole foods vegan diet, you will probably reach your protein goals with no problem. If you eat nothing but vegan junk food..then you might not. There ain't much protein in potato chips.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
The issue with vegetarianism isn't that it can't provide enough nutrition. It's that an awful lot of people really don't know too much about food and vitamins/minerals and nutrition in general, and fail to eat healthily. This can be just as true of omnivores. In my vegan years, the number of people that would tell me all excited that Oreos are vegan, like that was a good thing. Fact is, Oreos contain nothing of nutritional value whatsoever. You might as well eat sugar and preservatives by the bucket. A good variety of foods, especially fresh foods, and lots of colors of fruit and veg is the best way to go. Meat is completely optional.
Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago
It’s OK to be vegan. But is not natural for humans to be vegan. No cultures have been or are vegan, but some cultures - like inuits - are almost only eating meat and other animal deriving foods :-)
Victoria Pitt 6 years ago
Most of the people who attack me for not eating meat, claiming I won't get enough protein, definitely do not track their own protein or have any clue how much they should eat.
The Cute Cat 6 years ago
This is considered for ovo-lacto veggie meal which contain egg and milk. The other thing happen for the pure vegetable..
#51
Bats Are Not Blind
While about 70 percent of bat species, mainly in the microbat family, use echolocation to navigate, all bat species have eyes and are capable of sight. In addition, almost all bats in the megabat or fruit bat family cannot echolocate and have excellent night vision.
glowworm2 6 years ago
Flying fuzz brownie is an adorable nickname for a bat!
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Koalamonster 6 years ago
BATS ARE SO CUTE!! Also, the only things that fly that don't terrify me. Mainly because I KNOW that they won't fly and hit me in the head- unlike birds and other flying things. Bats are friggin cute though. Especially the ones that look like Stella Luna.
Master Markus 6 years ago
I've never seen a bird hit someone in the head while flying. Birds tend to know their way around the sky.
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Laura Gillette 6 years ago
I knew bats were not blind, but I didn't know that some bats couldn't echolocate!
John Laurens/Gay Turtle 6 years ago
I was once attacked by a bat... but they're still adorable lol
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
At least some of them have poor sight though. I know this from being in the tropics and saw bats that had babies, which fell from their nest and the parents couldn't find them in braod daylight. Yes, they died.
#52
The Word Theory In "The Theory Of Evolution" Does Not Imply Scientific Doubt Regarding Its Validity
The concepts of theory and hypothesis have specific meanings in a scientific context. While theory in colloquial usage may denote a hunch or conjecture, a scientific theory is a set of principles that explains observable phenomena in natural terms. "Scientific fact and theory are not categorically separable", and evolution is a theory in the same sense as germ theory or the theory of gravitation.
Andres Tejeda 6 years ago
Exactly I wish this concept was more wide spread. Since many people usually dismiss evolution as a "theory" and use the colloquial usage to try to denounce it.
Carson Skjerdal 6 years ago
It's a good way to weed out the idiots though ha ha
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Cody Eriksen 6 years ago
He's a head scratcher: The internal combustion engine (gas powered engines) runs on STRAIGHT THEORY, The Four Stroke Theory. We have not been able to slow the process enough to actually see it happen. The Theory goes: Intake, Compression, Power (fire from Spark Plug), and Exhaust (The 'High School' way of learning the theory: Suck, Squeeze, Bang, and Blow. You may now laugh.)
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Two huge issues here. First, the photo does not illustrate evolution. It doesn't work that way folks- that is an over simplification. Second, most laymen do not recognize the difference between a theory and a hypothesis, which cause the confusion, lack of understanding, and outright idiocy. Then again, most folks these days can't distinguish the difference between "fact" and "opinion"...
Carol Emory 6 years ago
A theory is supported by data, but is never exempt from being proven wrong. A theory always has the possibility of being proven false. There are only a few "Laws" out there in science...most relating to ideas from Sir Isaac Newton.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
So which law is from Newton that is not part of the Theory of Gravity?
Load More Replies... Jon S. 6 years ago
Our last common ancestor with chimpanzees was very chimpanzee like, if not actually a chimp
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Waking Sleepwalkers Does Not Harm Them
While it is true that a person may be confused or disoriented for a short time after awakening, this does not cause them further harm. In contrast, sleepwalkers may injure themselves if they trip over objects or lose their balance while sleepwalking.
Daria B 6 years ago
I once had a nightmare that my friend was sleepwalking into her suicide through a wide open window. I stopped her and that woke her up and she looked confused indeed. I woke up from that dream with deep thoughts.
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
I have to wake my husband as the things he says when sleepwalking scare the s**t out of me.
#54
The Order In Which Different Types Of Alcoholic Beverages Are Consumed Does Not Affect Intoxication Or Create Adverse Side Effects
The order in which different types of alcoholic beverages are consumed ("Grape or grain but never the twain" and "Beer before wine and you'll feel fine; wine before beer and you'll feel queer") does not affect intoxication or create adverse side effects.
L McN 6 years ago
liquor before beer, your in the clear. beer before liquor never sicker. Always worked for me...but really, knowing how your body digests it all it shouldn't work. It does, but shouldn't.
Load More Replies... Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
"Beer on whisky, that's a bit risky. Whisky on beer, that's a good cheer."
debrina blackmoon 6 years ago
Oooohhh, heidi deidi deidi deidi heidi diedi DEI!
Load More Replies... Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
That this is true should be indicated by everyone who speaks at least a second language. Cause based on the language different orders of drinking are advertisted. But sugar matters. Sugar in drinks accelarates the absorbtion of alcohol into your blood.
An Opinion 6 years ago
This one's true: Beer before grass and you're on your a*s, grass before beer and you're in the clear.
ThymeGarden 6 years ago
I've always heard, "Liquor before beer, never fear. Beer before liquor, get sicker."
#55
Twinkies Have A Shelf Life Of Approximately 45 Days (25 In Their Original Formulation)
It's far shorter than the common (and somewhat jocular) myth that Twinkies are edible for decades or longer. They generally remain on a store shelf for only 7 to 10 days
Evil Little Thing 6 years ago
But if you deep dry them, they only last about 3 minutes. Because eaten.
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
I hope they taste far better than they look. Why are they called twinkies?
Pahulu 6 years ago
Because the creator saw an ad for shoes, I think, using the word twinkle and liked the word. That's just from memory. If you google it, you'll get the story
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Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
Bonus fact: the original Twinkies flavor is banana, NOT vanilla. Bonus bonus fact: banana flavoring tastes fake not because it's inaccurate, but because it's flavored after the Gros Michel variety, which nearly became extinct in the 60s due to Panama Disease. Most grocery store bananas today are Cavendish, a much milder and sweeter flavored banana. Unfortunately, Cavendish are now facing devastation caused by a new strain of Panama Disease. Bananas are highly susceptible to this kind of crop devastation because they're all clones (from clippings) of one another due to having been bred out of properly seeding.
#56
Humans Cannot Catch Warts From Toads Or Other Animals
The bumps on a toad are not warts. Warts on human skin are caused by human papillomavirus, which is unique to humans.
Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
The toads are probably happy to hear this - they are afraid to get warts from us!
Cesar Grossmann 6 years ago
I wonder if it's safe to hold them with bare hands, with all those poisonous glands...
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Should say "unique to mammals". Recently canine versions were described.
#57
Black Holes Have The Same Gravitational Effects As Any Other Equal Mass In Their Place
They will draw objects nearby towards them, just as any other planetary body does, except at very close distances to the black hole. If, for example, the Sun were replaced by a black hole of equal mass, the orbits of the planets would be essentially unaffected. A black hole can act like a "cosmic vacuum cleaner" and pull a substantial inflow of matter, but only if the star from which it formed was already having a similar effect on surrounding matter.
Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
Even when I read this passage slowly, the black hole of my mind refuses to understand it.
Tacitus86 6 years ago
This one doesn't make sense. A black hole of the same mass as the sun... wouldn't be a black hole.
Henry Cheves 5 years ago
It would just be tinier and more contracted. Mass, not size.
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Eating Less Than An Hour Before Swimming Does Not Increase The Risk Of Experiencing Muscle Cramps Or Drowning
One study shows a correlation between alcohol consumption and drowning, but there is no evidence cited regarding the consumption of food or stomach cramps.
xolitaire 6 years ago
WTH come on. The story about the stomach cramps is something you tell children so that they don't jump into the water right after eating and barf like a geysir. Do YOU want to clean out a pool with barf-water?
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
I had a friend so stupid that she thought you couldn't even have a bath after eating... She also thought that people could see with glass eyes. If only.
Carson Skjerdal 6 years ago
Used to get cramps when I ran track and field after lunch. Is there an alternate explanation?
NamedMeMyself 6 years ago
It's called a side stitch and even if it's generally connected with exercising after eating no one actually knows exactly why it happens...
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#59
Marie Antoinette Did Not Say "Let Them Eat Cake" When She Heard That The French Peasantry Were Starving Due To A Shortage Of Bread
The phrase was first published in Rousseau's Confessions when Marie was only nine years old and most scholars believe that Rousseau coined it himself, or that it was said by Maria-Theresa, the wife of Louis XIV. Even Rousseau (or Maria-Theresa) did not use the exact words but actually Qu'ils mangent de la brioche, "Let them eat brioche" (a rich type of bread). Marie Antoinette was an unpopular ruler; therefore, people attribute the phrase "let them eat cake" to her, in keeping with her reputation as being hard-hearted and disconnected from her subjects.
Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
In other words, people just love to have somebody to hate. Precious.
Daniel da Silva 6 years ago
Marie Antoinette was a teenager when she ascended to the throne. No wonder she was "disconnected" from her subjects.
#60
Swallowed Chewing Gum Does Not Take Seven Years To Digest
In fact, chewing gum is mostly indigestible, and passes through the digestive system at the same rate as other matter.
Valerie G. 6 years ago
When I was little my mom told us that if you swallowed your gum it would turn into a big ball in your tummy. Imagine her consternation upon finding that we (twin brother and I), followed a heavily pregnant lady down the street taunting her with "we know what you did!!!!"
L McN 6 years ago
50 chews? 5 pieces is 50 chews? Who chews on a piece of gum for only 10 chews?
Monster munch 6 years ago
Revolting stuff, it doesn't biodegrade, should be banned, although at that rice I can't see many wanting it.
Elaine Dodge 6 years ago
What's with the totally ludicrous packaging!? Whatever shop that is - YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. So much plastic and we wonder why our oceans are full of the stuff. STOP THIS!
Jenica Thomas 6 years ago
It's a reusable security case. The gum will be removed from the clear case once purchased and then reused once restocked. It's to prevent theft.
Load More Replies... Mark Smallman 6 years ago
One in a high crime area if even the chewing gum is in security cases!
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#61
Toilet Waste Is Never Intentionally Jettisoned From An Aircraft
All waste is collected in tanks and emptied into toilet waste vehicles. Blue ice is caused by accidental leakage from the waste tank. Passenger trains, on the other hand, have indeed historically flushed onto the tracks; modern trains usually have retention tanks on board and therefore do not dispose of waste in such a manner.
#62
Nonstandard, Slang Or Colloquial Terms Used By English Speakers Are Sometimes Alleged Not To Be Real Words, Despite Appearing In Numerous Dictionaries
All words in English became accepted by being commonly used for a certain period of time; thus, there are many vernacular words currently not accepted as part of the standard language, or regarded as infelicitous in formal speech or writing, but the idea that they are somehow not words is a misconception. Examples of words that are sometimes alleged not to be words include "irregardless", "conversate", "funnest", "mentee", "impactful", and "thusly", all of which appear in numerous dictionaries as English words.
Full Name 6 years ago
English purists are just as stupid as constitution purists. Both change over time, yet some people go "Nope. Change stops here and how dare you suggest otherwise?!"
Load More Replies... Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
God, I LOATHE the word "conversate". A "conversation" occurs when two or more people CONVERSE. I will maintain to the death that "conversate" is NOT a word!
2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
They may be words, but that doesn't mean you won't sound dumb using them.
#63
The Accused At The Salem Witch Trials In North America Were Not Burned At The Stake
About 15 died in prison, 19 were hanged and one was pressed to death.
Väinö-Oskari Astala 6 years ago
Last words: "More weights". Explanation: By confessing, all the property would have been confiscated by the officials. By dying while being interrogated, he died "innocent" and relatives got their inheritance.
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The Cute Cat 6 years ago
Died in prison or hanged or pressed to death. Well, that's cannot be any better..
#64
Alcohol Does Not Necessarily Kill Brain Cells
Alcohol can, however, lead indirectly to the death of brain cells in two ways: (1) In chronic, heavy alcohol users whose brains have adapted to the effects of alcohol, abrupt cessation following heavy use can cause excitotoxicity leading to cellular death in multiple areas of the brain. (2) In alcoholics who get most of their daily calories from alcohol, a deficiency of thiamine can produce Korsakoff's syndrome, which is associated with serious brain damage.
Bill 6 years ago
Well you see a herd of Buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest member so natural selection kills off the weaker ones making the herd stronger. We all know that drinking kills brain cells well the slowest ones. So when you drink beer everyday it kills the weaknones. That's why you feel smarter after a few beers
#65
In South Korea, It Is Commonly, And Incorrectly, Believed That Sleeping In A Closed Room With An Electric Fan Running Results In "Fan Death"
According to the Korean government: "In some cases, a fan turned on too long can cause death from suffocation, hypothermia, or fire from overheating." The Korea Consumer Protection Board issued a consumer safety alert recommending that electric fans be set on timers, the direction changed, and any doors to the room be left open. According to Yeon Dong-su, dean of Kwandong University's medical school, "If it is completely sealed, then in the current of an electric fan, the temperature can drop low enough to cause a person to die of hypothermia." However, leaving a fan running in an unoccupied room will not cool it down; rather, due to energy losses from the motor and viscous dissipation, a fan will actually slightly heat a room
Luke Renner 6 years ago
When I taught in Korea, I learned that the myth of fan death persists to the present as a way to euphemistically talk about someone's suicide.
Bored Moogle 6 years ago
I sleep in a closed room with a fan all the time and have for many years. In fact I CAN'T sleep without one because I need the white noise.
tuzdayschild 6 years ago (edited)
Same here, year round. I never even heard of this myth.
Load More Replies... Bobby's Girl 6 years ago
The last part about not cooling a room down but rather heating it is correct, though.
캉 (Kang) 6 years ago
This was back in the 1920s-30s when people were afraid of the "new" technology. Our thoughts back then were better safe than sorry, that doesn't exactly mean we're stupid.
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Houseflies Have An Average Lifespan Of 20 To 30 Days, Not 24 Hours
The misconception may arise from confusion with mayflies, which, in some species, have an adult lifespan of as little as 5 minutes. A housefly egg will hatch into a maggot within 24 hours of being laid.
glowworm2 6 years ago
I remember a joke on Fairly Oddparents involving this. Timmy wished to have superpowers and was granted the ability to speak to animals. A fly cheerfully states that he has a 24 hour life, and throughout the entire short we see him become a teenager, have a wife and kids, and become an elderly man before finally being swatted by Timmy's father at the end.
Cody Eriksen 6 years ago
Then, what is the purpose of a mayfly with an adult lifespan of 5 minutes? Or better yet, why is this mayfly around?
#67
When Kitty Genovese Was Murdered, 37 Neighbors Did Not Stand Idly By And Watch, Not Calling The Police Until After She Was Dead
When bartender Kitty Genovese was murdered outside her Queens apartment in 1964, 37 neighbors did not stand idly by and watch, not calling the police until after she was dead, as The New York Times initially reported to widespread public outrage that persisted for years. Later reporting established that the police report the Times had initially relied on was inaccurate, that Genovese had been attacked twice in different locations, and while the many witnesses heard the attack they only heard brief portions and did not realize what was occurring, with only six or seven actually reporting seeing anything. Some called police; one said "I didn't want to get involved", an attitude later attributed to all the residents who saw or heard part of the attack.
Imajin_A_Shön 6 years ago
So many media outlets either sensationalize events or just want to get the story out first before waiting for the truth.
Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
What eyes don't see, the heart can't feel. There many people like this today.
#68
Seasons Are Not Caused By The Earth Being Closer To The Sun In The Summer Than In The Winter, But By The Earth's 23.4-Degree Axial Tilt
Each Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun in its respective summer (July in the Northern Hemisphere and January in the Southern Hemisphere), resulting in longer days and more direct sunlight, with the opposite being true in the winter.
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Don't even try to explain the wobble to them. Most can't grasp the concept of tilt...or Coriolis...or atmospheric friction....
#69
Egg Balancing Is Possible On Every Day Of The Year, Not Just The Vernal Equinox
There is no relationship between astronomical phenomena and the ability to balance an egg.
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
There's a hell of a lot of morons in this world...
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#70
Earwigs Are Not Known To Purposefully Climb Into External Ear Canals
Though there have been anecdotal reports of earwigs being found in the ear. Entomologists suggest that the origin of the name is actually a reference to the appearance of the hindwings, which are unique and distinctive among insects, and resemble a human ear when unfolded.
Magpie 6 years ago
Thanks Venic, I found the same image, but it does not look like an ear to me at all. So I am still confused.
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Neither Cracking One's Knuckles Nor Exercising While In Good Health Causes Osteoarthritis
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
🎵 Arthritis, Rheumatism - in your fingers if you click 'em... not. I've never clicked or cracked my knuckles and yet, joy of joys, have arthritic fingers.
#72
The Black Belt In Martial Arts Does Not Necessarily Indicate Expert Level Or Mastery
It was introduced for judo in the 1880s to indicate competency at all of the basic techniques of the sport. Promotion beyond 1st dan (the first black belt rank) varies among different martial arts. In judo and some other Asian martial arts, holders of higher ranks are awarded alternating red and white panels, and the highest ranks with solid red belts. Other styles' belts have a number of gold bars to indicate the holder's dan (rank).
Calypso poet 6 years ago
My cousin was around 12 when she became a 1st degree black belt in karate, her dad was like a 5th. It didn’t mean she could kick the a*s of a lower level. But if they accidentally called her sir she could dole out a punishment! I loved going to watch them in class! My mom wouldn’t let me take lessons. Jehovah witnesses suck.
Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
People downvote to feel important. Ups, now i'm downvoted. Like that is going to change a thing in those people lives.
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Snake Jaws Cannot Unhinge
The posterior end of the lower jaw bones contain a quadrate bone, allowing jaw extension. The anterior tips of the lower jaw bones are joined by a flexible ligament allowing them to bow outwards, increasing the mouth gape.
#74
Poinsettias Are Not Highly Toxic To Humans Or Cats
While it is true that they are mildly irritating to the skin or stomach, and may sometimes cause diarrhea and vomiting if eaten, an American Journal of Emergency Medicine study of 22,793 cases reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers showed no fatalities and few cases requiring medical treatment. According to the ASPCA, poinsettias may cause light to mid-range gastrointestinal discomfort in felines, with diarrhea and vomiting as the most severe consequences of ingestion.
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
More interesting is that the "petals" are not actually part of the flowers, they are just leaves with different pigmentation. Also this is a large shrub, small tree kind of plant.
#75
It Is Not True That By The Age Of Two Years, Humans Have Generated All Of The Brain Cells They Will Ever Have
This belief was held by medical experts until 1998. It is now understood that new neurons can be created in some parts of the postnatal brain. A 2013 study showed that also in old age, about 700 new neurons are produced in the hippocampus daily.
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Just remember "medical experts" practice medicine. They are not scientists (most of the time).
#76
The Moscow–Washington Hotline Was Never A Telephone Line, Nor Were Red Phones Used
Although popularly known as the "red telephone", the Moscow–Washington hotline was never a telephone line, nor were red phones used. The first implementation of the hotline used teletype equipment, which was replaced by facsimile (fax) machines in 1988. Since 2008, the hotline has been a secure computer link over which the two countries exchange emails. Moreover, the hotline links the Kremlin to the Pentagon, not the White House.
#77
Tomato Juice Is Ineffective At Eliminating The Smell Of A Skunk
It only appears to work due to olfactory fatigue. The Humane Society of the United States recommends using a mixture of dilute hydrogen peroxide (3%), baking soda, and dishwashing liquid for dogs that get sprayed.
Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
I could have told you that. Mayo doesn't work either. The spray is oily so dishwashing liquid does help, but even after months, you can still smell the funk if the dog gets wet.
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Fairly glad we don't have skunks mooching around the UK - cute as they look. Bad enough that one of my dogs loves to roll in fox poo..! How happy does he look when in total disgrace though?!!
Load More Replies... Leodavinci 6 years ago
"Olfactory fatigue"? You mean get use to the smell? Right. I think someone's never smelled a skunk before. You don't get used to the smell. Didn't Mythbusters tackle this and prove that tomato juice did work?
Jamie Richard 6 years ago
I think they mean that the smell of tomato juice takes over because the nose gets fatigued by the smell of skunk.
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The Daddy Longlegs Spider Is Not The Most Venomous Spider In The World
Though they can indeed pierce human skin, the tiny amount of venom they carry causes only a mild burning sensation for a few seconds.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Depends where you live in the world as to what a 'daddy long-legs' is.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
In the US, we have two kinds. One that's a spider as pictured above, and one that's an opilione that also goes by the name of Harvestmen. Opiliones are arachnids like spiders, but have very different body structure. Neither is particularly dangerous though :)
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Carol Taylor 6 years ago
oops..l perpetuated this myth earlier in another BP posting about spiders in Australia, and I'm an Aussie..oh well..
Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
Reality is most spiders won't pierce your skin...and you really have to screw with them to get them to do it. The term spider bite is as erroneous as the term daddy long legs. The spider pictured is a common cellar spider, a member of Pholcidae. In many places these are just called house spiders. Daddy long legs tends to refer to harvestmen from Opiliones, a different type of arachnid. To further confuse folks, daddy long legs is also used to refer to large crane flies in some places. Most folks that complain of spider bites have actually been a meal for fleas.
Foxxy 6 years ago
In Australia we commonly call these daddy long legs not cellar spiders. https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/animals/spiders/daddy-long-legs-spider/
Load More Replies... Magpie 6 years ago
You'd have to seriously threaten or annoy an ( Australian ) daddy long legs to get it to bite you.
Foxxy 6 years ago (edited)
I actually picked one up today. My son came crying telling me there was a big spider in the cupboard and it was upside down. He showed me with his hands how big it was so I was expecting a huntsman but thenI see this daddy long legs sitting on one of my books. So I picked it up and put it on a higher shelf.
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#79
Alcoholic Beverages Do Not Make The Entire Body Warmer
The reason that alcoholic drinks create the sensation of warmth is that they cause blood vessels to dilate and stimulate nerve endings near the surface of the skin with an influx of warm blood. This can actually result in making the core body temperature lower, as it allows for easier heat exchange with a cold external environment.
#80
Dogs Do Not Sweat By Salivating
Dogs actually do have sweat glands and not only on their tongues; they sweat mainly through their footpads. However, dogs do primarily regulate their body temperature through panting.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
They don't sweat by salivating. Their tongue has large blood vessels that draw cool air generated from panting. Their ears are also "radiators" for their bodies. The vessels that run through their ears help to release heat. Which is why I become very upset at seeing dogs with cropped ears.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Indeed, and they can only sweat a small amount from the paws and nose.
Load More Replies... Johnny Farnen 6 years ago
When you are built to run 20k per day virtually non-stop, you gotta have a more efficient heat sink than wet skin.
#81
Flowering Sunflowers Point In A Fixed Direction (Often East) All Day Long
However, in an earlier developmental stage, before the appearance of flower heads, the immature buds do track the sun (a phenomenon called heliotropism) and the fixed alignment of the mature flowers toward a certain direction is often the result.
Donna Leske 6 years ago
Yep, bogus 'fact'. I have grown sunflowers many times, the mature flowers do track the sun.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
Wrong. You can watch time lapses of this. Other flowers like daisies do it, too.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Show me a video. I found one that shows that sunflowers only follow the sun as long as they don't have the yellow Flower itself. So young plants that are only green do follow. But not the older ones.
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Yours truly 3 years ago
Um my friend, ever played MineCraft? The sunflowers are always facing the same direction.
#82
There Are Not Four Primary Tastes, But Five
There are not four primary tastes, but five: in addition to bitter, sour, salty, and sweet, humans have taste receptors for umami, which is a "savory" or "meaty" taste. Fat does interact with specific receptors in taste bud cells, but whether it is a sixth primary taste remains inconclusive.
Da Coconut Nut 6 years ago
Spicy isn't on there because the taste receptors can't pick it up and will instead send pain signals to the brain, making your mouth feel like it's burning.
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Also the color matters. Humans are so hard biased that we will say a blue burger tastes different. Even if that is not possible.
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Jo Choto 6 years ago
The last scientific article I read stated that there were more than five, and that there were subtle variations of all kinds of tastes, and that the areas were not fixed on the tongue like you see in most images. I think when we have more detailed language for all the different taste sensations, we will grow our understanding of taste, but without words, we don't really know what we are tasting. Like, what is the word for when you eat a really mature cheese and you get that kind of itchy gum sensation?
Henry Cheves 5 years ago
Chocolate isn't bitter. It's supposed to be sweet.
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Frogs Die Immediately When Cast Into Boiling Water, Rather Than Leaping Out
Furthermore, frogs will attempt to escape cold water that is slowly heated past their critical thermal maximum, as opposed to the belief that a frog would leap out of boiling water, but would stay and boil to death if heated gradually.
Stille20 6 years ago
It's not about boiling a frog, its about the difference between slowly increasing discomfort vs have a sudden change... I think someone missed the point of the analogy.
Finn Fickle 6 years ago
It was an experiment, not an analogy - the frog didn't leap out because they had lobotomised it to purposely prevent its movement.
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#84
Pulling Or Cutting A Grey Hair Will Not Cause Two Grey Hairs To Grow In Its Place
It will only cause the one hair to grow back because only one hair can grow from each follicle.
Bored Moogle 6 years ago
Not true. Have you ever watched hair transplant videos? They drill hair from an inconspicuous place on your head and implant it into another area of your head. When they drilled the hairs out of the follicles, some of the follicles had multiple hairs in them.
Dianna Siever 6 years ago
how can an entire hair shaft be one color, and then over night suddenly become gray? It's amazing!
Magpie 6 years ago
We just can not see the grey ones easily, they reflect the colours around them a lot. So it was there, but camouflaged.
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There Is No Scientific Evidence For The Existence Of "Photographic" Memory In Adults
"Photographic" memory is explained as the ability to remember images with so high a precision as to mimic a camera. The is no evidence that adults have it, but some young children have eidetic memory. Many people have claimed to have a photographic memory, but those people have been shown to have good memories as a result of mnemonic devices rather than a natural capacity for detailed memory encoding. There are rare cases of individuals with exceptional memory, but none of them has a memory that mimics that of a camera.
Niffler_13 6 years ago
Every time you remember a memory you are remembering it from the last time you remembered it, and the memory can be influenced by what was happening when you looked back upon it. Hence why human memory is so unreliable.
Blarrg 6 years ago
BTW, that's one current theory, and there is some evidence to support it, but it's far from proven so far. I mean the part about remembering a memory. Memory being unreliable is very well established.
Load More Replies... James 6 years ago
Sorry there are several savants who do have photographic memory. Ex.https://youtu.be/ejhNxNIKvOI now if you choose to call it something else does not mean it does not exist.
Jo Choto 6 years ago
Photographic memory is not generally used to refer to images, so much as information. A person with good eidetic memory can recall exactly what information lies on what page of what book they have read. They don't have to necessarily be able to remember images with exact clarity. There are many instances of people who have a "perfect" memory, in that they literally remember everything that has happened every day of their life, down to the weather, the clothes they wore, who they spoke to, the conversations, thoughts, feelings, etc. These people are very rare, but pretty amazing. There have been a couple of books written about such people. One of the best known is an actress by the name of Marilu Henner. Look it up. Fascinating stuff.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
I actually DO have an eidetic memory for text - when I try, I can actually see the page and the words. I also have eidetic memory when it comes to recalling scenes, although not faces. I can draw you a picture of something I've seen and it will be accurate. ...///... I don't know if it's observational skills or real photographic memory, but it works...and drives people insane on trivia nights.
#86
Carrots Do Not Enhance Vision Beyond Normal Levels In Those Receiving An Adequate Amount
While the beta carotene in carrots can help improve night vision in those suffering from a deficiency of vitamin A, it does not enhance it beyond normal levels in those receiving an adequate amount. The belief that it does may have originated from World War II British disinformation meant to explain the Royal Air Force's improved success in night battles, which was actually due to radar and the use of red lights on instrument panels.
Koalamonster 6 years ago
Working in an optical center I've had more than once kid ask me about this- and it's always awkward. Mostly because my inclination is to tell the truth, you'll still need glasses but carrots are still good for you, but generally there's a parent right behind the child nodding eagerly for me to say 'yes if you eat carrots you might not need glasses anymore.' I'm very sorry but I cannot in good conscience like to your children. I will tell them to listen to their parents though.
#87
Stretching Before Or After Exercise Does Not Reduce Muscle Soreness
One research conducted by Herbert, de Noronha, and Kamper examined how stretching affects exercising. Their review of the data gathered concluded that "stretching pre or postexercise did not have important effects on muscle soreness".
Full Name 6 years ago
Maybe not for run of the mill exercising, but post stretching 100% can help in the right situations and that's not even up for debate. This post is dead wrong. If you overdo a muscle, stretching absolutely for sure helps, especially in the larger muscles of the legs. Recovery time is drastically reduced and next-day soreness is greatly reduced.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
But pre-stretching can cause damage. Starting your workout light and working up is the best way to warm up, stretches are for cooling down.
Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
I've sometimes wondered this as a runner. I always used to warm up and stretch but don't bother now and I feel no difference at all.
An Opinion 6 years ago
Pre-stretching should not be static. It should involve movement to avoid over stretching muscles, which can lead to tears. Post stretching should be a combination of both. In fact a warm up and warm down is better than post and pre stretching.
#88
All Different Tastes Can Be Detected On All Parts Of The Tongue By Taste Buds
There are slightly increased sensitivities in different locations depending on the person, contrary to the popular belief that specific tastes only correspond to specific mapped sites on the tongue.
Alex Bailey 6 years ago
Always knew that this one was c**p - could never tell the difference in school experiments.
#89
Searing Meat May Actually Cause It To Lose Moisture In Comparison To An Equivalent Piece Of Meat Cooked Without Searing
There is a common misconception that searing seals in moisture; it does not. Generally, the value in searing meat is that it produces a brown crust with a rich flavor via the Maillard reaction
Bonny Saxon 6 years ago
Why would you not brown a steak like that before you eat it? That's just crazy talk.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
searing meat is about adding flavor, not rescuing moisture :) Also, try this sometime: in an oven-safe pan, cook your steak to the doneness you want, then remove the steak from the pan onto a cutting board. Heat the pan medium-high on the stove with a tsp of oil. Once the pan is nice and hot, sear the steak on each side for 45sec to 1min, and the fatty edges for about 30sec each. Then plate, top with herb butter, and let rest for 5 minutes. Restaurant level steaks easy as pie.
#90
While Bees Are Important, 60% Of All Human Energy Sources, Such As Crops, Don't Need Pollination
European honey bees are often described as essential to human food production, leading to claims that without their pollination, humanity would starve or die out. The quote "If bees disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live" has been misattributed to Albert Einstein. In fact, many important crops need no insect pollination at all. The ten most important crops, comprising 60% of all human food energy, all fall into this category.
Lonely Ghost town 6 years ago
Bees aren't the only ones that pollinate, there are other insects that pollinate, though bees are important they aren't the only ones.
Magpie 6 years ago
Joy of joy, some types of mosquitoes pollinate. If trying to kill mozzies, kills bees as well...... ?
Load More Replies... xolitaire 6 years ago
So the other 40% would have no impact on human food sources? No? Man, most of these posted "facts" are half-assed b******t.
Full Name 6 years ago
Agreed. It's a domino effect. Get rid of the other 40% and see what happens to the 60%
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Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
But without bees we won't have honey. A planet without honey is not a place I want to live at.
#91
Swallowing Gasoline Does Not Generally Require Special Emergency Treatment
As long as it goes into the stomach and not the lungs, and inducing vomiting can make it worse.
elfin 6 years ago
You'd rather have a picture of a kid drinking gasoline?
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#92
Drinking Milk Or Consuming Other Dairy Products Does Not Increase Mucus Production
As a result, they do not need to be avoided by those with the flu or cold congestion.
Imajin_A_Shön 6 years ago
Drinking milk doesn't increase mucus but it can make phlegm thicker and more uncomfortable. It is the last thing I'd drink with cold congestion.
Magpie 6 years ago
lol, not if your server knows how to prepare Lassi right.
Load More Replies... Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
I've never heard it did. A better one to say would be that humans do not need to drink milk beyond infancy to be healthy. The same as every other mammal. It's a myth to propagate the dairy industry.
#93
No Human Genome (Or Any Mammalian Genome For That Matter) Has Ever Been Completely Sequenced
As of 2017, by some estimates, between 4% to 9% of the human genome had not been sequenced.
Carson Skjerdal 6 years ago
This link says otherwise - https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/results
Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė 6 years ago
Hi! Thank you for the link. According to the section "State of completion" under "Human Genome Project" Wikipedia page: "The project was not able to sequence all the DNA found in human cells. It sequenced only euchromatic regions of the genome, which make up 92.1% of the human genome. The other regions, called heterochromatic, are found in centromeres and telomeres, and were not sequenced under the project." "As of June 2019, the GRC still indicates 89 "unresolved" gaps, most of which are annotated as "stalled" or "under investigation/review"."
Load More Replies... Andres Tejeda 6 years ago
So I still can't make a clone to go to work for me. Damn it science you are slacking.
Amr Mohamed 6 years ago
I think if you did, he'll want you to go to work instead of him =p
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All Humans Learn In Fundamentally Similar Ways
In particular, there is no evidence that people have different learning styles, nor that catering teaching styles to purported learning styles improves information retention.
Full Name 6 years ago
Yeah. This is f*****g ridiculous. I mean, stunningly ignorant. So reading about wave interactions in a book is exactly the same as reading it yourself, which is exactly the same as seeing a demonstration which is exactly the same as doing an exercise yourself? Riiiiight. Being seated in silence without movement is the exact same as being able to move and communicate for every single person? Riiiiight.
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Tiny Dynamine 6 years ago
As a teacher, I know for a fact that this is wrong. You people really need to do your research better or you'll lose credibility.
Finn Fickle 6 years ago
I have dysgraphica - I have difficulty with processing all parts of an image. It also means that I can't easily write Chinese as my brain interprets it as an image. Audial information though - spoken, music - goes straight in. I audio record my lectures (with permission of course) in place of notes. T me, can I get the thousand words instead of the picture?
BobbyMcD 6 years ago
This is a a good example of a bit of an exception to what I have written above. I'm still guessing you will develop skills much more quickly by practicing and having a hands-on experience, but you are, of course, correct that visual information will be harder or impossible for you to take in that auditory information. I have a dear friend who is dyslexic and she goes to an amazing school that supports people with dyslexia and other challenges. Really amazing to see it in action.
Load More Replies... Magpie 6 years ago
I have attended a cert 4 in training, and we understand and practise using different ways to teach. Talking , reading, drawings and diagrams, practical ( physical exercises ). Within each group there are variations, __________for example, talking: analogies, statistics, stories , direct human to human talk in groups, or solitary interactive technology. etc etc
BobbyMcD 6 years ago
See my comment above, we are all kinesthetic learners. The point of the post is still correct.
Load More Replies... Cesar Grossmann 6 years ago
I wonder, a claim with accompanying research data is denied and downvoted this way. People, do some research before denying things... You can agree, but if you don't have data, it's only your opinion, and it's not even a hypothesis.
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
Personally, I would like to see the sources cited for these statements. I think 50% are bogus BS. (I would also like to see someone say my first sentence 10 times fast..lol)
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
I agree, they definitely need to start citing sources. This one is better than the last few, but there's still a couple questionable ones here.
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Tor Rolf Strøm 6 years ago
Jesus Christ, I haven't believed a single one of these in years. If this stuff is still commonly believed.. then may Thor have mercy on us all.
Demi Zwaan 6 years ago
I was thinking the same. People think any of these were real? Shocking.
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A dose of reality... 6 years ago
I don't know where you got all these facts but they must have come from a very stupid person.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
First ting that bothered me was the OP presented their truth rather than the so-called fallacy. Made it more cumbersome to find the misinformation. Second, lots of inaccuracies.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
Personally, I would like to see the sources cited for these statements. I think 50% are bogus BS. (I would also like to see someone say my first sentence 10 times fast..lol)
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
I agree, they definitely need to start citing sources. This one is better than the last few, but there's still a couple questionable ones here.
Load More Replies... Tor Rolf Strøm 6 years ago
Jesus Christ, I haven't believed a single one of these in years. If this stuff is still commonly believed.. then may Thor have mercy on us all.
Demi Zwaan 6 years ago
I was thinking the same. People think any of these were real? Shocking.
Load More Replies... A dose of reality... 6 years ago
I don't know where you got all these facts but they must have come from a very stupid person.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
First ting that bothered me was the OP presented their truth rather than the so-called fallacy. Made it more cumbersome to find the misinformation. Second, lots of inaccuracies.
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