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That hair grew thicker when shaved.
Seinfeld!
Ha. This
That hair grew thicker when shaved.
Seinfeld!
You can infinitely add "X food is good/bad for you" to this as well, can't tell you how many times I've been told wine is good for me but then it's also bad, etc.I mean, the state of nutritional science is such that everyone should have ten of these...
- "Dietary fat is bad"
- "Fruit juice is good"
- "Salt is bad"
- "Sugar makes people hyper"
- "Drinking coffee regularly keeps my energy up"
- "Multivitamins are useful"
- "Carrots are good for your eyes"
- "Don't swallow gum"
- "There are only four types of tastes"
- "Different tastes map to different regions of the tongue"
Not a common one, but it made me seem so naive I have to post it. I believed for an embarrassingly long time that banks and large corporations didn't make mistakes. Like when my mom would balance her checkbook, I thought it was pointless because no bank would make a mistake with somebody's money. I basically thought big companies were basically well-oiled machines and everyone working there was motivated 100% of the time.
I did as well, up until about two minutes ago.I used to think our blood was actually colored blue when it was without oxygen.
Most of American history is guilty of common misconceptions.
There were not 13 original colonies
Going to church is just like going to school, you aint going to learn jackshit if you're not willing to, so it could make you a good person, but it's up to you.
Most people's understanding of history is incredibly poor, but...
this is true? Thirteen colonies rebelled and formed a unified state. Britain had other extra-British holdings, true to this day, but that doesn't mean the idea of thirteen origional colonies is incorrect.
That just going to the gym would equal weight-loss.
Turns out it's 90% down to diet.
Tha q-tips were meant to remove earwax from your inner ear too rather than just the outer, turns out it fucks you up.
The girl who played Stephanie Tanner died in a rollercoaster accident.
that must be why my 8 year old cat likes it but.... my mom's 17 year old cat doesn't....
No, Delaware was one of the original 13 states. It declared independence from Pennsylvania at the same time it declared independence from the British, but it had been governed largely separately from Penn for a while.After looking it up again, Delaware was a colony but was not a state as it was governed by Pennsylvania until 1776.
That drinking 8 glasses of water a day is necessary. In reality you just need to drink when you're thirsty.
I mean, the state of nutritional science is such that everyone should have ten of these...
- "Dietary fat is bad"
- "Fruit juice is good"
- "Salt is bad"
- "Sugar makes people hyper"
- "Drinking coffee regularly keeps my energy up"
- "Multivitamins are useful"
- "Carrots are good for your eyes"
- "Don't swallow gum"
- "There are only four types of tastes"
- "Different tastes map to different regions of the tongue"
Fresh real fruit juice is actually very good for you. But good luck finding that in any grocery store in the US.Tada
Used to believe it all
That cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis.
Daddy Long Legs = most poisonous spider in the world but it's fangs are too small to break the skin.
That if you swallowed chewing gum it would tangle itself around your giblets and choke you.
I have a vivid memory of being told this by a shopkeeper as a young child. What a fucking lying bastard!
Drinking when you are thirsty is drinking too late.
Why would your body tell you you're thirsty when it's too late?
Why would your body tell you you're thirsty when it's too late?
this is killing me2) Stop/Drop/Roll. I was bombarded with stop/drop/roll tutorials as a kid that I thought that you were supposed to do that beside a fire in order to put it out (which is quite idiotic considering you're better off just getting water lol). It didn't occur to me that you only do this if you're caught on fire.
No idea. Ask God.
Thirst is a message sent by your brain warning that you are already dehydrated. It's far healthier to remain hydrated and to never feel thirsty.
If it was that big of a deal, then your body could just tell you to drink earlier. I don't buy it.
"Common misconceptions that you believed for a long time"
That the earth is not flat.
2) Stop/Drop/Roll. I was bombarded with stop/drop/roll tutorials as a kid that I thought that you were supposed to do that beside a fire in order to put it out (which is quite idiotic considering you're better off just getting water lol). It didn't occur to me that you only do this if you're caught on fire.
Washing... meat? What lol
Why do we share the same passageway for air, water AND food?
Our bodies are imperfect, dumb things
That quality of life will always improve for humankind as time goes on. I was quite the naive optimist.
An 8 year old cat is already fully adult and lactose intolerant.