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28 Incorrect Facts That Society Has Filled Your Soft, Impressionable Brain With

Myths and misconceptions we’ve believed for long enough

28 Incorrect Facts That Society Has Filled Your Soft, Impressionable Brain With

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Even if it happens to be another season where you are, it’s springtime in all of our heads right now, and it’s time for a little spring cleaning. See, at least once a year you should take stock of the things you’ve learned over the years and lug a whole bunch of it to the dump.

Here’s our load of informational trash. If any of these misconceptions are still in your head, you can pile them on and join us down at the myth-to-fact transfer station.

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Human Senses

MYTH: HUMAN BEINGS HAVE FIVE senses. TOUCH TASTE SIGHT HEARING SMELL FACT: You've ACTUALLY GOT SOMETHING LIKE 15. Scientists still aren't quite sure exactly how many senses you have, or what even constitutes a sense, but you'd be hard-pressed to find one who believes you have just five. Depending on how they count senses, experts usually wind up with somewhere between 14 and 20. There's your sense of time, your sense of where your body is, and so on. CRACKED.COM http://science. .howstuffworks.com/life/question242.htm — Source

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Goldfish Memories

THINK YOUR FORGETFUL PAL HAS GOLDFISH MEMORY? 5 6 10 50 in 15 45 20 40 35 30 25 THINK AGAIN. Contrary to popular belief, that goldfish have a three second memory span, studies have shown that they can remember and recollect information for periods as long as five months, better than most other fish. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Lifespan

CRACKED Old people used to be rare. Contrary to popular belief, people in the past could live to be quite old. Archaeological evidence and records show that humans have been able to reach their 70s, 80s, and even 90s for the past 160,000 years. — Source

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Napoleon’s Height

CRACKED NAPOLEON Contrary to popular belief, Napoleon wasn't particularly short. Не was probably around the same height as the average Frenchman in the 19th century --he was estimated to be 5'6 or 5'7. — Source

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Screen Time

CRACKED MYTH: SITTING TOO CLOSE TO THE TV CAN DAMAGE YOUR EYES. FACT: While sitting too close to the TV may cause eye strain, it does not cause permanent damage to your eyes. This myth started when televisions contained more radiation than they do now. — AAO / Laughing Squid

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Pilgrim Fashion

BELIEF: Pilgrims wore all black and buckle hats. Pilgrims dressed mostly TRUTH: in earth tones and would wear hats but without buckles. The fashion stereotype is probably based on one man, Edward Winslow. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Historical (False) Facts

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Comets

You might think you can tell which way a comet is headed, by its tail. You'd be wrong. A comet actually has two tails, and they both point away from the sun. And the comet's tails get longer, the closer it gets to the sun. CRACKED.COM http://asp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/kbos_comets.php — Source: 23 Facts That Challenge Accepted Beliefs About Outer Space

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Immigrants

MYTH: Worried about criminal activity? It's got to be all those immigrants. FACT: Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. First-generation immigrants (including undocumented ones) are actually 45 percent less likely to commit a crime than people born in the US. Border cities with higher rates of illegal immigration have lower crime rates than the national average, a trend that extends back well before we started upping border security. In fact, it appears that as the number of immigrants goes up, the crime rate goes down. CRACKED.COM http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-07-15-border-violence-main_n.htm — 23 Widely-Circulated 'Facts' About The Law That Are Myths

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Antacids

MYTH: ATe SO MUCH YOU FeeL SICK? POP An ANTACID. FACT: ANTACIDS mAKe YOU FeeL even FULLER. Eating causes your stomach to produce hydrochloric acid to break down food, and the more you eat, the more your stomach produces. Antacids contain bases to neutralize all that acid, but the ensuing chemical reaction releases carbon dioxide. That carbon dioxide will make you even more bloated and gas-filled than you were before. CRACKED.COM no-turkey-doesnt-make-you-sleepy-the-science-of-thanksgiving-feasts/ — 24 Food And Cooking Myths

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Yams

Have you tasted yam? Chances are, you probably haven't. Yams in America aren't actually yams. They're sweet potatoes. The confusion dates back to the time when the government tried to differentiate orange-fleshed sweet potatoes from the other kinds of sweet potato by calling it yam. To this day, Americans call orange-fleshed sweet potatoes yams. CRACKED.COM — 21 Debunked Food Myths

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Mental Illness and Gun Violence

CRACKED.COM MYTH: Mental illness and gun violence go hand in hand. REALITY: Incorrect. It's estimated that only 4% of all violent gun crimes involve mental illness. Yet the majority of Americans believe otherwise. Alcohol abuse and stress from getting a divorce or losing a job are way more likely to induce gun violence. Mental illness, however, is a great risk factor for gun suicides, and makes up the majority of gun-related deaths in the US. — 14 Myths About Crime We Believe (Thanks To Pop Culture)

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Serial Killers

CRACKED.COM MYTH: Most serial killers had an abusive childhood. REALITY: A whopping 70% of serial killers reported no child abuse. These numbers might include individuals who don't want to admit experiencing a traumatic childhood, but that's still a pretty high number debunking the popular belief. Many of them did however report bed wetting, abusing animals, and setting things on fire. — 14 Myths About Crime We Believe (Thanks To Pop Culture)

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Rabbits and Carrots

MYTH Rabbits eat carrots, obviously. TRUTH Carrots should only be rare treats, as rabbits don't eat them in nature. Their main source of food should be hay, grass, greens, and pellets. CRACKED.COM — 18 Animal Misconceptions We Learned From Movies & TV

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Medieval Knights

Medieval knights wearing full armor actually weren't terribly bulky at all. For example, contrary to widespread myth, knights could get on their horse without any help - they didn't need, say, elaborate cranes or anything. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Middle Ages

Contrary to popular wisdom, witch burning wasn't really a thing in the Middle Ages. It only got going after the Middle Ages ended, and really kicked off around 1500. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Vitamin C

Contrary to popular belief, Vitamin C doesn't prevent you from catching a cold. But it can have some benefits for colds, like reducing their severity or duration - that's the finding of a meta-analysis of 29 scientific studies. CRACKED.COM — Source: Healthline

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Alcohol

MYTH: ALCOHOL WARmS yoU UP. ACHTEO IMERICAE FACT: ALCOHOL OnLY MAkes YouFeeL WARmER. Which may be all you care about, if you're just worried about getting a little chilly. But if you're really worried about freezing, feeling warmer means more blood rushing to your skin, which actually makes you

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Neanderthals

NEANDERTHALS ACTUALLY HAD GREAT POSTURE. Neanderthals stood upright. The myth of the hunched knuckle- draggers came from one Neanderthal skeleton that — Source: NHM

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British Teeth

THE STEREOTYPE ... BRITISH TEETH ARE TERRIBLE. BUT in REALITY ... BRITS HAVE THE BEST TEETH IN THE WORLD. The British aren't that into bbraces, so you — For details, read The 5 Most Statistically Full of Sh!t National Stereotypes

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Latin Women

THE STEREOTYPE... LATIN WOMEN ARE ALWAYS PARTYING! 68 BUT in REALITY ... HOLLYWOOD INVENTED THIS, ON PURPOSE. During WWIl, Hollywood wanted to enter t — For details, read 6 Terrible Stereotypes (That Came From Positive Things)

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Coal Mining

THE STEREOTYPE ... THE WORKING CLASS IS FULL OF COAL MINERS. BUT In REALITY ... THERE ARE JUST 16,000 OF THEM NATIONWIDE. There are more ophthalmic la — For details, read Trump Wants To Save America By Saving Jobs That Don't Exist

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Body Dysmorphia

THE STEREOTYPE ... BODY DISORDERS? THAT'S A WOMAN THING. BUT in REALITY ... THEY'RE JUST AS COMMON IN MEN. The difference is that in men, it usually m — For details, read 6 Things You Learn As A Guy With An Eating Disorder

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Single Men

MYTH: younG SINGLES ARe COnSTANTLY GETTING LAID. FACT: HALF OF young SINGLES HAD no sexin THE PAST YeAr. Meanwhile, 50 percent of young maried couples

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Australia

Contrary to the stereotype of Australians being constantly at risk of death by venomous snake or spider. the leading culprit in animal-related deaths

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Lighters

Contrary to popular belief, lighters have been around longer than matchsticks. Chemist Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner invented the first lighter in 1823,

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Mental Illness

MYTH: Mental illness is rare. FACT: Aecording to the National Institute ofMental Health, OVEP 18%6 of Americans suffered from mental illness in 2016.

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Roman Orgies

When you think of ancient Romans, think of orgies. you That's a rumor started by Christians. Ancient Romans were actually super prudish. Early Christi

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Having kids doesn't make people happier, and it doesn't bring spouses closer together. In fact, it'll probably be the opposite. Fantasy Reality Resear

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