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Person Asks Others To Share What Widely Accepted Facts They Know Are Wrong, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Interesting Responses
Common myths and misconceptions are all around us. We might not even realize we're wrong until we're wrong. And… some facts aren't actually facts! [Dramatic gasp!] Reddit user Threedotsguy wanted to find out what widely known ‘facts' their fellow redditors know are wrong, and the educational thread went viral. Check out which myths got debunked, upvote the ones you didn't know were false, and share what other ‘facts' you know to be balderdash in the comments, dear Pandas.
Once you start going down the ‘how do I know anything for sure' rabbit hole, it's hard to stop. Before you know it, you might even end up as a philosopher with a PhD and a dozen published books about the theory of knowledge. But one thing that we really have to ask ourselves is why people tend to believe far-fetched facts, flimsy myths, and fake news.
Dr. Bobby Hoffman, psychologist and author of 'Hack Your Motivation' and 'Motivation for Learning and Performance,' explained to Bored Panda the effects that social pressure and peer influence have on our beliefs, what biases we as human beings tend to have, and what we can do to change our existing (potentially flawed) conceptions about the world. Read on for our full interview with Dr. Hoffman.
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#1
"People with mental illness are NOT, in fact, more likely to be violent than the rest of the population. They're actually slightly less so, but MUCH more likely to be the victims."
The public tends to exaggerate the strength of the link between mental illness and violence. What's more, acts of violence by the mentally ill are sensationalized by the media. Research shows that the mentally ill are, in fact, more often victims than perpetrators of violence.
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
Likewise among undocumented immigrants who also pay much more into the system than they receive.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Diagnosed PTSD. We commit suicide. Not so much the "violence" agianst others.
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#2
That the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit was absurd and unjustified. That coffee wasn't just hot, it was HOT -- spilling it in her lap, which should've just ruined Stella Liebeck's pants and maybe given her first-degree burns, caused THIRD-degree burns and fused her genitals shut. She needed not only skin grafts but horrifyingly painful, expensive reconstructive surgery.
When Liebeck initially contacted McDonald's, all she asked was that they cover her $20,000 hospital bills. They counter-offered for $800, so she took them to court. Even then, she didn't ask for punitive damages. The jury heard about McD's insulting counter-offer, and the fact that their coffee had seriously burned seven hundred people already (they damn well knew about the danger, they just didn't care), and were so incensed that they added the extra millions on their own.
The only reason people think of that case as an example of sue-happy American culture gone wrong is that McDonald's poured millions into a smear campaign after the fact. If you ask me, it was actually our justice system working exactly as it should.
glowworm2 5 years ago
Sadly, I had no idea the coffee affected her so badly. They did indeed make this lawsuit sound frivolous whenever I heard about it.
Marnie 5 years ago
It's worse than is even described here. At certain places, she was burned TO THE BONE. She never denied that she spilled it on herself, just that it was SO MUCH hotter than it needed to be. Most places didn't serve it that hot, and it wouldn't have caused so much damage had she spilled it on herself if she'd gotten the coffee elsewhere.
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Annie O'Brien 5 years ago
Watch the HBO documentary "Hot Coffee" about this case. Her injuries were horrific
postboredom 5 years ago (edited)
Holy..when did this happen? Was it really that hot? (sorry but i didnt know this lawsuit happened, i'll go to google now)
Stephanie York 5 years ago
There was a documentary on her years ago. She was treated horribly and mocked on TV. All she asked for was her medical bills to be paid. She had 3rd-degree burns and spent months in the hospital. I felt so sad for her after watching the doc.
jessica taylor 5 years ago
I was burned at this very same McDonalds about a month prior. It spilled on my legs while my boyfriend was driving. He pulled over due to my screams and I took my scalding pants off in the middle of a busy street. Legs were burned but not like this poor lady.
Blue of the yams (They/He) 5 years ago
There's an ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING segment about this, which is how I learned.
Id row 5 years ago
You can see more details in the documentary 'Hot Coffee' and find the pics of her burns by doing a gis. It was horrific and despite the verdict, she only walked away with about 600k after appeals, which her lawyers got a giant chunk of. I always get so mad when people use this as an example of a frivolous lawsuit.
RinLo14 5 years ago
It's a sad commentary on the dumbing down of humanity when there are still people who don't know how seriously burned this woman was or say things like "coffee is supposed to be hot, duh." There's a difference between the temperature it takes to prepare things, like food or coffee, and the temperature that is safe for human consumption. The coffee that Macdonald's served wasn't safe for human consumption. The coffee she was served was 190° F and liquids at that temperature 3rd degree burns happen immediately. In the 10 years prior to the Stella Liebeck case, more than 700 people filed claims against McDonalds after suffering serious burns to their mouths and throats from their coffee, so the coffee that was being served wasn't safe for consumption. So Mickee Davies, Tiari, Pompilius, your defensive stance of McDonalds is weird. Everyone knows coffee is hot, but when actually drinking it causes severe burns, the fault lies with whoever served it.
Flare 5 years ago
No, it did burn them to the point in which she lost her reproductive system
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"That humans are the only animals that have self-awareness."
The mirror test is often used as a way to see whether or not an animal possesses self-awareness. During the test, researchers place a dot or a mark on a subject and then put the animal in front of a mirror. They then wait and watch to see if the animal investigates the mark.
Some animals who have successfully passed this test are dolphins, elephants, chimpanzees, magpies, and others. The newest research indicates that self-awareness and sense of sense are far more widespread in the animal kingdom than previously thought.
Lilla Bence 5 years ago
This should be on top - it's extremely important for all humans to know that we are far not the only species having self-awareness.
Daria B 5 years ago
I believe this one to be true. But I do wish this statement was backed up by a little more info.
DC 5 years ago
Needs to ... it is true, but no one is to believe it until it is proven beyond reasonable doubt. No one should have a lower standard anyway.
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Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
And yet people still aren't aware Taiji hunting season is going on. They rip apart family pods, sell some into the "aquarium" "dolphinarium" and "swim with dolphin" entertainment industry. They also slaughter dolphins and small whales.
Scyth 5 years ago
True sense of awareness can't be tested in any way. Fun fact: sense of awareness in humans hasn't been yet proven to exist, and it's existence is purely a philosophical debate. (yes, I'm talking about whether humans are really alive or aren't)
Xan Maranya 4 years ago
Some humans are self aware enough to recognize their own foolishness.
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Kendra Miller 5 years ago
I've always wondered whether a twist on this test would be to use a window and rather than see themselves, show them another of their species. For example, my cats have no interest in looking at themselves in the mirror, but if they see a cat outside. Even if they can't smell them, they react. Perhaps Cats are self aware, but just don't care about how they look.
Ren Karlej 5 years ago
I think the same - my dogs don't think there is another dog in the mirror past puppyhood. They learn it is not. They also have investigated marks on mirrors. One dog used the mirror door on my oven to watch me doing things while she was behind a kitchen unit. I suspect that many animals simply don't care about how they look and maybe this is more about human vanity.
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AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago (edited)
yeah especially after seeing alot of their pets knowing that it is themselves in the mirror (my friend experimented with her parakeets)
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danielw 5 years ago
dogs mostly fail the mirror test on account of the fact that they identify themselves and one another through smell. Sighthounds are far less likely to fail, but they're the exception, not the rule. This doesn't mean most dog breeds are not self aware.
Load More Replies... Xan Maranya 4 years ago
I don't see the mirror test as validating anything but recognizing one's physical reflection. There's a great deal more to self awareness than that.
Leonard Chow 5 years ago
We are not the only animals that have self-awareness. We are not even the only animal that blushes - or needs to, despite Mr Twain's quote. Animals can show embarrassment. Anyone with a dog can tell you that.
Dr. Hoffman said that peer influence and social pressure are instrumental in the beliefs that we hold onto.
"For the most part, social media is a perfect outlet to commiserate with your peer group and gain acceptance for your beliefs, justified or not. Research shows the proclivity for us to participate with higher frequency with those people and outlets that support our belief structures. This phenomenon applies to a range of beliefs including politics, epistemology, and those requiring social proof (e.g., product reviews)."
He stressed that objectively evaluating our belief structures is almost impossible because of confirmation and myside biases.
#4
Frankenstein isn't the name of the monster. It's the name of the Doctor who created the monster. But I saw this great comment on a Youtube video - 'knowledge is knowing Frankenstein isn't the monster. wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster.'
tuzdayschild 5 years ago
And just like that you have resolved the debate. They are both Frankenstein to me from now on. Well done Something.
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John Leriel 5 years ago
In the novel, Frankenstein refers the 'creature' as 'the new Adam'. The 'creature' refers to him (somewhat mockingly) as 'father'. So the monster's proper name would be 'Adam Frankenstein'.
Jim Ellington 5 years ago
Dr. Frankenstein named his creation after himself. Also, his creation can be generically referred to as a flesh golem.
Electric Ed 5 years ago
Frankenstein isn't the name of the monster. It's the name of the Doctor Who...
#5
Goldfish do not really have a memory span of five seconds. They actually remember things for months, recognize their owners, and are able to distinguish them from other people.
Scagsy 5 years ago
We have a pond full of goldfish and they recognise my wife but not me. Poor me.
E Menendez 5 years ago
Probably because she feeds them. She is the food barer. 😊
Load More Replies... Curry on... 5 years ago
Animal intelligence should not be underestimated. I'm convinced many are smarter than humans.
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Exactly. I thought about this for some time, but... sorry I forgot what point I was trying to make.
Mary Peace 5 years ago
Don't worry Steve, just go round again, it'll come back to you.
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Roselyn Park 5 years ago
Well, now what am I supposed to use to illustrate how bad my short term memory is?
Mary Peace 5 years ago
You could walk round and round in a circle, and keep opening and shutting your mouth.
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I agree.. some smarty pants decided to spread the 3 second idea..
miten sasmita 5 years ago
Agree. My husband's goldfish would splash and flop whenever it's near feeding time and me/hubby stand beside the aquarium. But it never does when my toddler or a stranger stand beside, knowing she never feeds it.
#6
That you have to wait 24 hours to report someone missing in the USA. There is no law about waiting, you don’t have to. Push to make the police cooperate and list the person missing immediately when you suspect something isn’t right. Don’t lose precious time; it’s extremely important if the person truly is missing.
Something 5 years ago
It would be completely absurd to have such a rule. In a case where there is reason to believe that the person is in trouble, there is no time to lose.
Monika Rhodes 5 years ago
I've seen quite a few of missing person documentaries from usa and yes- if you know that someone shouldn't be missing, would get in touch or something isn't right- you can report them asap.
E Menendez 5 years ago
I am amused that the number is not good for Hawaii or Alaska (makes sense) OR NEW JERSEY??? Kind of confused by that... But yes, you do not need to wait 24 hours to report a missing person.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
YOu can report right away BUT the police do not need to INVESTIGATE right away. Mom went missing. Cops waited 24 hours no matter how much we bugged them. By which point, she was found by us, b/c hey, we didn't wait around. THe moment she was late and didn't answer her phone? BOom. Us. Not the cops. This varies from one jurisdiction to another in the US, but where I am? We went looking when we realized osmething was amiss.
Isle_of_stressed_pilots 5 years ago
I live in canada and my mum was told by police to wait 24 hours before reporting me missing lol
Helena Houzarová 5 years ago
Richie Tozier is one of the kids in King's novel It. Is this a mock-up based on the character?
Brandon Hart 4 years ago
Richie Tozier was born in 1947. And he never went missing. He actually kicked the clown's ass.
"Confirmation bias means we seek out confirming evidence while rejecting or discounting evidence that refutes our belief structures. Chinn and Brewer (1993) outlined seven ways we respond to anomalous data that include: (a) ignore the anomalous data, (b) reject the data, (c) exclude the data from the domain of theory A, (d) hold the data in abeyance, (e) reinterpret the data while retaining theory A, (f) reinterpret the data and make peripheral changes to theory A, and (g) accept the data and change theory A, possibly in favor of theory B."
In brief, human beings selectively filter information that supports our intentions. Meanwhile, myside bias is similar to confirmation bias and makes it difficult for us to accept alternatives to our own attitudes and opinions.
"Myside bias operates similarly as we believe that our knowledge, process, and worldviews are superior in quality and accuracy than those views we do not hold. This explains the phenomenon of driving that I often use to operationalize myside bias. The person traveling at a greater speed than you is a 'jerk.' The person driving slower than you is an 'idiot.' Only your speed is the correct speed according to your views. However, what are other people thinking about your driving patterns?"
#7
I always see those 'pro tips' that say you should know your blood type in case of an emergency, so the hospital can get you the right type. This is 100% incorrect. We NEVER take the blood type a person says they are. A patient remembering incorrectly = a dead patient, and the hospital gets sued. We ALWAYS perform a blood test first. The only exception is in a true emergency, and then we only give O negative blood.
DforDorothy 5 years ago
I have 0negative, which sucks for me,but at least I can help literally anyone...but it still sucks for me. 😅
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
When i was rushed into hospital with sever blood loss I first received some watery looking stuff, then plasma and finally they worked out my blood type. All resulted in my being OK
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Do not understand, when I was admitted, hemorrhaging after and accident I was first given what I presume was sale, clear water-like liquid, then plasma before they worked out my blood group.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Blood tests are one of the first things taken in any potential surgery, even if you know your own.
Bob Connely 5 years ago
Even morons who get all their "knowledge" from TV dramas have heard the medical phrase, "Type and Cross-match..."!
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
O-neg is compatible with evreyone, so they give that by default until type is confirmed. Even military dog tags can get it wrong.
#8
That medieval/ancient people only lived to be ~32 years old, and at that age, they were considered ancient. That estimate is an average, which means it accounts for high infant/child mortality. Lots of ancient people lived to their 80s and older. If you made it to 30, chances were good you would make it another 30+ years.
The belief that people from the past would be shocked to see somebody that's 60 or 70 years old is false. Average life expectancy isn't the same as maximum lifespan. While the average has greatly increased over the years because of advances in technology and better nutrition, the maximum has pretty much remained stable throughout.
Monday 5 years ago
Average lifespan was brought down by high child mortality, usually from illness. If you made it to adulthood and weren't drafted into the war and didn't die in childbirth you had a decent chance of making it to old age.
K.Kobayashi 5 years ago
Not just that. There are many medical issues that were fatal back then, but easily treated today. Almost all types of bacterial infections fall into this category.
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Zenozenobee 5 years ago
Event later in History. While browsing my family tree I can point epidemy/famine by a lot of sudden deaths. But a lot of my ancestors in 18th 19 th centuries, died between 70 and 90 yo. But when you look at their 8 to 14 brothers and sisters... at least half of them did not reach 10yo. There is one exemple I remember: a couple with 12 children, only 2 girls became adult, one died giving birth to her first child (my ancestor), her sister lived 83.
MrTree1779 5 years ago
The medieval image above represents Thomas Becket being assassinated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket#Assassination
Lisa Shelton 4 years ago
They would be more shocked at you having only two children and no infant/child deaths.
W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
People started families earlier to hedge that high infant mortality rate.
Meyer Weinstock 5 years ago
Correct. Charlemagne may have had no childhood buddies by the time he turned 40, but the church had plenty of 60+_ y/o 'advisors' to steer him...
Marnie 5 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this. This is one of the myths that bothers me the most. Related to this, from everything we know, the average age of marriage was early-to-mid 20s, when people were mature enough. Enough of this propaganda that 13yo girls are ready for marriage and sex with an adult male because that is how it used to be and is natural. It is not. In most hunter-gatherer societies, girls don't even start menstruating until they are 15-17 years old (as one would expect).
#9
That 'if you touch a baby bird, the parents will abandon/kill it.' In reality, most birds don't do that. If you help a baby bird back into its nest, as long as you try not to touch the nest a lot, then everything should be fine.
Papa and Mama birds don't recognize their young by their smell, explains All About Birds. So don't be afraid to put the tiny bird back in its nest. However, if the nest is destroyed, you can make a new one, put the chick inside, and wait to see if the parents come back. If they don't come back and you're absolutely sure that the chick would be alone, it's best to bring it to a wildlife rehabilitator.
Pamela24 5 years ago
It does happen with mammals, though. So be careful there and let the fawn sleep.
Something 5 years ago
Also, if you see a fawn alone, it probably hasn't been abandoned. People constantly try to "rescue" them, but their mothers regularly leave them alone and come back for them.
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Claire 5 years ago
Also, this is a fledgling. They can't fly but they are supposed to be on the ground! Don't try to 'save' them, their parents are watching them, feeding them, and taking care of them still.
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago
oh I once saw a baby bird on the ground, grandpa tried to rescue it, but then it just flapped on to the tree, and the mother bird kept attacking, so we had to run away
Load More Replies... Monday 5 years ago
It is possible that the baby bird was outside the nest because the mother had kicked it out in the first place though, and if you put that baby bird back the mom will kick it out again (usually because it's the weakest link). However you should definitely try to put it back regardless, since it might just have fallen out.
Kt ryan 5 years ago
This happened to a bird my ex husband put back in its nest. Was back on the ground in minutes. Worst part it was a rose bush full of stickers and my exs arms got cut up
Load More Replies... Cuddles 5 years ago
I actually found a baby sparrow that had been orphaned because of a tree being cut down. I knew we had a mother sparrow who had recently hatched babies in our birdhouse. I waited for the mom to leave, sneaked up a ladder and slid the one I found in her nest with the three others and she took care of it, too. So it -is- possible to sneak one in to a foster/adoptive family so long as you know precisely what bird it is and the babies are close enough in age.
Tobias the Tiger 5 years ago (edited)
Vultures are some of the only birds with a highly developed sense of smell anyway.
Lisa Boyer Rost 5 years ago
They Do recognize your scent! Therefore, it’s an unknown scent to the Momma and Poppa. True, not all birds kill their young bc of a strange scent, but birds have killed their young for years.
Dr. Hoffman suggests that in order to change our current conceptions about the world, we have to have compelling reasons to change. "Without a reason, we continue to harbor beliefs that may not be justified. In other words, for most issues there is no need for belief revision, especially when the warped beliefs endure us to our peer group."
The American Psychological Association states that fake news spreads more quickly than real news and reaches more people than the truth.
“Fake news has important implications in politics, but also in areas such as health and nutrition, climate science, and financial information,” MIT professor David Rand pointed out the dangers of believing unreliable information.
#10
That you should rinse with water as soon as you finish brushing your teeth ! My dentist told me that you actually should only spit out the raw excess once you are done brushing, but keep the rest inside to let time for the toothpaste to have its effect. Also, don't drink nor eat anything for 30 mins after you are done brushing ; Also, flossing should be done BEFORE brushing
Saico Hipe 5 years ago
There's no way I could deal with this. I despise both the taste and feel of toothpaste in my mouth.
okpkpkp 5 years ago
If you want healthy teeth when you are old, just do it. I did not and I am sorry. My teeth hurt and I used prescription fluoride toothpaste every day now.
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E Menendez 5 years ago
To all the anti-flouride nuts - when sodium or chloride are seperate, they are toxic. Once they are combined, they are table salt. Same for fluoride. Don't put straight fluoride on your teeth. It is a fluoride salt that is used, usually sodium fluoride.
Amanda Sherland 5 years ago
Also, I was surprised to learn that there are two different types of mouthwash: alcohol based for before brushing and fluoride based for after.
W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
Some studies coming out that certain bacteria in your mouth are essential precursors to your internal gut bacteria and our haste and efficiency in cleaning the mouth may be setting us up for many downstream issues like Crohn's and intestinal cancers. Who knew?
Brant Johns 5 years ago
All of this should be common sense. Regarding not rinsing with water, my dentist told me this when I was a teenager, and after I started doing it there was a noticeable difference in the look and feel of my teeth. Spit out every bit of toothpaste you can after brushing, fine, just get in the habit of not rinsing with water. Your teeth will thank you for it.
#11
‘NASA spent $$$$ inventing a pen that worked in space and the Russians used pencils.’
Total bollocks.
The Fisher Pen Company was independent and developed its ‘space pen’ with zero investment from NASA.
American astronauts began using mechanical pencils in space. Tiny fragments of graphite, and graphite dust floating around the spacecraft was not ideal because graphite is conductive. It’s also combustible, so everyone was keen to find an alternative.
Fisher patented its first ‘zero gravity’ pen in 1965, and in 1967 NASA began using it. By 1969 Russia were also buying them for their space missions.
Reportedly both NASA and The Soviet Space Company received the same discount for their bulk purchases.
postboredom 5 years ago
That is one of my favorite movies ever. Recommending to those who haven't watched it yet
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
AW Ok that sound logical, but I did rather like the pun tale about Russians using pencils all the same..my learning lesson for today..Thank you
Roberto Durante 5 years ago
LOL Russian use a pencil and work perfect, and you can buy it for few $
Mary Peace 5 years ago
I remember seeing something about a piece of graphite from a pencil could break off and be very dangerous under zero gravity.
K.Kobayashi 5 years ago
Yes, because graphite is electrically conductive. If a piece of it gets into electronic devices, it can cause a short circuit. (Most electronics used in space have coatings to prevent this, but not 100%.)
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#12
Only old people die from COVID-19.
While most victims of the coronavirus tend to be older, everyone can fall prey to the disease, no matter their age. According to the CDC, 40 to 49-year-olds have a 10 times bigger death rate than the 18 to 29-year-old comparison group. The most vulnerable group is everyone over the age of 85: they are 630 times more likely to die from the virus and 13 times more likely to be hospitalized than the comparison group. Meanwhile, children up to 4 years of age are 4 times less likely to be hospitalized and 9 times less likely to die from Covid-19 than 18 to 29-year-olds.
tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I work in an ICU and I promise you, I have seen first hand that this is not true. All ages, races, religions, sexes and any other category you chose die from COVID.
glowworm2 5 years ago
My brother actually gets confused when he sees reports where someone died of COVID-19 but they were only in their late 20s. I've been trying to explain to him that it also affects people who have medical complications. Keep in mind that my brother is developmentally disabled and had initially thought COVID-19 only affected the elderly due to what he's seen on TV.
Bunny Wood 5 years ago (edited)
Well, statistically speaking the overwhelming number of fatalities are people over 65. That might not be "old" exactly, but its hardly an even distribution
Monday 5 years ago
Yes, but there have been cases of children dying from it too. Most covid deaths are older people, but it certainly doesn't only kill the elderly.
Load More Replies... Steve Barnett 5 years ago
"And hey, don't forget to inject yourself with disinfectanct!" - Trump (DISCLAIMAR - DO NOT INJECT YOURSELF WITH DISINFECTANCT FFS)
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Mortality rates are highest in the elderly. They are for almost EVERYTHING. Flu. Heart disease. Injury. Etc. It was never said ONLY elderly died/got Covid/etc. At least not by anyone in medicine that doesn't work for POTUSTRump.
Clever Dog 5 years ago
in other words if you are an anti masker who is under 40 you are a proper d**k because while you may not die from it you could kill if you catch it.
W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
Anyone can catch covid when exposed. So many factors are involved that it is rare to find anyone of any age who died from ONLY covid. The pandemic is more a reflection of how sick the populations was BEFORE covid.
Rebecca Painter 5 years ago
Not to mention all the complications you may have if you survive it.
Ellen Daniels 5 years ago
But EVERYone who gets it, including the young children, gets a chance at the Russian Roulette Wheel of Post Viral Syndrome. Paralysis, anyone?
Rand proposes that the reason people might believe false facts has less to do with our internal biases and more with the way we think. Or rather don't think. According to him, people who tend to believe false information are actually individuals who don't think carefully. Or, in other words, we get duped by falsehoods because we rely on ‘lazy' thinking and make assumptions we don't even know are assumptions.
There is such a vast amount of information flooding our day to day lives that it's a chore to separate fact from fiction. While the internet might be a blessing, it's also a curse because what's popular on Google or social media might not be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
However, there is a way around this issue. BBC Future writes that randomly exposing people to a whole range of views keeps challenging their beliefs and helps them create a much more detailed understanding of events. One that's much closer to the truth. And further away from myth.
#13
That claim that we only use 10% of our brains.
Neurologist John Henley at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota explains that evidence has shown that over the course of a day, you use 100 percent of the brain. He says that areas like the frontal cortex (responsible for self-awareness) or the somatosensory areas (which help us sense our surroundings) are active even while we're asleep.
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
Using 100% of your brain all at once would be a MASSIVE seizure.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Since the COVID crisis I'm convinced many Americans don't even use 10%. And I am American.
W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
Again it is not necessarily how MUCH brain is used but how the brain is trained that counts. Billy Joel once remarked that he is thinking about so many other things while he is in front of 10,000 people flawlessly playing piano and harmonica singing "Piano Man" because the neural pathways literally run themselves and allows him the brain power for critical thought unrelated to his performance.
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I have only just realised my husband does not even use 10%, I am not joking or being nasty.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
How would they know? Do our brains 'light up only 10%'? Ot is obvious some better use their brains..not sure if only environmental, or just what smarts each is born with? Some also may only use 10% when they could use all!!
#14
Schizophrenia has nothing to do with a split personality.
The misconception comes from the fact that the word "schizo" means "split." However, this is in reference to Eugen Bleuler describing the rupture in the person's thinking process and emotional response when he coined the term in the 1920s. Thus, schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder aka dissociative identity disorder (DID). While some schizophrenia patients do exhibit symptoms of DID, most do not.
Pamela24 5 years ago
And people with Dissociative identity disorder are not any more likely to be murderers than regular people. The film Split apparently really hurt people suffering from DID; there are a lot of wonderful videos on youtube about it.
Monday 5 years ago
Problem is 95% of the people on Youtube claiming to have DID are making it up for the views, which is also hurting the real sufferers.
Load More Replies... Electric Ed 5 years ago
"Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis."
Jamie S. Martindale 5 years ago
And "Multiple Personalities" is extremely rare, and not even considered a true category of disorder by many experts (still debated in the field). It may be a rare expression of a more common disorder like PTSD or Borderline Personality Disorder. It's literally like 1 in a million uncommon, but shows up more after a popular movie depiction of it comes out.
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Doug Stanhope did a very good standup routine regarding mental health... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyUMFbWrz2c
#15
Gladiators did not kill each other the sport was much more civil and it even had a referee.
Gladiators could become major stars of the Roman world and they were expensive to prepare and maintain. So having them constantly kill each other off would have been a horrible business (not to mention ethical) decision. Sometimes, sponsors would pay extra for a fight to the death, however, most often, gladiators fought until they ran out of stamina or were wounded. Dangerous? Yes! Deadly? Rarer than you'd think.
tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Gladiators my not have killed each other but the Romans were brutal to slaves and captured folks.
Joris Rombouts 4 years ago
That is not per se the case. Even slaves could get citizenship. Some slaves were treated poorly , but usually wealthy Roman were not so cruel to completely destroy their people. In ancient Rome their was this constant encouragement for Roman citizenship and a lot of enslaved people were treated with dignity in so far they could keep even their religion. A lot of diggings in Herculaneum showed that a lot of former slaves lived there in comfort.
Load More Replies... Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
Think of all the poor animals the Romans carted into these awful places, though. Awful.
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago
well, the humans died too, but the animals will be killed anyways, so it's fair.
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CharliAnn Olney 5 years ago
However, in the early years of Christianity, they weren't just burnt at the stake or thrown in the arena with wild animals. They were forced to fight with other (usually Pagan) slaves to the death. This is primarily where the idea came from.
danielw 5 years ago
*sigh* while it is true that "Gladiators" killed each other much more rarely than portrayed.... the Games were also used as a means of execution, and cheap slaves were bought when that wasn't an option, to be killed in a number of different ways. most commonly by some random beast. Lions, bears. Whatever. So long as it was bloody.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Good to know. but the starving big cats were well fed by other victims of history. Dreadful for both animal and human.
Martin Roy 5 years ago
Hollywood has skewed the truth sooooo often, I don't know what to think anymore.
#16
That you have to put something in the mouth of a seizing person so they don't swallow their own tongue. DO NOT DO THIS. EVER.The CDC explains that you shouldn't put anything in the person's mouth because this can injure their teeth or jaw. You should also not hold the person down or try to stop their movements; don't give them mouth-to-mouth breaths, and don't give the person any food or water until they are fully alert. What you can do is ease a person having a seizure on the floor, turn them onto one side to help them breathe, put something soft under their head, and remove their glasses if they're wearing any.
Mangoes'nRum 5 years ago
I thought it was to prevent a seizing person from accidentally biting their tongue off.
Lisa Shelton 4 years ago
but usually their mouths are already closed by the time they are seizing so prying their mouth open to put something in it to keep it from closing hard doesn't really make sense.
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Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Why not? You might have to shield them from the ground (using clothes, NOT your hands!)
Load More Replies... danielw 5 years ago
Uhg. okay. so why the f**k would you be giving somebody having a seizure CPR is beyond me. Also, the way I train my guards is, to put something padded under their head. If you have nothing (which in their circumstances is the vast majority of the time.) then clear the area and do what you can to protect the head. it's exceedingly rare for people to be flopping around like you see in television or movies.
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I thought it was to stop them biting their tongue, not swallowing it? I read now is to make sure thy do not strike anything in the seizure that may harm them externally.
Flavia Slag 5 years ago
As a nurse we would try to put a gauze covered tongue blades in a person mouth so they wouldn't bite their mouth and tongue. But most of the time that is impossible because their mouth is clamped shut.
Lisa Chambers 5 years ago
You should prevent them from going near glass doors/windows or stairwells. They can bite part of their cheek or tongue and swallow that. They can get quite injured if they have uncontrolled seizures and do not let people like their coworker know so they can recognize the early signs and know what to do. Someone in my office was too private or proud (or who knows) to let anyone know this was possible, she started seizing and ended up falling down some stairs. That didnt need to happen.
Jenny Pugh 5 years ago
And also move anything that they could hurt themselves on out of the way.
#17
People didn’t think the Earth was flat 500 years ago. It was theorized to be round in the 5th century BC. The Americas were just not known yet (except to Indigenous Americans) and it was believed that there was a vast ocean between Europe and Asia. People believed Colombus’ voyage would fail because he would exhaust his food and supplies before crossing it.
Aaron W 5 years ago
So some of us haven't just regressed 500 years, they have regressed 2,500 years.
MrTree1779 5 years ago
The "Earth is Flat" idea was popularized by author Washington Irving in the 1800's, in a fictional "biography" about Christopher Columbus. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Life_and_Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus)
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
This is also why the Caribbean is referred to as the West Indies and natives of the big continent were called Indians. That's where they thought they had got to.
Monday 5 years ago
and yet here we are today....You think the people from 5 BC would be disappointed in us?
Joeshar 5 years ago
Eratosthenes (240 BC) has measured the Earth's circumference by the help of math: angle difference of shadows in 2 different cities at the same time gives the scope of Earth then adding the distance into calculation. A small error is acceptable since he had no idea about Earth's geoid shape. He thought it was a sphere.
Curry on... 5 years ago
I think this statement from above says it all - "According to him, people who tend to believe false information are actually individuals who don't think carefully. Or, in other words, we get duped by falsehoods because we rely on ‘lazy' thinking and make assumptions we don't even know are assumptions."
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I can understand why most civilisations believed that, after all travel was rare and unless we see the amazing reflected ring on the horizon at certain times, and reliable space travel, those in the olden days cannot be blamed for thinking the world is flat However, the flat world believing folks today are idiots . Those who decided it was round in the old days in 5th Century BC were ahead of their time scientifically, but genuine masters of our universe.
Martin Roy 5 years ago
Flat Earthers around the globe are severely disappointed with this news.
#18
The spainish flu wasn't actually from spain, it's just that at the time of it happening all around the globe spain was the first to report that the flu was passing around.
Aunt Messy 5 years ago
It did. On an Army base. The government prevented the news from being printed, and people were actually arrested and jailed if they tried to talk about it. The rest of the world did the same thing. It was WWI and the press was very controlled. Spain was the ONLY country that broke the news. People had been dying by the thousands for months before the public knew what was going on. ...///... Sound familiar?
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Scyth 5 years ago
And since Spain wasn't involved in it they decided to blame it. True story.
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Tracey Tait 5 years ago
Spain was a neutral country so reports were not censored and thus available to the world.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
The 1918 pandemic flu was called Spanish b/c Spain was the only nation not censoring the news to keep the flu out of the news, what with the war. We're not sure where it started, but theories do abound.
MrTree1779 5 years ago
But if a contagious virus or infection was first detected in a certain place, it is often the "(PLACE) virus". That is not "racist", it's just a label. --- Now, being awful to a person of a certain ethnicity because they happen to BE from that place?? THAT is racist.
Diana Dodd 5 years ago
Why in the world do we humans have to constantly blame someone else for our misfortunes? Sad ... very sad!
W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
Finding "patient zero" is essential to making sure the viral "mine" is not stepped on again.
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Lou Herout 5 years ago
Also, Spain was the 1st country that acknowledged it. Other countries denied its existence but Spain dealt with the disease head-on.
W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
They were quiet about it until their president (king?) came down with it and forced them to "deal with it head on"
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I was told most virus' seem to originate from Asian areas or at times areas of South America
#19
We're also not "descended" from chimps or gorillas or other living great apes. Instead, we share a common ancestor. Or, to put it another way, we are distant cousins to the other extant great apes, not great great great x5000 grandkids.Humans are most closely related to lesser apes like gibbons and great apes like chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. These hominoids (aka gibbons, great apes, and humans) emerged and diversified during the Miocene epoch, around 23 to 5 million years ago. According to scientists, the last common ancestor that humans and chimps had lived around 6 to 7 million years ago.
Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
It always bugs me when people thing this. It sets off alarm bells that they really do NOT know what they are talking about. We are not looking at our ancestors when we look at the great apes.
Bellatrix Lestrange 5 years ago
Actually that would not be true. An animal can still exist and evolve into a different animal. For example, amphibians evolved from fish but so many fish still live today.
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W Bruce Jaworski 4 years ago
We were the outcasts. The weird ones that no one wanted to mate with and were would have gone extinct if there was not another. That would make a great movie.
Roberto Durante 5 years ago
LOL, if we will be descendent from chimps or gorillas or other living great apes as their evolution, they will be no chimps or gorillas or other living great apes anymore, don't you think?
Flavia Slag 5 years ago
If you get really technical we share DNA with most living animals and plants. Personally I believe in the creator God.
Grace Marraffa 5 years ago
No, god saw a ball of rock, said let there be light, darkness, plants, animals, body’s of water, air, land, sun, moon, and he said “someone needs to rule over this” and made Adam, he then took Adam the HUMAN, not chimp, and put him in a deep sleep so he could take out one of his HUMAN ribs and make it into an other HUMAN called Eve, the first MAN and WOMAN.
#20
Slaves built the pyramids.
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
The aliens were well paid for their help. They had a very strong union.
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Maria Vaz 4 years ago
They weren't building the pyramids in Prince of Egypt, so it did not lie
Load More Replies... Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
Are you saying it's a myth that slaves build the pyramids? I know Nova did a great, accessible doc on how it wasn't. I think that's what you are saying,
E Menendez 5 years ago (edited)
No, there is no evidence they were built by slaves. If nothing else, they would not have been able to control that number of people with just whips and sharp sticks and that is only the obvious part. The hieroglyphics left be the workers themselves indicate they were paid laborers.
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Bill Wyrebek 4 years ago
Not slavery. Involuntary apprenticeship, whereby lack of participation results in death? Tear down Pyramids as they are offensive reminders of slavery.
Bill Wyrebek 4 years ago
If you do not call it slavery, what do you call it? Involuntary apprenticeship wherein lack of participation results in death? Demand reparations, Tear down the Pyramids due to the offensive monuments to slavery?
#21
The British have worse teeth than Americans. Brits have fewer missing teeth on average, and the DMFT index is 0.8 for Brits but higher at 1.2 for the United States. There are cultural differences, with natural teeth colour being considered natural in the UK, but unnatural in the USA where flourescent white is considered correct.
Viktor Feurer 5 years ago
it is really hilarious in the movies and netflix series: everyone has sparkling white teeth (homeless, medieval farmers, cavemen...) :D
Richard Brown 5 years ago
And with our dental services being available on the NHS, more people visit the dentist without fear of cost
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Who would have thought that propaganda is alive and well in the USA?
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
We also get braces for purely cosmetic reasons here in the US. I many countries, orthodontics are only used for serious or structural problems
Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
Color is one thing. But crooked teeth and upper & lower misalignment look to be more prevalent in Great Britain. Anyway, looks that way in movies & TV
Lisa Shelton 4 years ago
That was my observation as well. Hollywood is fixated on perfectly straight white teeth and so more dentists recommend cosmetic braces to families with tweens in the US. Personally I think a little bit of crookedness here and there gives character.
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Shelp 5 years ago
I've never understood why Americans are so focused on teeth. In my country, it seems fake (some even say uneducated) to smile with all your teeth out
Aria Whitaker 5 years ago (edited)
So if I am really happy and excited and I show that by wearing a big smile that shows my teeth...you all consider me "uneducated"? That is ....odd. What does educational attainment have to do with a wide smile? No, we dont consider someone happily showing their emotion by widely smiling as somehow "not educated" , we just consider them...happy.
Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
If you have brilliant white teeth in Britain and are over 50 you are regarded as having false teeth.
Barb Braun 5 years ago
The British who were alive during WWII often had very bad teeth and so did their children. This was because of food shortages and the lack of calcium and vitamins.
markthomasc 5 years ago
I've always heard that the national healthcare wait for a dentist was so bad that people just opted to not go to the dentist. And the US puts fluoride in their water but UK doesn't.
#22
That you have to buy new razor blades every week or 2. Razors dont dull because use, they dull because they rust, if you thoroughly dry them or oil them they can last for almost a year and still work just fine. This is coming from a bald guy who shaves his head every other day.
MrTree1779 5 years ago
On a microscopic level, the cutting of the individual hairs dulls the blade. And for disposable blades, there's no way around it. --- https://www.npr.org/2020/08/06/898577234/cutting-edge-research-shows-how-hair-dulls-razor-blades
OdangaUsagi 5 years ago
Your hair actually chips away at the steel: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/your-hair-can-crack-steel-when-it-hits-right-spot
danielw 5 years ago
I feel sorry for the Bald Guy's scalp and face, if that's what he believes. granted, most cartridge razors don't even come sharp, or the blade is so cheap that it's edge is lost before a single pass. keep in mind that hair is tougher than copper wire of the same thickness. Try a real razor (your (great?) grandpa's safety razor, for example) and you'll see. a merkur 34c will set you back ~$40 and is a good, common starter razor, though I've followed my dad to a Muhle R89 for my daily shave. Before you balk too much, keep in mind that even the 'expensive' feather blades come out to about forty cents a razor.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
The trick is, after you've used it, push the razor along your inner forearm (no hair) the opposite way to shaving, so you won't cut yourself. This will get off the elements that are clogging up the blade. Do it about 30 times and it will be clean again. It's how barbers do it when they slide their razor on the leather strip for the same effect.
danielw 5 years ago
Uh.... the stroping (what your talking about) doesn't actually sharpen a straight razor, and you have to strop both sides of the straight. the purpose is to align the edge (which, under close examination is very jagged and toothy) into a more straight edge. you need to do both sides, or the edge will be even worse.
Load More Replies... Lisa Shelton 4 years ago
I find it funny that people are saying that by taking care of their razor they are literally using them for a year to a year and a half, and other people apparently are offended by that and have to insist that they are wrong. because all those 'research' articles couldn't possibly have been funded by razor manufacturers?
#23
That the Great Wall of China can be seen from space.According to NASA, you can't see the Great Wall of China from space without any visual aids. "It certainly isn't visible from the Moon," NASA writes. The theory that you could see the wall from space was shaken when Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei admitted he couldn't see the structure.
K.Kobayashi 5 years ago
Walls are much more visible than roads when the sun is low in the sky, because they cast shadows.
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#24
That if you have a cold, you should get lots of Vitamin C. This is completely down to one scientist named Linus Pauling who had a theory that massive doses of Vitamin C would cure colds. Subsequent studies have shown he was wrong and any benefits are minimal at best. Yet I still get everyone telling me to drink orange juice whenever I get a sniffle.
However, Harvard Health Publishing states that taking at least 200 mg of vitamin C each day seemed to reduce the duration of cold symptoms by around 8 percent in adults and 14 percent in kids. Or, in other words, around one less day of being ill. While it doesn't seem like a lot, it could have a huge effect nationwide or worldwide.
Richard Brown 5 years ago
I like to wind up anti-vaxxers by asking them if they would take a vaccine that cures autism.
DforDorothy 5 years ago
Vitamin C is a very good antioxidant, helping cells renew better,also efficient against oxidative stress syndrome for eg. Thus helping the body renew faster, and be stronger to fight off a cold or other health issues. Also very good in cancer treatment for the same reason. Also, because it dissolves in water and not fat, you can not overdose, just per out the excess. So yeah, when you have a cold, buy ascorbic acid ( a.k.a. vitamin C ) ín pharmacy, put a pinch in a glass of water and drink it.
Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
If you eat it regularly, it MIGJT make you better at beating colds. Eating it after you got one has no effect
Load More Replies... Diana Dodd 5 years ago
Sorry ... not giving up my orange juice binge when I have a cold. I makes me feel better😍
Mandy Delaforce (PC Girl) 5 years ago
I actually had a blood doctor tell me to take vitamin C for a cold!! I haven't been back...
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Taking 200mg per day or 500mg if a bit off colour, does help. Any more is excreted by natural means..
Laura Deckers 5 years ago
Drink orange juice and have a cold for one week instead of 7 days.....LLAP
Martin Roy 5 years ago
I learned that if you medicate a cold, it will be gone in 7 days. If you don't medicate a cold, it takes a week to go away.
somnomania 5 years ago
idk man, i've noticed that it seems to make the whole cold a little less severe overall, if i take it on the first day i have symptoms. i also take vitamin c daily for pain, which it definitely helps with.
Tracey Tait 5 years ago
OJ does contain compounds that are mucolytic, breaks down mucous, unless you have a mucousy illness taking more Vit C than daily recommended amounts just produces expensive urine as it is water soluble and just flushes away. It doesn't prevent illness.
#25
The idea that chloroform quickly knocks you out. In the real world, it takes several minutes to knock you out, not the seconds you see in TV and movies.
How quickly you're knocked out depends on your bodyweight, air circulation, the strength of the solution, etc. You'll stay knocked out by the chloroform for as long as you're breathing it. Once it's removed, however, recovering from the effects can take roughly 20 to 30 minutes during which you will feel nauseous and might even vomit. Headaches can last hours.
Olivia Agave 5 years ago
And is also a controlled substance. People have heard of it through pop culture and often ask why they can't just buy it. That stuff can kill people.
Alan Green 5 years ago
@Belle_Pandamonium I wont say exactly. I think it has even been on this site anyway. There's a certain 2 cleaning products that mustn't be mixed or it forms Chloroform.
Load More Replies... Something 5 years ago
Movies don't have the time to show this realistically though. It would be pretty boring to watch several minutes of this.
Monday 5 years ago
Yup, lot of the "facts" people get from movies were just adapted so the movie wouldn't be too terribly boring.
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Richard Brown 5 years ago
Ah yes true but then this fact ruins the joke "Does this cloth smell like chloroform to you?"
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Terrible stuff..I think the first of its kind to render unconsciousness
Laura Deckers 5 years ago
TV shows don't have all that time for it to work before the commercial break.
#26
That if you swallow gum, it stays in your stomach for seven years. Not true. Your body processes it, and you poop it out just like anything else.
It can take up to 7 days for the body to pass through your system. However, swallowing gum still isn't a good idea because it can cause constipation, gas, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even mouth ulcers.
Shelp 5 years ago
A lot of factoids work with the number 7. Be always cautious when you see a fact that implies something being sevenfolds
Aisha La Gatta Pelirroja 5 years ago
Just like watching a VHS tape and then die in 7 days. ;)
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Mary Peace 5 years ago
I'd never heard about the 7 years idea, but we were told the gum wraps itself round your internal organs! Nice thought, which put me off gum altogether.
Diana Dodd 5 years ago
Good Lord ... I heard that from my Nanny on a regular basis! And, she was they one that gave use the gum!
Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Cant chew it now.. or really never did as my stomach would rebel and gurgle with excess saliva!! I do not know how so many chew gum all the time?
#27
That Einstein failed math/was otherwise a poor student.
Dave P 5 years ago
This is because Germany used a 1-5 GPA scale with a 1 being the highest and a 5 being the lowest, Journalists from America heart he barely had over a 1 GPA and without understanding Germany's GPA system, assumed it was the same as ours
Jenn Pinnau 5 years ago
Also, it was said that once talk to a little girl who struggled with maths and his answer was "I have the same struggles with it" to comfort her. But he was working on a whole different level, of course
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He was kicked out of school because he was asking his teachers questions they didn't know the answers to.
CelSlade 5 years ago
No he wasn't kicked out. Though he was known for exasperating his teachers
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
I think this was based on a very early comment of one of his childhood teachers also.
Martin Roy 5 years ago
When you assume (anything), you make an a*s of u and me. Thus the mistake on GPA interpretation.
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
He accepted that it would be more efficient to find actual mathematicians to do his calculations, much as people use computers. Which is ironic since they called 'computers'.
#28
Napoleon wasn't small. He was just the victim of good propaganda by the eventual winners.
Napoleon was most likely around average height: 1.69 meters or just over 5’5”. The myth that Napoleon was short comes from two sources. First of all, the French inch (pouce) at the time was 2.7 centimeters while the Imperial inch was just 2.54 centimeters. So using the French measurement system of the time, Napoleon was 5’2” (aka '5 pieds 2 pouces') tall which is equal to the 'normal' 5’5”. Secondly, British cartoonist James Gillray was very much responsible for depicting Napoleon as being tiny leader prone to rage and the image stuck in the public's mind.
Brielle Ernsteen 4 years ago
He was average height for the time. The average male height in the early 21st century is around 5’10”, but it was around 5’5”, Napoleon’s height, when he was alive
Load More Replies... Grumble O'Pug 5 years ago
Can we take a moment and just savor the gorgeousness of the Eugene Delacroix painting? If he's 5'7" that horse is probably not a pony (Marengo is said to be 14.2). Maybe 15hh or 15.1?
Orillion 5 years ago
He was about an inch shorter than the average at the time. So not quite as ridiculously short as he's often thought as.
Load More Replies... Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
If someone is 5' and weighing 100lbs I should estimate he is nearly dead, proof I am 5' and weigh 108lbs, everyone thinks I am anorexic, which is untrue I eat like a horse.
Aileen Grist 5 years ago
If you go onboard The Trafalger -Nelson's ship - the gap between decks is about 5 feet 5 inches - that was the average or general height of men at the time.
Janice Hazeldine 4 years ago
His ship was the Victory. The battle was Traflager!
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Man has developed with better nutrition until now with the junk food consumed.. 'he' is also growing out rapidly as well as up. Napoleon was average height by the sound of that report. History was fabricated too. Still is. No-one was tall post 19th century plus it seems.. maybe a few who towered of course but humans were smaller boned and height. Sorry story books authors, the hero was not a 6ft after all! Imagine..
#29
That Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are somehow bad or dangerous
MrTree1779 5 years ago
Humans have been "genetically modifying" organisms for thousands of years. It is called "domestication". Dogs, cats, wheat, apples, tomatoes, citrus, corn (maize), cattle, sheep...all domesticated things. All genetically modified.
crazy_cat_notAlady 5 years ago
u aren't wrong. we have been selecting the genetic variants that produce more flesh and fewer seeds (tomato, just one example) for decades, but that's a hybridization process. GMP or GMOs are the products of genetic recombination or genetic engineering like BTCotton. they typically have a "foreign" gene which is not usually found in any of the wild-type cultivars. they can code for pesticide/herbicide resistance, antibiotic resistance and a few other traits.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Every day carrots you've been eating all your life are GMO's Orange was invented from naturally white, yellow and purple carrots.
Dynein 5 years ago
They aren't dangerous, not as such, but it can definitely cause issues. A sad amount of crops is genetically modified to be resistant to pesticides so farmers can spray more of those; and the overall benefit of high amounts of pesticide sprayed into the environment and onto the produce we eat is certainly questionable. And with any kind of engineered plants the issue is that the pollen is impossible to contain, so it's very possible it will pollinate related plants in the vicinity and result in offspring that further propagates, upsetting the balance of the ecosystem.
Tracey Tait 5 years ago
GMO's have greatly increased crop per acre yield, insect, disease and drought resistance. Without them famine would be a regular occurrence, especially with climate change/drought.
Chris 5 years ago
Nobody says GMOs themselves are inherently bad or dangerous. The issue is the imbalance they create in natural order. If you modify a plant to resist a pest, whatever is the natural predator of that pest doesn't eat. And whatever eats that doesn't eat. Etc etc
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
Not very true --- I've seen "Frankenfoods!" activist for 30+ years; mostly scare stories. Still too little activism based on the social impact (e.g. shifting money from subsistence farmers to megacorporations).
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The blue part of the eraser can erase pen ink.
Mangoes'nRum 5 years ago
Have you tried it? No. It does not 'erase' ball point pen ink. It erodes the paper surface.
Drishti Pillai 5 years ago
That's why it's listed as a fact that people believe even THOUGH it's false.
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Cybele Spanjaard 5 years ago
Never tried it? The blue erodes I know that..pointless to use to correct ink!
AflyingSquirrel 5 years ago
the blue part, it is yellow then there's a blue-green part, then the eraser it is blue green
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The customer is always right
Aunt Messy 5 years ago
I have fired customers. I literally have told people not to come back to a store.
Bunny Wood 5 years ago
Its not meant to mean they are always factually correct-its meant to mean they are "right" in how they feel about shopping with your establishment. Still plenty of douchebags shopping tho...
Something 5 years ago
Yeah. It's just been misinterpreted. Unfortunately, store managers (and entitled customers) have been the ones doing the misinterpreting...
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Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
In my own experience, a customer is rarely right. "The customer should always win" is usually a better policy. Until they mistreat or verbally abuse an employee. Then "the customer should be thrown through a window" is my policy. And banned for life from my business.
Richard Brown 5 years ago
Whenever someone tries that here in the UK they are told they are wrong. We have never had that rule and never will. Best story I can tell you is from a cousin who worked in a builders merchants. When the phrase 'The customer is always right' (He wanted to fit his own boiler) the manager called over one of the shops plumbers and got him to ask the guy a load of questions that would be considered basic to a plumber and central heating engineer. The guy didn't know a thing and the manager just said "Don't feel so right now hmm?" guy ended up hiring one of the plumbers to fit the system and he was very happy with the results
#32
Everything you know about Attila the Hun. Attila the Hun was actually a super honorable, extremely well educated guy who spoke multiple languages, was said to be a child genius who excelled at war strategies, and as a leader always put his people first. He was known to go without status symbols and such because he believed that as a leader every one of his people should have them first, because it was his job to take care of them. He also spent a lot of his formative years in Rome in a sort of prince exchange created to make sure everyone got along. When the Roman Empire was falling, the Pope himself came to him and begged him to leave them alone. The Pope said that the empire would fall if he didn't. Attila wasn't Christian, and was definitely winning the war with way less men and resources because he was so intelligent. Even still he felt badly for them and recognized how big a deal it was for the Romans to send the Pope, so he agreed to end the war. He could have easily killed the Pope and continued to destroy the Roman Empire, but he was far too honorable and kind hearted. But we only hear the Roman Propaganda... Attila is and will always be one of the most amazing leaders in history!
TheHolyFatherOfToast 5 years ago
Most of history is written by the victors and whoever had the bigger voice
Scyth 5 years ago
Attila and the germanic barbarians won. So are you saying that he wrote bad about himself?
Load More Replies... Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
I wonder why so many people got killed by his soldiers as they rampaged across Asia and into Europe.
#33
Punishing your kids will make them respect you Fear and respect are 2 VERY different things
Alan Green 5 years ago
Not sure this person knows what punishment means? Many ways to punish someone without inducing fear.
Helena Houzarová 5 years ago
Punishment is a valid part of raising a child (provided the child misbehaves, but what child doesn't ever misbehave?), but the thing that makes kids respect their parents is fairness and honesty.
Load More Replies... Some Cool Guy 5 years ago
So many people not understanding punishing does not have to mean physically abusing your children
Wolfstar 5 years ago
Discipline is a positive and proactive method of TEACHING the child self-control, confidence, and responsibility without scaring the child. Some discipline techniques use 'praise and reward' systems. Whenever a child does something good, the parent will praise them, and since humans naturally want praise, the child will keep on doing good in order to receive praise. It can also be a time-sensitive thing. Punishment will usually end up with taking the child's devices away forever, but discipline will end up with no devices for 24 hours. Punishment is a more reactive method. It is making the child pay for their behavior in a negative way. The child who experiences punishment will think "I'm a bad child," and then they will lie to try to avoid punishment. The parent who uses punishment as a form of discipline will then be responsible for the child's actions, as punishment will create a cycle of lies.
Nia Loves Art 5 years ago (edited)
Most children need both rewards and punishments. A punishment is any sort of negative consequence intended to reduce a behavior, like taking away toys for any period of time or restricting screen time. It doesn’t have to be mean or excessive.
Load More Replies... Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
Punishment/discipline does not cause fear. Abuse causes fear. Also, fear comes in many forms. You child should never be afraid that you'll hurt them, or emotionally demean/abuse them. However, they should be "afraid" of losing privileges or other consequences of bad behavior.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
Mafia films have made people confused I think. They're all about "respect".
Scyth 5 years ago
Not punishing kids will make them lie to you AND be an awful spoiled waste of oxygen.
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tourette syndorme isn't always exclusively swearing uncontrollably, it represents a wide range of ticks, both verbal, nob-verbal and physical. Every case is different.
#35
You should drink 8 glasses of water a day. The origin of this is not agreed upon but a lot of this liquid can come from what’s already in food. It also depends on physical activity, heat, body size, etc. There is no perfect amount. If you’re thirsty, drink water until you’re not thirsty anymore. That’s it.
Saico Hipe 5 years ago
I've always heard you should drink enough that your urine is a light straw color (not clear, which indicates you're actually over-hydrated). I usually use a glass jar that is 32oz, so the equivalent of four 8oz 'glasses.' I easily drink 2 - 3 of those a day, then again, I also live in a very arid climate (Rocky Mountains, USA)
somnomania 5 years ago
also if you have a headache or feel sleepy, have some water, it'll probably help. additionally, it's been found that caffeine isn't as dehydrating as previously thought. you're still getting some water in you when you drink tea or coffee. not so much soda, which you should limit anyway because of the sugar.
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
I think it came from a mid 20th century fad diet that attempted to assuage hunger by putting water on it. It didn't work, but people cling to it.
#36
That you swallow eight spiders a year in your sleep.
postboredom 5 years ago (edited)
One thing is true that their webs are amazing! The web in the picture is glistening right in front of my eyes!
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Exactly. That question puts a quick end to the theory.
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H Edwards 5 years ago
Ironically enough, this 'fact' was popularised in the early days of the internet to demonstrate how quickly disinformation was spread via email. From Snopes: In a 1993 PC Professional article, columnist Lisa Holst wrote about the ubiquitous lists of “facts” that were circulating via e-mail and how readily they were accepted as truthful by gullible recipients. To demonstrate her point, Holst offered her own made-up list of equally ridiculous “facts,” among which was the statistic cited above about the average person’s swallowing eight spiders per year, which she took from a collection of common misbeliefs printed in a 1954 book on insect folklore. In a delicious irony, Holst’s propagation of this false “fact” has spurred it into becoming one of the most widely-circulated bits of misinformation to be found on the Internet.
#37
That working 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week with 2 weeks yearly vacation is normal.
Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
I was raised in the American midwest. Working hard is the culture. We put in long hours to get the job done. It's not a "problem", it's just who we are.
Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art 5 years ago
Normal is a value judgment and is culturally dependent. This is an opinion rather than a fact.
B 5 years ago
My partner and I both used to be highly paid professionals who thought that working a lot and earning big bucks led to 'success' and a happy life. Utter b******t. We both gave that up, bought a cheap farmhouse in rural France, and basically live on what we make working for ourselves (consulting, about 3 hours each a week). We have very few mod cons and are pretty much broke, but life has never been more amazing and fulfilling. We managed to cast aside the material c**p and rediscovered what was important in life. But we get that some people prefer the hectic social city life and earning pots of money. Each to their own, I guess.
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
U maybe happy coz u don't want things outside your farm life. It's not about materialistic things. It's about basic life needs for us. I like traveling I can't live without it. So I have to earn money if I wanna travel to good places. I also take care of my ailing grandparents and parants. I need money for hospital bills .So ya your "materialistic" c**p we use for saving lives. Cutting ties from the world and living in sodden blur of alcohol with no future is your choice. But don't u dare say that we just do things. Coz we r blind by money making and some kind of greedy and selfish
Load More Replies... Jaded Queen 5 years ago
As a medical health professional. We work 6 days a week. Sometimes Sunday too. And we have sick days of 15 days that we use as vacation. So ya
Saico Hipe 5 years ago
Christ, what I wouldn't give for a job that had paid vacation. I've had exactly one week of paid vacation in over 20 years of working full time. Unless you count the fact that I'm currently on unemployment because of COVID :(
#38
Camels don't carry water in their humps. They contain fat as an emergency food supply.
#39
That carrots help with your eyesight. It was propaganda by the Allies in WWII to hide the fact that they had radar.
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Yes and No. Carrots can improve you eye health and helps maintain good eyesight due to the vitamins and minerals, particularly Beta-carotene in which our bodies then make Vitamin A. Whilst carrots won’t give you night vision, it can help in conditions of low light and general good eye health. It is estimated that every year 250,000-500,000 children become blind due to a vitamin A deficiency.
Monday 5 years ago
Yeah, carrots won't improve your eyesight, but they can certainly help you keep the sight you have for longer.
Load More Replies... Some Cool Guy 5 years ago
misleading - https://www.improveeyesighthq.com/carrots-and-eyesight.html
Monday 5 years ago
This should have been phrased "carrots don't improve your eyesight". They help, but they aren't going to take away the need for corrective glasses.
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Thomas Edison did not actually invent the lightbulb. He just made a version that was inexpensive and more practical. The original lightbulb was made using the contributions of many inventors such as Alessandro Volta, Humphrey Davy, Warren De La Rue and Joseph Swan. The main reason why Edison’s version was so successful was because he was already known and he owned a large company.
Cuddles 5 years ago
It was like that for me, too. The more I read up on him, the more convinced I became that he was really more of a douche-bag than a wizard. But 'Douche-bag of Menlo Park" doesn't have the same ring to it. XD
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Ben Steinberg 5 years ago
The light bulb is complicated because it's many different parts. There was a man named William D. Coolidge, an African American, who invented the tungsten filament -- a key component to the light bulb. He worked in Edison's lab. My understanding is, it was this filament that was key to a commercially viable light-bulb (it didn't burn out right away) and maybe that's why Edison gets the credit (it came out of his lab). But it was a poorly credited African American man who solved the final piece of the light-bulb puzzle. I can easily imagine Edison took the concept which had already been invented and has his lab people improve upon it.
Dave P 5 years ago
The filament was a later improvement on the product. However Edison was known for hiring black and women scientists, he cared about results and nothing more.
Load More Replies... Dave P 5 years ago
Actually the others did not last more than 30 min and at the time the official international committee overseeing it said it had to last at least 7 days. However Edisons one of the second one filed for a patten, the first was Maxim's bulb (which ours today are based on, not Edisons), but Edison paid a patton office clerk to hold up Maxim's application till his was ready.
#41
That women get much less infertile after 35.
This was based off a study in the 1700s and doctors have been agreeing with it since. To clarify, they do become twice as likely to to become infertile but it changes from being 0.5% to 1% unlikely.
Romenriel 5 years ago
But the possibility of having disabled child rises a lot. Not like disabled is bad, but this types of disability can result in malformations and stillborn babies.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
Yes, but no. A good writeup here: https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/fertility-cliff-advanced-maternal-age-outdated.html --- the problem is the "35" (chosen for practical reasons long ago) is presented as "all fine before/ chaos and disease after" while the difference is gradual (E.g.: is waiting 6months for practical reasons OK? "Cliff" says "no", correct version says "let's look at the actual numbers").
Load More Replies... Chris 5 years ago
Not "based off", "based ON". Your literally saying the exact opposite of what you mean.
Monday 5 years ago
I mean it also says "much less infertile"...this person didn't bother to read their words before submitting.
Load More Replies... Nia Loves Art 5 years ago
According to this about 10% of women of childbearing age struggle with infertility https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/infertility. It is certainly much higher than 1% even for young women. Maybe that’s the chance of suddenly becoming infertile when you weren’t already?
#42
The idea that there are 'left-brained' and 'right-brained' people who are either more artistic or more numbers-based. So inaccurate.
Monday 5 years ago
There has been some evidence that left-handed people recover better/faster from brain injuries or strokes than their right-handed counterparts though. It's still pretty inconclusive but it's an interesting study to follow.
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
Probably because left-handed people already have crossover neurological pathways because they have to function in a right-handed world. So their brains are already primed to learn to do a familiar task with a different brain region, routing around the damaged area.
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
Clearly a right-brain person that has a problem with the "myth".
somnomania 5 years ago
i mean, there are people who are more creative or logical, but i guess this thing is saying that it's not due to one half of the brain being more dominant.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Erm, it's actually true. There are millions of people who will openly say they are good in some areas but not so in others.
#43
That cracking your knuckles too often will cause arthritis.
postboredom 5 years ago
I just involuntarily cracked my knuckles after reading this (does this happen a lot?just cracking knuckles when somebody mentions it or does it?
Orillion 5 years ago
I wanted to crack my knuckles as soon a I read this.
Load More Replies... somnomania 5 years ago
my hips and back pop, in addition to all the things krazy kanuck listed, but i have garbage connective tissue
#44
That the human body only has five senses. [In reality, there are way more.]
JK Rowling 5 years ago
21, or so, I think. Sense of temperature, sense of balance, etc. It's just that the five main ones are only taught
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
In other words, the movie "The Sixth Sense" needs to be retitled.
Load More Replies... Ben Steinberg 5 years ago
Common fact, when one sense is missing, the others can be heightened. This is why someone with no sense of humor as such a well developed sense of importance... /s
TheHolyFatherOfToast 5 years ago
Isnt "touch" like a broad subject? like multiple senses add up into touch? so it would be easier to call them "touch" right?
Dynein 5 years ago
"Touch" is a very complex sense with multiple specialized cells that measure cold, heat (separate senses! Capsaicin fools your sensory cells for heat-, and menthol those for cold), vibration, pressure... You also have a sense for the general position of your body parts. It's not perfect, but if you try to touch parts of your body (e.g. finger and toe) when your eyes are closed, you get pretty close. I think it's an extrapolation from a sense for the degree of muscle contraction plus a general (learned) estimate of the size of your body parts.
#45
That hair and nails continue to grow after you die.
#46
Sugar does not make you hyper. There is no such thing as a "sugar high." Kids going bonkers after having a big slice of cake can be explained very easily: They're in a situation where they're already excited (like a birthday party), they're overjoyed because they just got to eat a big slice of cake, and/or you've told them they'll go crazy if they eat all that cake and now it's just a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Janine B. 5 years ago
It doesn't make them hyper. But it surely gives everyone an extra boost of energy.
Azziza 5 years ago
False! https://www.civilized.life/articles/the-sugar-rush-is-a-myth-according-to-science/
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Louloubelle 5 years ago
I do. My kids never got hyper after eating candy. And I have 3.
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Julia Daxenbichler 5 years ago
You don't get hyper from sugar, you just get tired when you have low blood sugar. And of course you will become more energetic when your blood sugar rises.
#47
That different parts of your tongue taste different things, such as sour, sweet, and bitter.
#48
Organic agriculture is good for the environment..... .....it is in fact just as bad, and sometimes worse than conventional farming.
Orillion 5 years ago
Or that GMO is dangerous. We've kinda been doing it for millenia with selective breeding. But now that scientists are using quicker and more specific methods, it's suddenly going to kill us all?
CP 5 years ago
People hate GMO's because they hate the corporations behind them and incorrectly conflate the two. GMO's are doing wonders to feed an ever growing population.
Load More Replies... Riga Dan 5 years ago
So putting massive amounts of chemicals into the ground and air is better for the environment than not doing that? This claim seems to need further explanation.
Dave P 5 years ago
It takes 2x the water resources and 6x the amount of land to grow Organic with 3x the damaged produce to throw out. We would need 6x more land to feed the world in Organic farming than non-organic, and 2x the amount of water. It is very bad for the enviroment.
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Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Jesus, this is so wrong. Using pesticides and artificial fertilisers, along with monoculture (growing the same crops in the same fields repeatedly) erodes the soil and eventually desertifies it. Organic farming which only uses nature and crop rotation helps to preserve the soil and the food tastes so much better.
clive apps 5 years ago
This is wrong organic growing methods cause far less long term environmental damage. The problem with good is that genes from other species are being spliced into food without considering long term consequences. Human genes into tomato skins, fish genes into strawberries and other strange combinations.
somnomania 5 years ago
it's all about the methods used. i think a better misconception to talk about is that like, you don't have to wash organic produce because there's nothing bad on it. organic still uses pesticides and fungicides, they're just naturally derived and not straight chemicals.
#49
Killers whales are whales. They are actually dolphins!
JK Rowling 5 years ago
And so many people can't tell the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise for some reason! Or maybe that's just my dolphin-obsessed third-grade phase talking
postboredom 5 years ago
not really. Dolphins and porpoises look very different( their "beaks" tell everything)
Load More Replies... Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Well, apparetly the people naming them didnt know, so why should we?.... :P
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
No, the know-it-all English translator didn't know. They were named "whale killers" in Spanish.
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The myth that glass is actually an extremely viscous, slow-flowing liquid, and that's why old windows are thicker on the bottom. No, it isn't. It's very clearly a solid. It's a disordered, non-crystalline solid, but still solid. Old windows are thicker on the bottom because they were designed that way.
Cuddles 5 years ago
This also applies to the 'circles' and 'bubbles' in the old glass. It's what you get when someone made it by hand. There's also a whole thing where they have to control how fast it cools off or it'll explode. If you ever get the chance to watch people do glass-work you should see them do it, it's rather fascinating!
#51
Schrodinger's Cat means the exact opposite of the common knowledge / pop culture understanding. He was not saying the was both alive and dead. He was trying to assert that superposition (in quantum theory) was absurd by creating an absurd conclusion: that because we cannot see the cat, it is therefore both alive and dead.
Bunny Wood 5 years ago
Agreed-its almost the exact reverse. He was attempting to show that Quantum Mechanics involved situations that "normal" thinking wasnt able to describe, ergo only the statiscal properties made any kind of sense.
Load More Replies... Richard Brown 5 years ago
I thought it was a theoretical demonstration that you can only declare an event by observing the event and not making presumptions
PattonPawter 5 years ago
Okay so I’ve never understood Schrödinger’s cat, can someone explain it?
#52
That Hitler was vegetarian. He wasn't, it was propaganda spread to make him seem a more compassionate person.
Dave P 5 years ago
Actually this is false, including his own person doctors and personal secretary after the war akk testified he did not eat meat, no one ever saw Hitler eat meat after 1925 and at Nazi dinner parties he only ate vegetarian foods. I dont know where this person gets this fake claim, but he was most definitely, according to every primary source, a vegetarian.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
Actually, his own personal chef put out a cookbook in the 1950s that stated Hitler loved liver pate and squab.
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Hume 5 years ago (edited)
Hitler was only vegetarian by coincidence. Whether it was made part of a deliberate propaganda campaign or not. By at least 1935, he already started to fear he will not live very long due to mainly a stomach-related illness that was causing him uneasiness. He followed all sorts of nonsense remedies. And by 1945 was so delusional and mentally ill due to, in big part, to his personal doctor, Theodor Morell, whom his girlfriend, Eva Braun, even suspected might be an Allied spy poisoning Hitler. Anyway, back to the point, Hitler from early on started believing that only eating light foods, such as vegetables, and not meat helps with his stomach pains. So he just kept with it.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
I have read in more than one place that he had a semi-vegetarian diet for health reasons, not ethical ones. And why would anybody want this monster to look at all compassionate?
Scyth 5 years ago
He was a vegetarian and created one of the first animal rights policies in the world. Once, a german fisherman was caught slicing a frog into pieces for fishing, so Hitler sent him to a concentration camp for six months. When he returned he allegedly never harmed another animal.
Olivia Agave 5 years ago
He was such a vegetarian that he indulged in ham and caviar on occasion. He also enacted laws saying that animals and humans can't be experimented on, and we know how well he upheld that.
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Sarai Phillips 5 years ago
It's more like he wasn't always a vegetarian he was still eating meat until '37 and it was more a PR tactic than anything else
Olivia Agave 5 years ago
His chef stated that stuffed pigeon was one of his favourite foods prior to WW2, and news articles from 1937 state that he was a vegetarian but relished a slice of ham or caviar on occasion. If he was a vegetarian, he wasn't particularly a strict one.
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Astronomer here! People always say Jupiter protects us from getting hit by asteroids because its larger gravitational pull attracts them (I believe it was on a certain popular astronomy show). In fact, this does not appear to be the case. See, while Jupiter does indeed interact with more things, it is both good and bad- some things hit Jupiter or get flung away, some things get flung directly at Earth that otherwise wouldn’t. Most famously, in 1770 Lexell’s comet passed closer to Earth than any other comet ever observed, missing us by just 6 Earth-moon widths. Turns out Jupiter flung it straight at us right before that. So yeah we almost died thanks to Jupiter, and good and bad comes from having it as a neighbor.
Monika Rhodes 5 years ago
I wonder when will Pluto throw something at us for disrespecting it lol
Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago
I take it the one that killed the dinosaurs though not observed by man was slightly closer
#54
Dogs have clean mouths. False! They have bacteria just like everyone else.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Considering they will eat pretty much anything proves that. Their mouths are like sewers.
Ben Steinberg 5 years ago
Dog supposedly have an anti-bacterial agent in their saliva. If that's true, then their mouths are cleanER than ours (we don't have this anti-bacterial agent in our saliva). Not that their mouths are clean (ie bacteria free) but that they're cleanER than ours (your mouth is the second filthiest orifice in your body).
Cuddles 5 years ago
Had a rule for my dogs that they could lick my hands or underneath my chin but NEVER in/on my mouth. My aunt would let them lick her inside her mouth. I told her I didn't let them do that and please could she not. She snapped at me "A dog's mouth is cleaner than a humans!" And I said "Yeah, except that she was just eating cat poop before she came in here." Never seen someone jump up and run to the bathroom to rinse out their mouth that fast before. XD
#55
Bananas actually do not grow on trees. Instead, they are an herb that grows on 'bushes' which, due to their appearance, are often mistaken for trees. Neat, huh?
MrTree1779 5 years ago
Also, bananas are technically berries (single ovary containing multiple seeds inside). So are tomatoes and watermelons. Strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries, however, are not berries. --- Humans eat "seedless" bananas.
#56
That daddy long-legs are the most venomous spider in the world — they just can't bite you.
Kori K. Warriner 5 years ago
I've actually been bitten by a daddy long-legs. Hurt for a few hours and then no pain after that. They can IN FACT bite you (it was a huge one). It just doesn't usually break the skin. But it sometimes does, although with nothing but a little pain.
Becky Samuel 5 years ago
Why? The bird-eater isn't particularly venemous so I don't understand your point.
Load More Replies... Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
But is pholcids' venom extremely poisonous? Surprisingly, because they almost never bite, scientists have never bothered to conduct research to determine their venom's toxicity to humans . In 2004, the Discovery Channel show "Mythbusters" stepped in to fill this knowledge void. The team set out to coax a daddy longlegs spider into biting the arm of the show's co-host, Adam Savage. Their official conclusion? Myth busted. The spider was able to penetrate Savage's skin, and he reported nothing more than a very mild burning sensation from the venom that lasted just a few seconds
#57
Cutting your hair makes it grow faster.
Dippin Dot 5 years ago
Cutting your hair removes the brittle ends, which make your hair less-susceptible to breakage, thus being able to grow it longer without it snapping off first.
Kori K. Warriner 5 years ago
THIS. I thought it was common knowledge. Healthy hair appears to grow faster, instead of breaking off.
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The space shuttle Challenger didn't actually explode. It broke apart. The crew cabin was intact until it hit the water just over two minutes later.
tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I was watching it live and it looked like an explosion. I remember saying to the people around me, "that doesn't look right." Kind of in shock I guess.
Ray Martin 5 years ago
Indeed, and though some of the crew may have been mercifully unconscious, some of them were still aware until hitting the ocean.
Evil Little Thing 5 years ago
Yeah, I watched that s**t. It flew apart while on fire. That's called an explosion.
Thomas Turnbull 5 years ago
Well it was a solid booster explosion that ripped the shuttle apart. The crew cabin was designed to do what it did sadly.
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 5 years ago
I saw a simulation of the Challenger disaster in Kerbal Space Program, but the kreator kliped a parachute in the nosekone, and hid a flotation device in the back, and the krew kabin survived the impakt.
#59
It's not 'Luke, I am your father,' but 'No, I am your father.'
JK Rowling 5 years ago
This is actually a phenomenon called the Mandela effect, where large groups of people remember things differently then others. Another example of this is the Berenstain Bears, who most people recall as the Berenstein Bears
Monday 5 years ago
The one that gets me is the monopoly man. Quite a few people (myself included) seem to remember him having a monocle...but he apparently never did.
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Hermione Granger 5 years ago
Also, “mirror mirror on the wall” is actually “ magic mirror on the wall”
MrTree1779 5 years ago
And "Beam me up, Scotty." Nobody in the original "Star Trek" said that exact line.
#60
Eating too many chocolates gives you diabetes. No sugar consumption will not directly cause diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused due to you own immune cells destroying your insulin producing cells in pancreas. Type 2 is due to resistance of your cell to insulin. If your diet is not balanced (you only eat high calorie sugary foods), you don't exercise and you end up getting obese you risk getting diabetes.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
So if you eat too many chocolates, you'll get diabetes. Thanks for clearing that up for us.
Aileen Grist 5 years ago
Fat causes insulin resistance which leads to hyperinsulemia which is where the glucose can't get into the cells because the fat in the cells block the access. This causes more and more insulin to be needed and too much glucose in the blood. Doctors give type 2 diabets (I'm one) tablets to bring down their blood glucose - but that is a symptom not the illness. Low fat plant based eating has been shown to reverse type 2 diabetes - and help type 1s cut down on the amount of insulin they need to use.
#61
Your head does not lose more heat than the rest of your body. It’s about the same.
somnomania 5 years ago
you lose heat faster if your extremities are uncovered, which includes your head. this is because when you're cold, your body pulls all its heat in to keep your core warm. if you put a hat on when you're cold, it will help.
#62
Hitler was happy about pearl harbor! Pepsi never had the 9th largest military The US is by far not the freest or most democratic nation
Hume 5 years ago
Hitler was not happy or unhappy over it. He was indifferent. On one side this now brings another nation into the war. However, he preferred to see the positives of this. Since he was the one who quickly jumped to declare war on the USA, and his alliance with Japan did not dictate that he had to do that. He saw a positive and a opportunity in it. Positive for him was, now he can attack American shipping unrestricted, which has up until that point kept the UK in the war. Opportunity he saw was in declaring war on the USA he shows good will to Japan, because he really wanted Japan to declare war on Russia too. Something they never did.
John L 5 years ago
Correct. He was hoping that declaring war on the US would encourage the Japanese to declare war on Russia. Problem was, Russian and Japan wanted no part of another conflict with each other.
Load More Replies... Scagsy 5 years ago
Wait. So Hitler WASN'T happy, Pepsi DID have the 9th largest military and the US IS the freest (sic) nation? I'm not sure. Particularly the last one - the UK is pretty free and democratic.
Scyth 5 years ago
Hitler wasn't happy, pepsi did have the 9th largest military, and USA isn't very free. That's how I understood.
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That semen gets stored in your balls. Thats wrong, its produced there. It gets stored outside your balls, in your epididymis, wich is right next and partly on your actual balls.
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
What a load of bollocks. (Sorry, I couldn't resist it. It was just there begging me to type it)
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
SPERM is produced by the testes and then stored in the epididymis. Seminal fluids are produced by glands inside the body. Semen and sperm aren't synonymous
Andreas Schneider 5 years ago
false. The sperms are mixed with the fluid from the prostate and then storded in the seminal vesicles under and behind the prostate.
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago (edited)
That's not true either, the seminal vesicles produce the majority of seminal fluid but do not store the actual sperm. The actual sperms (before they mix with seminal fluid) are stored in the epididymis. When ejaculation occurs, they leave the epididymis, travel through the vas defrens, then mix with fluids from the seminal vesicles before mixing with more fluids from the prostate before being ejaculated
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Bulls are not enraged by the colour red.
postboredom 5 years ago
They are more enraged by the vigorous shaking of the cloth ( they are colourblind, in fact) most people know this by now (i think)
Alan Green 5 years ago
More-so than that. Bulls are actually partially colourblind and cannot even see red. Only reason they use a red cape/rag is so you don't see the poor bulls blood smeared all over it towards the end.
#65
"Eat your vitamin supplements they keep you healthy" Your body actually removes a lot of the vitamins in those supplements through urine
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Not sure about that, but I do know the supplement industry is b******t. You can get all the vitamins you need from food the sun. You don't need anything other than a good, balanced diet.
Aileen Grist 5 years ago
Many vitamin supplements don't work as the body can't work with the isolated units. A beta-carotene supplement actually gave rise to more cancer whereas beta-carotene in food helps stop it. Also the Vitamin C in apple juice is miniscule compared to eating the whole apple - there are compounds within the apple (including fibre) that enhance it.
Cuddles 5 years ago
Yeah...not for me. If I take those "One-A-Day" vitamins, I puke about five minutes later. Not sure what it is, but it's like clockwork. So I never get the chance to pee out the vitamins. XD But they're also usually not even needed except in rare cases that someone has a real deficiency that is diagnosed by a doctor. I have noticed over time that I'll get really strong cravings for oddball things like raw potatoes and I wonder if it's my body going "Hey get us some of that potato vitamin stuff." And the brain just going "F I N E."
EA 5 years ago
Your body can only absorb so much of each vitamin, so yes take supplements if you are not getting enough in your diet. But there’s no point in taking two vitamin c tablets a day as essentially 1 of them would be secreted out. It’s still best to get it from diet wherever possible.
#66
When you have a nose bleed you should put your head forward, not backwards, otherwise the blood runs down your throat and can choke you
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
People SHOULD out their heads forwards. This makes it sound like you're saying everyone wrongly thinks you should put it forwards.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Uh…..He literally said “when you have a nosebleed you should put your head forward”……..first sentence
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You shouldn't piss yourself when a stingray stings you, that only makes the pain worse.
Fish Boden 5 years ago
I mean, if your stung by a stingray you might wet yourself because it hurts so much. Don't be down on yourself over it. :)
#68
Transatlantic Slavery did NOT start in 1619!!! It started at LEAST as early as 1527. In 1527 the Narvaez expedition from Spain left for the Gulf of Mexico. A hurricane (or bad storm) later all but 3 sailors and a slave were either killed or separated. One of the sailors survived, made it back to Spanish settlements, and wrote a letter to the King detailing this (including the adventures of the enslaved man Esteban). There's also speculation that Columbus had African slaves with him in 1492 but placing it in the 1600s misses a LOT of important historical events that impacted the trajectory of the world.
Leah Helbig 5 years ago
Slave trade also African slave trade has existed since the dawn of man. Still going on today in all parts of the globe just hidden better.
#69
That pencils were once lead. They were always graphite.
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
It's weird one. Lead is a very hard metal and wouldn't break off in minute particles on the paper. It would just cut through it. I don't know why this myth ever started.
Ludwig Michiel 5 years ago (edited)
The precursors to pencils had a core made of a lead-tin alloy. The drawing paper had to be prepared with a ground coat so it would be rough enough for the metal particles to be deposited onto it.
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#70
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Oh my God aarrgghhhhhhh!
tuzdayschild 5 years ago
Same here. You chose your important meal and I'll chose mine.
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Belle_Pandamonium🇧🇻l 5 years ago (edited)
I heard Kellogg's made that statement, to sell more Corn Flakes, and ppl believed it.
Aileen Grist 5 years ago
Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and supper/dinner like a pauper. Research shows that food eaten earlier has less chance of putting weight on you. Restricted eating between 7 am and 7 pm is much healthier than continuing to eat after 7pm
somnomania 5 years ago
i mean, it's important to get nutrients into you first thing so that you can function and so your body has something to fuel it, i'm not sure what there is about that that you don't like.
kasa alex 5 years ago
Altho the benefits of intermittent fasting have also been shown
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That you should let small wounds air in order to heal faster. Keep the bandaid on there and save yourself the bacterial infection
Alan Green 5 years ago
A small cut or graze will scab over quicker if left in the open though so the "myth" is still somewhat true.
Kori K. Warriner 5 years ago
This one should be higher. 48 hours covered, then it is okay to somewhat expose to air. I had a good friend slice his hand on Thanksgiving, and fall for the old wives' tale of exposing to air. He ended up with an infection, and he got a lecture about keeping the wound covered for 48 hours minimum immediately following injury, in order to avoid infection. He hasn't done it since.
Jaded Queen 5 years ago
Actually it really just depends on the wound and how u got it. A simple wound on knee of kids is unlikely to get infected. If u just put some antibacterial/clean it and left it open as opposed to getting a cut from dirty rusty nail. But it really comes down to immunity and age. I have never had infected wounds coz I grew up tougher and didn't had a home repeatedly cleaned by disinfectant within a inch of their life and I usually clean it with antibacterial clean haldi
somnomania 5 years ago
not in my personal experience of cat scratches and things over 30+ years, but okay.
#72
That two blue eye people can’t have a brown eyed kid. They can. But it comes down to recessive blue Gene. Too complicated to go into it. But seeing the charts that are like 1+1 brown will make a 50/50 chance of blue or brown eye baby. 2 blues will only make a blue or a green etc. it ain’t true
Gin 5 years ago
The only way two blue-eyed people can make a brown-eyed baby is if one of the parents was not involved in making of the baby :D
Gin 5 years ago
It's actually possible. Here's an article: https://genetics.thetech.org/how-blue-eyed-parents-can-have-brown-eyed-children
Load More Replies... somnomania 5 years ago
last i heard, the dominant/recessive s**t for eye colors was bunk anyway.
#73
Despite what you think, the majority of theft... isn't treated as illegal. See, wage theft, where your company steals from you, is so common it adds up to being more than other forms of theft/ robbery combined in the United states per year.
Olivia Agave 5 years ago
If you have evidence of wage theft then report it. You will discover that it is treated as very very illegal, because it is very very illegal, and lawyers will jump at a chance for a wage theft suit.
#74
If you eat food you don’t have to wait 15 to 30 minutes before you go swimming
Monday 5 years ago
Which is a good rule....I don't want half chewed food in the pool
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You don’t really have an allergy to monosodium glutamate
Fish Boden 5 years ago
Ffs people can be allergic to almost anything. MSG is going to be an allergen for some people.
Monday 5 years ago
but about 90% of the people who claim to have an MSG allergy are full of c**p.
Load More Replies... Dippin Dot 5 years ago
MSG is a trigger for my migraines. It's not an allergy, but it does cause me issues!
Aunt Messy 5 years ago
MSG is nothing more than a natural salt that is extracted from seaweed. No one is "allergic" to salt. It's not possible. Whatever your migraine trigger is, it's not the MSG. It's something else. You need to pay more attention to what you eat.
Load More Replies... #76
A duck's quack doesn't echo
postboredom 5 years ago
??? Why would a ducks quack be so unique, that it cant echo? Its a sound. Sounds echo. Its just that the quacks cant be differentiated easily from the echo itself
Mme de Poppadom 5 years ago
I hear it! Guys, can you hear the duck's echo?
Load More Replies... Richard Brown 5 years ago
Actually, duck quacks do echo but because of the audio nature of the quack, various frequencies, pitches etc the echo comes back very quiet and at a low frequency
#77
Mister Rogers was a sniper in Vietnam
MrTree1779 5 years ago
He was actually a sniper in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. King Friday and Lady Elaine were in his platoon. -- "I see a red trolly, children. And I want it painted black. How do YOU feel about the red trolly? Do you want it painted black?"
#78
Serotonin is not the "happy chemical"
Steve Barnett 5 years ago
Serotonin is not the "happy chemical" - Please expound on your statement?
Monday 5 years ago
Serotonin isn't what causes you to feel happy, that would be dopamine....but we need serotonin to make dopamine so take that as you will
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Adding oil to pasta in water doesn't help it not stick to the pan. It just prevents water from boiling over.
Malakai 5 years ago
Nope, doesn't do that, either. Actually it can make it harder for the sauce to adhere to the pasta. For the absolute best pasta dish, salt your water, finish cooking the pasta in the sauce, and add a few tablespoons of the pasta water to the sauce for a rich, delicious sauce that coats every bit of pasta thoroughly in saucy goodness!
DC 5 years ago
Exactly! Sometimes, the water coming with the pasta is enough, sometimes some is to add. Oil in boiling water is kind of an insult, and the arrogantly made claims how "italian" it would be to waste a "good oil" (in these cases, usually a hardly edible cheap olive oil that tastes bitter, bitter, bitter and also bitter - c**p...) on this purpose can really be annoying. There is nothing to it - never was - never will be - and don't dare telling an actual Italian that you fell for this bs...
Load More Replies... somnomania 5 years ago
it does keep it from sticking to itself, however, which is why we do it.
brukernavn340 5 years ago (edited)
It does help though. I've tried both with and without oil, and it does not stick when I use oil, and it sticks if I doesn't. It might be a "myth", but it works (for me at least).
Dynein 5 years ago
I thought the trick was adding oil AFTER draining the water? I'm not sure what oil should do when it's added to the water. The boiling over surely is caused by the starch making the water slightly viscose and thereby trapping gas bubbles inside the liquid - nothing that the addition of oil would prevent.
Lillukka79 5 years ago
This works, but also prevents the sauce from sticking.
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If you split earth worms in half both halfs will still be alive
Cuddles 5 years ago
If you manage to get them in the right area, you basically will amputate the 'tail' of the worm and the 'front half' will survive for a while without it. But the tail doesn't grow into a new worm. :P If you ever wondered, they come from eggs and can live around 6 years. (If nothing eats them first!)
#81
Dinosaurs and early humans co-existed. The truth is that they missed each other by over 60 million years.
#83
Fish don't feel pain, but plants do.
Malakai 5 years ago
Maybe the fish part is, but the plant thing is true. Studies have shown plants even have possibly complex communication networks and can pass along messages when parts of the 'community' are being destroyed. So, the trees ARE watching you! :P
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 5 years ago
I was 9 years old when I first saw a crab being cooked. I haven't eaten one since.
Curry on... 5 years ago
Like what happened? Someone actually 'interviewed' fish or plants? Was it one of the first questions on the form?
Dynein 5 years ago
Wait, what?! B******t. Pain is only beneficial for an organism if it's able to change the situation in the moment (e.g. by moving away from a fire) or prevent the situation in the future (by staying far away from something that looks like fire). Presumably it's present in all animals. There's a genetic disorder that results in a lack of feeling pain ("Congenital insensitivity to pain"), and it's highly detrimental. People with that disorder have extremely poor health because they notice bodily damage too late or not at all. Pain is nature's way of saying "don't do this" and "favor this damaged body part til its sufficiently healed", neither of which would be useful to a plant. I'd assume pain to be felt by all mobile animals, be reduced in sessile animals, and be completely absent in kingdoms consisting of only sessile organisms (plants and mushrooms).
Monday 5 years ago
mate...that's what the post is saying....that the myth is that fish don't feel pain and plants do, when in actuality it's the other way around
Load More Replies... #84
Blunderbusses have a flared muzzle to spread the shot. The truth is that it only acts as a funnel to make loading easier.
#85
That eating foods high in antioxidants will improve your health. Not true.
Katie Lutesinger 5 years ago
It's got what plants need! It's got electrolytes!
Load More Replies... somnomania 5 years ago
if antioxidants don't cause problems, then who cares if they don't improve your health. if people want to focus on foods with antioxidants, let them.
#86
that WW1 wasn't called WW1 before WW2 there are many "what is wrong with this sentence?" riddles about a sentence before WW2 calling WW1 WW1, which is supposed to be wrong since at that time it was widely called "the great war" and not WW1. however THERE WERE a few articles from that time that called the war WW1, as a prediction that this is just the start and other wars like this are on their way. it wasn't very common but there are evidences for it.
Dave In MD 5 years ago
Have to see the proof of this. They called it "The Great War" and "The War to End all Wars". Not really conducive to thinking it was just the first in a series.
Dynein 5 years ago
Honestly the OP doesn't make sense. The original statement just means that it wasn't called WW1 COMMONLY like today - and it wasn't. Of course when you make a pessimistic prediction about there being more in the future, you would call it the first! But unlike today, no one talking about "the Great War" needed to specify which one, so they didn't.
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That milk "does a body good". Most ppl are lactose intolerant esp African Americans. Milk has always been highly inflammatory to me even as a child.
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
Pretty sure milk contains calcium, riboflavin, B12, potassium and iodine. These are kinda useful for the body.
MrTree1779 5 years ago
The whole "Got Milk?" and "Milk does a body good." marketing came about in the early 1980s, after dairy farmers experienced a glut of product and plummeting prices, just as people were becoming aware of the dangers of a high-fat diet. -- It was a marketing ploy to get people to drink more milk. And it worked. --- Same reason our pizzas crusts started being filled with cheese. The dairy industry had to use the excess milk somehow, and the dairy lobbyists got the U.S. public to buy in to the b******t.
Monday 5 years ago
Milk DOES a body good...if you are not lactose intolerant. MOST people are not lactose intolerant.
Louloubelle 5 years ago
Although people do frequently become lactose intolerant as they get older. I drink milk, even at 60. But sometimes it does upset my stomach.
Load More Replies... Belle_Pandamonium🇧🇻l 5 years ago
Milk is good for many ppl (not me, and others, as l.intolerant), but for many people it is life saving.
Sean Baxter 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure this fact was speaking in general. Sure, for a few people milk is bad, but for the majority, it's a really good thing to drink.
Caridina 5 years ago
Actually, in GLOBAL relation, people who can digest milk well are minority. But milk-or-not-milk does not make any people "unnatural".
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How about if you sit too close to the TV you will go blind., or for that matter if you jack off to much you will go blind.; wait,, I think it was if you jack off too much you will grow hair on your palms.
Lathari 5 years ago
I think the TV is confusing cause and effect; as a myopic and astigmatic I can tell my mother realised I need glasses as I was watching TV too close. I couldn't see it well further away.
Monday 5 years ago
That's a pretty good theory. The TV wasn't the cause, but it was the reason the condition was detected.
Load More Replies... Richard Brown 5 years ago
If you jack off too close to the TV you will get a blind hairy remote control
Scyth 5 years ago
Excessive masturbation in males can lead to a decrease in the amount of testosterone receptors in the brain. In other words, don't jack it too much else you become a sissy.
somnomania 5 years ago
define "sissy", and also pretty sure this isn't true, or there would be "sissies" absolutely everywhere.
Load More Replies... Dippin Dot 5 years ago
Who cares... we all know shake more than twice and you're playing with yourself.
#89
That you need to eat animals to live
EA 5 years ago
It’s much easier to have a balanced diet and get everything we need to be healthy by eating some meat, fish included. There are 21 essential amino acids and our bodies only produce 3 I think naturally? There are supplements but studies show they don’t work as well as getting them naturally. And you can eat nuts etc. to get protein but you have to eat massive quantities to get the same level as you would from a small piece of meat. Instead of animals vs vegan or vegetarian we should focus on ethical and sustainable food.
Dynein 5 years ago
AFAIK you can reduce the amount of animal product pretty far and still be fine. But you still need them to be truly healthy LONG TERM, i.e. over decades. People like to refer to ancient practices to prove it's not detrimental, but they usually omit that historically, food hygiene was quite poor and therefore most meals included a fair amount of insects and microorganisms.
Load More Replies... Something 5 years ago
Unless tigers (or other obligate carnivores) are reading this, it's still true.
Load More Replies... somnomania 5 years ago
okay but some people do better with animal protein than vegetable protein, and many parts of the world are really not conducive to growing everything needed for a vegetarian diet. i don't eat a ton of meat, but i get a much more definite and sustained energy boost from meat and cheese than i do from vegetable proteins. a ham and cheese sandwich keeps me full longer than a bowl of oatmeal, that's just the truth, for me. additionally, being poor isn't conducive to any specific diet, whether it's keto or vegan or macro or atkins. in my house, we eat what tastes good and is affordable and not super awful for our health.
Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian
Richard Brown 5 years ago
We are designed to eat anything that can provide us with the necessary resources for growth and development and energy. Some of these nutrients are only available in meat just as some are only available in vegetation so you need both to avoid health problems due to malnutrition. Or you can take supplements
#90
Homework is complete bulls**t and it's killing our brains. Just take a look at Finland's education system. The students there go to school for what? 3 or 4 hours a day, rarely have homework, and they have one of the best education systems.
Satu Jaakkola 5 years ago
That's not even remotely true. We can have 8 hour school days starting from age 12 or so, and homework is a must. Sure it varies by teacher, but most of them value it.
postboredom 5 years ago
Homework is just to make sure that you do remember the stuff they taught you that day and in the entire year. They help you practice for tests. Cannot speak for unrelated or unnecessary homework though.
What do you think ?
JK Rowling 5 years ago
I feel like some of these should be labelled as 'myth' because it's hard to tell if they're stating the myth or stating the correct answer
postboredom 5 years ago
Yes, please. I didnt know a couple and was really confused.
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troufaki13 5 years ago
How were these myths debunked? They were literally just statements of the opposite of what we are used to
DforDorothy 5 years ago
It's like some of these statements were written by some very uneducated people, to be honest!
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
The "Wild West" only lasted for 30 years (1865-1895) and you were MUCH more likely to die from cholera, dysentery, tuberculosis, accidentally shooting yourself, or falling off a horse than be killed by First Nations peoples or gunfighters.
Jonanice Kitt 5 years ago
I have one: It’s a myth you can tell a virgin from an examination & that Bleeding and pain during your first time is because of the hymen breaking. Pain or blood during first-time sex is often down to nerves, which can lead to poor vaginal lubrication, coupled with the fact that you just don’t quite know what you’re doing yet At birth the hymen is one unbroken structure, but this doesn’t last long. By the time you’ve hit puberty, it will most likely have worn into a circular ring of tissue known as the “vaginal corona.” If it hadn’t, you wouldn’t be able to menstruate. In rare cases, an “imperforate hymen” which doesn’t form a corona and remains in one piece. That type of hymen requires surgical correction, however, rather than modification-by-penetration. It can also form multiple holes or breakages, known as a “septate” or “cribiform” hymen, and some people with vaginas are born without a hymen at all – everyone’s hymen is different.
Jonanice Kitt 5 years ago
Also contrary to popular belief, the clitoris is not the size of a fingernail. It’s usually over 10 centimetres in size and shaped like a wishbone, that extends into the body
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Marnie 5 years ago
One myth I really wish would be debunked is that you can clunk someone on the head hard enough for them to be out for minutes (maybe a couple of hours), and they will be okay. You can be out for less than a second from a bad concussion. If you are out for a couple of hours, you likely will have permanent brain injury. They use the "clunk you on the head as poor-man's anesthesia" thing in nearly every show. And the kids who kicked a kid in the head until he got knocked out at my son's school probably thought a knock to the head was no big thing because of those shows. Unfortunately, the kid went into a coma.
Peko 5 years ago
Yeah. If someone's been unresponsive for like a minute call your local emergency number.
Load More Replies... Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
Well, that was very interesting. But, you can't believe every thing you read!
JK Rowling 5 years ago
I feel like some of these should be labelled as 'myth' because it's hard to tell if they're stating the myth or stating the correct answer
postboredom 5 years ago
Yes, please. I didnt know a couple and was really confused.
Load More Replies... troufaki13 5 years ago
How were these myths debunked? They were literally just statements of the opposite of what we are used to
DforDorothy 5 years ago
It's like some of these statements were written by some very uneducated people, to be honest!
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
The "Wild West" only lasted for 30 years (1865-1895) and you were MUCH more likely to die from cholera, dysentery, tuberculosis, accidentally shooting yourself, or falling off a horse than be killed by First Nations peoples or gunfighters.
Jonanice Kitt 5 years ago
I have one: It’s a myth you can tell a virgin from an examination & that Bleeding and pain during your first time is because of the hymen breaking. Pain or blood during first-time sex is often down to nerves, which can lead to poor vaginal lubrication, coupled with the fact that you just don’t quite know what you’re doing yet At birth the hymen is one unbroken structure, but this doesn’t last long. By the time you’ve hit puberty, it will most likely have worn into a circular ring of tissue known as the “vaginal corona.” If it hadn’t, you wouldn’t be able to menstruate. In rare cases, an “imperforate hymen” which doesn’t form a corona and remains in one piece. That type of hymen requires surgical correction, however, rather than modification-by-penetration. It can also form multiple holes or breakages, known as a “septate” or “cribiform” hymen, and some people with vaginas are born without a hymen at all – everyone’s hymen is different.
Jonanice Kitt 5 years ago
Also contrary to popular belief, the clitoris is not the size of a fingernail. It’s usually over 10 centimetres in size and shaped like a wishbone, that extends into the body
Load More Replies... Marnie 5 years ago
One myth I really wish would be debunked is that you can clunk someone on the head hard enough for them to be out for minutes (maybe a couple of hours), and they will be okay. You can be out for less than a second from a bad concussion. If you are out for a couple of hours, you likely will have permanent brain injury. They use the "clunk you on the head as poor-man's anesthesia" thing in nearly every show. And the kids who kicked a kid in the head until he got knocked out at my son's school probably thought a knock to the head was no big thing because of those shows. Unfortunately, the kid went into a coma.
Peko 5 years ago
Yeah. If someone's been unresponsive for like a minute call your local emergency number.
Load More Replies... Dorothy Cloud 5 years ago
Well, that was very interesting. But, you can't believe every thing you read!
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