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Comedian Ron White once famously called his show You Can't Fix Stupid. The statement is debatable, because in theory, education is supposed to do that, but it's a completely different story when it boils down to practice. And so there is always work to be done when pushing away the tide of ignorance.

But until then, Redditors embrace the reality by asking questions and sharing experiences. Specifically, this time around, someone on Reddit asked people to share the dumbest myths people today still believe, and the r/AskReddit community was quick to deliver.

Scroll down, enjoy the list, and why not upvote and comment some of your stories in the comment section below!

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#1

40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Vaccines cause autism…..

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish I could upvote this more than once! AUTISM IS A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION DETERMINED BEFORE BIRTH, TYPICALLY CAUSED BY GENETIC FACTORS

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    #2

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Trickle down economics.

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    Oliver Seitz
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trickle down is just a lie to justify big tax cuts for the rich to "pay back" big coproration donors. GOP loves that excuse and their brain dead voters believe each c**p they get told.

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    #3

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That there are dozens of hot singles in my area just dying to meet me.

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    Craftsman 64
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are dozens of hot singles (true) in my area (not as true) just dying (possibly) to meet me (flat out lie)

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread When I had cancer a few years back and was doing chemotherapy I had people who constantly questioned that I actually "had cancer" due to the fact that my hair didn't fall out until I was actually in remission (Had been off chemo for about 2-3 weeks when my hair started gradually thinning and falling out).

    It's a complete myth that every single person's hair will have the same reaction to chemo. Some people lose hair right away, some don't. Everybody is different.

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    Sonja
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a letter on ask a manager of a woman who threw their padding at a colleague after a mastectomy when those nasty potstirrers claimed she couldn't have cancer because she didn't look sick enough. It's ridiculous how cruel some people can be if you don't fit in their expectations.

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread I still believe that if any of my limbs hang off the bed while sleeping that a monster will grab them. I also believe that the moment I remember this and pull them back on the bed is just in the nick of time before a monster grabs them.

    You can't prove there isn't a monster under my bed.

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    Zophra
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This... is the only one that isn't a myth. C'mon, we all know deep down it's true.

    Mini the Angel
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s not true with me, Winkey and Blinkey don’t like to hurt me, they just like water

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    Headless Roach
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you have a night time playful cat - the terror is quite real 🙃 Right, Bouchie?

    Shyla Bouche
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am in charge of killing the monsters. If they are Shyla, who would feed me? Since under the bed monsters only come out at night, that's when I kill them.

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    ISeeWendiGo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If my bedside laying in when I go to get in bed I have to run and quickly jump up so nothing grabs my ankle. I'm 47 years old, lol!😂🤣

    D Peterson
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this feeling never goes away. It all started when I watched a horror film, "The Haunting of Hill House" from 1959. In the movie two women are sleeping in the same room, in separate twin beds. The one wakes up hearing noises & reaches over to the over bed to hold hands with her friend. It wasn't the friend's hand she was holding. Sixty years later & I still can't lay in a bed with my hand hanging over the edge.

    Nikole
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FYI, the movie is The Haunting from 1963. Not trying to be a jerk… It’s just one of my favorite movies :)

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    Jared Robinson
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why men don't usually like to have a bed frame. Can be no monster under the bed if there is no under the bed.

    Tinley's Aunt
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would know if there were a monster under my bed because I would hear him sneezing from all the dust.

    PastelBunny
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friendlies Grunge, The Light One, and Mona protect me from Charlotte, my sleep paralysis demon.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true. Came here to say this and saw that others beat me to it.

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, no! I have THREE bed monsters— my two cats and doggo who will scratch my feet if I dangle them over the edge of the bed!

    Leekier
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m 68 and I can confirm this; as a child we only had one bedroom and all slept in one bed. I remember looking under it and seeing evil yellow eyes glinting at me.

    Šimon Špaček
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can spend few hundreds or thousands of dollars to get help with that. Or pay ~20 bucks for a saw and cut away bed legs...

    Vermontah
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't have monsters but when I was age 6 - 10 we lived in an old house and the attic door was in my bedroom. I slept with the covers over me.

    Gatorman
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I may have left a gator or two under y'all's beds, sorry bout that one

    RajunCajun
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when I was a kid I was afraid to get my hair cut for fear of the barbers being able to read minds.

    The Scout
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren't you afraid to hurt the feelings of the creature under your bed by calling it a "monster", though? Maybe it just wants to make friends...

    Heather Menard
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a four legged monster under my bed that can't wait for a limb to drop so he can attack.

    SparkleFarts
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a cat owner, I can tell you that monsters will absolutely attack your feet, even if they do not hang off the edge of the bed

    Maggie Fulton
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t worry—if you get under the sheets it can’t get you. ;p

    Wendy Miller
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my house the "monster under the bed" is the cat. Loves to chomp and go!

    Charlie Spring Fan
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The monsters under my bed are friendly, they're very sweet, and they know when I'm upset, they try to cheer me up.

    JoJo Anisko
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why it's a good idea to have your bed up against two walls in a corner. Those sides are safe. Also, if you realize you're hanging over, verrry slowwwly pull the limb back to safety.

    Pansexual Child of Hades
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IDK why, but I feel like I have bonded with the monster under my bed. I might seem unrealistic and childish rn, but here goes nothing. When I need comforting, I stick ky hand out over the edge of the bed, and there is this strange warmth enveloping it. Then u randomly feel like I'm petting a dog for no reason. I still have no clue why..

    Oliver Kettle
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is why you throw something really heavy like a bowlingball under the bed first to show the monster you're not playing around

    Lee Aim
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is just plane stupid. I have never though about something like that.

    Trent Wilcox
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I could offer to stay under your bed for a night to see if any monsters materialize... but then you'd have a monster under your bed.

    Janet Williams
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a witch in my closet. I think she ate the monster under my bed.

    Allen Benge
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is nothing there in the dark that isn't there in the light, You can't prove there IS a monster there unless I am beside you. :D

    Jane Dorothy Warner
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had that nightmare so many times as a kid, I decided as an adult that it was a kind of racial memory - something like animals creeping into caves and grabbing kids before the days when we even had beds.

    Lisa McCourt
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it is perfectly okay to have one foot uncovered when you are too hot. BUT only one foot. Monsters know the rules. They will not grab the one foot, only when both are uncovered.

    RosenCranzLives
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bed has drawers under it. Monsters can't get out because they latch from the outside.

    Booker
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the summer, a single linen sheet prevents the monsters from grabbing me, tearing me apart, and eating my head, limbs, and torso whole.

    Mickysixxx
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 50yr old brother reckons the Hamburgler bit his hand when he was little after he dangled it beside the bed lol

    BatPhace
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My bed sits on the foundation on the floor, under bed bedamned 😂

    Jan Olsen
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course there's a monster under your beed - that's where monsters live.

    Gwen
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have my special stuffed animals that keep the monsters away! They have been doing the best job since I was a kid! Besides, if they did come out from under the bed, I would just show them a picture of my brother! That would really scare them!

    Adam Zad
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you got old enough, I moved under a younger child's bed.

    Got Myself 4 Pandas
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, my husband thinks I'm weird that I'll stick my feet out the bed onto the floor

    Shannon Mallory
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not afraid of the monster under the bed and usually have limbs hanging out, BUT since childhood (I'm 51) I HAVE to have the blanket around my neck to protect from vampires. I know, right? Doesn't matter.

    JL
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get a bed frame with drawers underneath. 100% monster blockage.

    Dianellian
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can prove it. My son frequently sends me photos of the black and white horror under my bed. Her name is Pushka.

    Penny Kemper
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure I can.... I can lay on floor and look for it while you hang your feet off the bed.

    Kim Landfather
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No doubt about it..there are gollywoggles under beds just waiting to snag a dangling arm or leg. I’m 66 years old and STILL have that fear.

    Hiram's Friend
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It only leaves the closet and gets under the bed when mom leaves and the lights are out.

    Rainwing_Demigod
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only monsters under my bed are my cats. And they will viciously attack your feets. and handses. and any other limbs they decide to sink their little vampire fangs into.

    moggie63
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could prove it. But there's no way I'm getting under the bed to do so.

    jdtimid123
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always tell myself that if a monster grabs my feet I'm gonna make them regret it. If bed monsters can be real, why can't I be a monster fighting bada** in this scenario? Go for the eyes! 🥷😅

    Tushar Roy Mukherjee
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our family's winter clothes are kept in three suitcases below my bed. So I can confirm that there are no monsters under my bed.

    Shecky Feinstein
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A monster grabbed me, beat me, molested and whipped me. But we’re not getting married, we’re just good friends.

    KDS
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this as well even though I know there is nothing underneath my bed.

    Justanotherpanda
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you've never seen the monster, you cannot be 100% sure it doesn't exist.

    Cyber Returns
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to hang my junk out over the edge of the bed until we got a puppy

    Nikki Sevven
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy solution. Get a platform bed with drawers underneath. If there's no space under your bed, there's nowhere for monsters to hide. Besides, everyone knows that monsters live in your closet. You should be worrying about that.

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Fish only have a 5 second memory. My fish are fed automatically on a timer and they know dinner time better than my goddamn cat

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    Zophra
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat disagrees. She also said to write that she would eat the fish. (I told her that has nothing to do with the post, but she's very bossy and demanded I write it anyway.)

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Religion imo

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    Cynical, Burnt And Jaded
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amen. Lots of hate, wars and discrimination because you aren't with the right group. Such BS. Treat everyone with kindness. If they can't reciprocate, move on.

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Tear here to open.

    TheDarkSide2187 , u/captain_ohagen Report

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    Craftsman 64
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's Nestle - they're completely evil and probably did it on purpose.

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    #9

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread The whole “Alpha/Beta male” thing

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    Craftsman 64
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When that first started, some guy tried it on my wife at a pub and she told him I was an Omega male. He stood there having no idea what Omega meant so she said "He'll be the f*****g end of you". (Nobody clapped or bought us free drinks all night but he did walk away looking like a wet, beaten dog)

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
    “Lightning never strikes the same place twice.”

    Yes it does, that’s the entire reason for lightning rods on buildings.

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    Michelle C
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The late Roy Sullivan, a Canadian farmer, held and still holds the world record for the most lightning strikes experienced during one’s lifetime: he got hit by lightning seven times over the course of his life.

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That humans only use 10% of their brain. This is false, regardless of how those who proclaim this myth seemingly demonstrate that it is in fact true.

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    Sonja
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all based on very inaccurate readings from the very first brain scan machines. Even today the readings we get are far from perfect and while we know much more about the brain, there's still a ton more to discover and lots we cannot explain at all

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That you eat spiders in your sleep.

    Spider will not knowingly walk into a preditors mouth.

    They can sense both the heartbeat, heat and noise from humans. All things that would alert them not to go into our mouth.

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    Craftsman 64
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sound of my snoring ensures there are no spiders within 25 yards of our house.

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
    Life is fair, and bad things only happen to people who deserve it.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bad things mostly happens to good people, and basically Life is unfair. Sometimes we have to prepare for the storm!!!

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    “Do what you love and never work a day in your life.”

    No one is paying me to play video games and eat pizza.

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    Genericist
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to be a games tester. Sounds a lot better than it was - my job was to check new updates still let old games work, so I just tested each game for an hour, week in week out. When you consider some of the nonsense that gets released (Barbie and Bratz are two games that stick with me), it stops looking quite as fun. Wasn't a bad job by any means, but it wasn't non-stop decent gaming. Christmas parties were awesome, though; cheers Sony!

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That there are magic pills that make you lose weight and gain muscle without ever going to a gym. Or that there are snake oils that will take years off of your face and make you look young. There's a sucker born every minute.

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    V 2000
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    B-But the penis enlargement pills thing is real right?... ...right?

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread There are dumber ones out there, but the one I, as an estate lawyer, deal with constantly is the idea that there needs to be a "reading" of the will, where the family all gather and the lawyer reads it aloud to them for the first time. We don't do that, we just mail everyone their own copy if they want it.

    It's a really stubbornly persistent one because people continue to see scenes of it in movies and TV shows, where it's used for some big dramatic reveal. I've even had irate beneficiaries insist that the administration of the estate can't be "official" until there's a reading.

    Way, *way* back, like 150 years ago or so, I believe we used to do something like that at times because you couldn't exactly presume literacy on the part of the beneficiaries, but now we feel it's a pretty safe bet that you can either read it or find someone who can.

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    StrangeOne
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather my inheritances be given out discreetly. I know too many people on my mom's side who are vindictive, scheming, entitled and will try to rob my beneficiaries of their rightfully given estates.

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    #17

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Corporations care or even exist for any reason other than to make money.

    Jacket-Okay , PhotoMIX Company Report

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    David H
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    making money is literally their job, like any business. Their purpose is to make money by selling you products and services. CocaCola is in the money making for their shareholder business, selling beverages is how they do that. This is pretty common knowledge

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread "Lie detectors" as a literal thing.

    There's a reason they aren't admissible as evidence in court in most places.

    bitew41489 , Tony Biondo Report

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    Strings
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Polygraph are good for one thing: finding an innocent person guilty

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    #19

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Still blows my mind that people think the Earth is flat.

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    #20

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
    That Einstein failed his grade school math class. It was the subject of a Ripley’s Believe It or Not column in 1935 and Einstein himself refuted the article. In primary school he had been at the top of class and by 15 he had mastered differential and integral calculus.

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    David H
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Germany at the time they used a 5-1 GPA system where 5 was the lowest and 1.0 was the highest, Einstein had a 1.05, putting him in the top 1/1000th percentile in Germany at the time. Journalists used to the British 0-4 or 0-5 where 4 or 5 is the highest (like what we use in the US, Canada, etc) saw a 1.05 and not realizing it was a different system, just assumed he failed, when he was near perfection

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread You have to wait 48 hours to report someone missing

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is DANGEROUS- the odds of someone who’s been kidnapped surviving decrease exponentially after the first 16-24 hours, I believe

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    #23

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Anything about MSG. I battle with my health conscious wife about this often.

    EDIT: Too much of anything is bad for you. I still don’t understand the demonization of MSG.

    Mister_Pibbs , FASTILY Report

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    MrsFettesVette
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    MSG= Make S**t Good (let's not forget there are naturally occurring glutamates in SO MANY FOODS)

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    #24

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread At some point, a viral video allegedly proved that the “beg buttons” at crosswalks are just placebos.

    Some of them are, but most of them really do add a cycle for pedestrians to get a walk signal. You should use them regardless

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    Carlos
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't press them, the lights never turn red..its always green, its chaos, cars run into cars, people get hurt, the rapture begins...press....the...button

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    #25

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That magnetic jewelry / healing will cure just about anything. A dude named Mesmer the 1780 came up with the idea, and it have been debunked many times - yet it’s still a billion dollar industry. Fun fact - the word “mesmerized” is related to him.

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    Hippopotamuses
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great for checking out the bodywork of the second-hand car you’re about to buy, though.

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    #26

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Halloween candy is commonly laced with [illegal substances] or razor blades.

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    and_a_touch_of_the_’tism
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s one of those things where it’s very rare, but HAS happened, so it’s worth checking to be sure. Although, I did get a rice krispy treat with “choose god” on it once.

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    #27

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Had a cab driver insisting that the reactor meltdown at Fukushima was a failed Chinese attack on the US. The plan was to superheat the rods so they'd burn into the ground, through the center of the Earth, and come out in America and irradiate it.

    Amazing.

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    Thomas Bentley
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could think of a million reasons why it would not work, but it sounds like the plot of a movie I would watch.

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    #28

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread It is believed in Indian culture that keeping your unibrow means “good luck” I kept my unibrow for 20 years thinking it is my “good luck” until I got stage 5th of kidney failure and I did my eyebrows after that because who gives a f**k about luck anymore. Now my eyebrows look cute af.

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    #29

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread I remember the myth that gum takes 7 YEARS to fully pass through your digestive system

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    sparkly radish
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay this is partially true. If the gum stayed in your system, it would take 7 years for it to be digested into the body. However, it just stays in it's gummy form and follows the rest of the waste out the back door.

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    #30

    That you can target fat loss in specific areas of the body by doing certain exercises (like doing sit-ups to lose belly fat)

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    AndThenICommented
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one includes an extra myth - that you can’t tone a fatty area. You cannot target fat loss, but you CAN build muscle and tighten muscle. As the muscle grows, there’s more surface area for the fat and that in turn can give the illusion of fat loss. For the example of crunches - if your core is weak, then strengthening can give an improved appearance by: tightening internal corset and promoting better posture. However, true abs are made in the kitchen in conjunction with an appropriate training plan.

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    #31

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread "Oh, I dont want a raise/make more money, because then I'll lose more money to taxes and take home less!"

    You only get taxed on the money thats made above your current bracket. Its literally impossible to make more money and take home less.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you are on some form of benefits and the raise makes you cross the threshold of income. Making £100 per week, plus top up of £20 from government, pay £5 tax. Income £115. Then a raise of £10. Earn £110 but now wages too high for top up, pay £6 tax. Income £104 But that's just bad government.

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    #32

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That the underdogs are:

    always good;

    always right.

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    #33

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread My dad had this guy helping him out (think Big Box store DIY curb ready helper) who told him "If you sleep with your hair wet, you will bleed out of your mouth"... and he was 110% sure that was fact.

    We were both just confused and bewildered at this statement.

    What the hell had this guy witnessed?!

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Had to explain to a grown a*s adult that blood isn’t blue inside the body and red once it hits oxygen because… blood already carries oxygen.

    ETA: I didn’t expect this to take off, I first commented when the post was brand new and only had 30 comments. I understand that I came off as a snarky a*****e about it, but the dude and I were cool after 10 minutes of convincing him that what he was taught was a myth. No hurt feelings, buds.

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    BlueEyesWhiteDragon
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, some of us DO have blue blood...if we are octopuses. (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/octopuses-keep-surprising-us-here-are-eight-examples-how.html)

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    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread
    So many people think Narwhals are mythical.

    A more serious one, that people who have been hurt or oppressed are morally better. My Mom thought that because she had been hurt by her Dad, whatever she did to the family was somehow justified. The Hutus were legitimately oppressed by the Tutsis (but to be fair, that comes back to Leopold, the patron satan of Africa). All people are fundamentally similar.

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    #36

    Astrology. It's just a fun nerdy thing but now it's almost religious beliefs

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not entirely true. Astrology was taken very seriously in the past and seers and astrologists where very influential. It als was indeed part of many religions and religious ceremonies in some cultures were based on astrology

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    #37

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread That you can write a comment 36 minutes after the post has been made and believe that it will gain any sort of traction

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    #38

    Being cold is what makes you sick

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    Sonja
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This again is a half truth. Being cold does not directly make you sick but it heightens the risk of getting sick. That's why cold countries have flu and cold mini-pandemics every year. Cold air makes our nasal tissue more vulnerable to diseases and the natural defenses against viruses and bacteria go down.

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    #39

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread There are still people who believe that having [making love] in certain positions or eating certain foods can influence the sex of your unborn child or impact whether you have twins/multiples.

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    Thomas Bentley
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does, if you don't have sex you can guarantee that you will not have a boy, girl, twin or triplets. i can speak from experience.

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    People think bats are blind. They aren’t

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    Ru Bee
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find it amazing that 20% of all mammal species are bats. 1 in 5 of all mammal species can fly....mad.

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    #41

    That shaving makes your hair grow back thicker. My 37 year old partner still believes this and it does my nut in!

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    Robert T
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When first cut, it can make it look that way, as the hairs normally taper to the tip, but once they are cut, they are the same thickness along the whole length. I had this when my hair grew back after chemo, and to some degree still have it with my eyebrows, as these fell out and regrew and haven't all been trimmed.

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    #42

    40 Myths People Think Are True, Yet They Are in Reality Very, Very False, As Shared In This Online Thread Headlights off at night is a gang-banger initiation rite. So, don't flash your lights at them.

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    The Accidental Cat Thief
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if you're saying this is a lie or this is a real thing. If I accidentally join the crips tonight it's on you.

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    #43

    That Titanic’s third class were locked below, and not allowed into the boats. Just about any myth on the Titanic topic (especially conspiracy theories) are extremely dumb.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They weren't locked away, but you have to remember that the 3rd class berths were in the least desirable parts of the ship. Single men were put in the forward quarters, families and single women in the back. During the sinking, most of these single men traveled down a long corridor called Scotland Road. By the time they made it to the stern, it was too late. An alternative would have been to climb up a series of ladders that, of course, no one told them about or directed them to use. Another emergency exit would have taken them through 1st and 2nd class areas they had been told were off-limits. With no one to guide them, most men avoided taking these unfamiliar paths. There is also some evidence to show that the 3rd Class women and families were stalled or prevented from reaching Boat Deck. The stewards gave them the runaround and asked that they wait in the 3rd class General Room below the poop deck. Since they were so far back in the ship, they probably didn't understand how badly the ship was damaged until late in the night, so they waited patiently for directions that came far too late for most of them. Tldr: They didn't need to lock 3rd class passengers up; the system did the work all on its own. This is a good article on the 3rd class men: (https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/fatal-journey-third-class-men.html) And this is a good PowerPoint on the gates. It's old, and you have to download it, but it's still accurate: (https://web.archive.org/web/20120213050534/http://wormstedt.com/Titanic/Symposium/gates.html)

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