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September 05, 2023

A lot of people believe some really stupid things about how the world works, thanks to pop culture. Here are 31 things you probably believe that aren't true, all because of movies…

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In most pop culture depictions of medieval writing, people are shown using decorous feathery quills. Now imagine writing with this fluffy thing: ..would the stroke of feathers against your hand be a hindrance, or at least an annoyance? The people in the Middle Ages thought so too, and that's why the actual quill used was more like this: CRACKED.COM — 26 Side By Side Comparisons That Fix Your Image Of History

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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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Guys. no matter how well-endowed you think you are, your penis is NOT large enough to bypass the IMPERITIAALLE FORTRESS that is the cervix and amniotic fluid. CRACKED.COM SOL CHILL, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO POKE THE BABY IN THE HEAD! — 27 Sex Myths Too Many People Still Believe

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GRACKED.COM Afraid to go to Australia because of the sharks, snakes, and crocodiles? Those aren't even Australia's deadliest animals anyway. In deaths per decade... 90 85 80 75 77 70 65 60 55 50 45 44 40 35 33 30 25 27 20 18 15 16 16 14 10 9 5 0 Bees Dogs Other Snakes Sharks Bovines Crocodiles Kangaroos Horses, ponies, and donkeys — 15 Countries We Picture Wrong Side By Side With Reality

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MYTH: Movie and TV serial killers are geniuses (or at least clever). FACT: Actual serial killers have below-average IQs. A study of over 2,600 serial killers found that they were no smarter than your everyday idiot, with an average IQ of 94.7. This makes sense when you consider how the most famous ones got caught: Charles Manson was found hiding under a sink. John Wayne Gacy voluntarily went through a Secret Service background check. Jeffrey Dahmer left Polaroids of his murders lying around his house. Etc. CRACKED.COM http://www.businessinsider.com/a-surprising-look-at-the-average-serial-killer-2015-5 — 23 Widely-Circulated 'Facts' About The Law That Are Myths

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MYTH: PLUTO IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A PLANET. CRACKED.COM It's true that in 2006 the International Astronomical Union downgraded Pluto's classification from a full-size planet based on it missing one qualification: it did not clear its neighboring region of other objects. It's still a planet, though, just a dwarf planet. — Library of Congress

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The Myth: Blowing up a spacecraft (or anything) in space will result in a massive fireball explosion! The Reality: Space is a vacuum meaning there is no oxygen or fuel for the fireball. An explosion would only be a brief, bright flash in the region of the explosive material. Which would still look pretty cool--http://bit.ly/1a11za — Source

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MYTH: EVERYONE'S HAVING LOADS OF sex. FACT: NOT THAT MUCH, no. Men report six to eight lifetime sex partners, while women report four, on average. Even taking into account that, mathematically, some of those surveyed must be lying, that still leaves far fewer partners than one might think ... based on, say, seeing swinging characters on TV sitcoms. CRACKED.COM — Sex Myths You've Probably Believed Your Entire Life

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MYTH: LOBSTERS SCREAM WHen YOU BOIL THem! FACT: WHAT YOU HEAR IS eSCAPING STeAM. When you toss a lobster into a pot of boiling water, steam builds up in the recesses of its shell and has nowhere to go but out - like a tea kettle. Not only is it not screaming, your lobster isn't even all that pissed at you. Because its nervous system isn't very complex, it's feeling little to no pain. CRACKED.COM http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement/story?id=722163&page=1#. Tw3VLPIVTKc — 24 Food And Cooking Myths

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Being Cold Causes Colds GRACKED.COM Your parents would have you think a puffer jacket is your last line of defense against the common cold. The common cold is a virus, and a lack of mittens has nothing to do with getting infected. Licking frozen telephone poles? Still not recommended. — Cracked

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That red puddle under your steak isn't blood. CRACKED.COM Beef carcasses are drained of blood before they are butchered and processed. The red liquid on your plate is really a mixture of water and myoglobin, a protein found in muscle tissue. — 21 Debunked Food Myths

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METEORS ARE LUKEWARM WHEN THEY HIT EARTH. The warm outer layers get blown off on impact, leaving the inner layers that have been in cold, cold space for billions of years. CRACKED.COM — 6 Myths Everyone Believes About Space (Thanks To Movies)

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If you can still see blood or pink juices on your chicken, it's not done. Even overcooked chicken can sometimes have blood on it. The bones of younger chicken haven't calcified enough to hide the blood in the marrow. As long as the temperature reaches 165°F, it is safe to eat. CRACKED COM — 26 Food And Cooking Common Misconceptions

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MYTH Hyenas are only scavengers who rely on lions to kill for them. TRUTH Hyenas are great hunters who are more likely to have their hunt stolen from them by a lion. CRACKED.COM — National Geographic

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CRACKED COM In 1919, a 2-year-old child died of poisoning, and it was rumored that the cause was poinsettia leaf. That rumor was never substantiated. To this day, people still believe poinsettias are poisonous. They're not. — 40 Myths (That've Been Around Forever) We All Believe

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Rita Hayworth was the top pinup girl of the 1940s. She underwent a painful ethnic makeover. Rita was born Margarita Carmen Cansino. She was raised in a Spanish dance family, and spent much of her childhood dancing in bars. When she tried to make it in Hollywood she was told that that her lack of success was due to her being way too Spanish-y. So she underwent painful electrolysis to raise her hairline, then dyed her black hair red. Next came skin lightening - a dangerously unregulated practice even now. Imagine how it must have been in the 1930s. CRACKED.COM Susan Ware, — 21 Historical Figures Everybody Gets Wrong

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Myth 'Vomitorium' is a designated place for ancient Romans to vomit everything they'd feasted on to stay in shape or to make room to eat more. Reality Pictured on the left is a vomitorium. It is supposed to be an entrance or exit of an ancient Roman theatre. And no, there are no evidence of Romans vomiting on purpose to stay in shape. CRACKED COM — 26 Side By Side Comparisons That Fix Your Image Of History

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CRACKED.COM MYTH: If you get arrested, you can just remain silent and the cops must stop questioning you. REALITY: You have the right to remain silent, but you need to state it out loud. Rulings by the Supreme Court have stated that you must vocally assert this right. You can also state that you will remain silent until you have a lawyer present. — 14 Myths About Crime We Believe (Thanks To Pop Culture)

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Myth: The male orgasm is the only important one when it comes to baby-making. Scientists knows surprisingly little about the evolutionary purpose of the female orgasm... However, they've found positive correlations between the female orgasm and sperm retention. Speculation includes the in-suck hypothesis (contraction during orgasm draws in sperm) and an arousal theory (arousal reduces acidity inside the vagina, making it easier for sperm to survive). GRACKED.COM — 27 Sex Myths Too Many People Still Believe

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They drink obscene amounts of tea in England! (Not exactly) ISAP 12 Ireland drinks more (4.831 pounds/year) but Turkey tops the list (6.961 pounds). CRACKED.COM — 15 Countries We Picture Wrong Side By Side With Reality

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MYTH: Police can't enter your home without a warrant, right? FACT: They can, if they think you're up to something. On the cop shows, police are like vampires-they can't come in unless you invite them. But in the real world, they can invoke exigent circumstances, an emergency regulation that permits officers to enter a building without a warrant. They're allowed to do it as long as they think evidence is about to be destroyed, someone's in danger, or a suspect is fleeing. Please note the phrase if they think. CRACKED.COM https://definitions.uslegal.com/e/exigent-circumstances/ — 23 Widely-Circulated 'Facts' About The Law That Are Myths

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MYTH: WOMEN WERE BURNED AT THE STAKE DURING THE BE SALEM WITCH TRIALS. CRACKED COM Many women were put to death as witches in Salem during the summer of 1692, but not by way of burning - that was the European way of carrying out an execution. In America, we did the sensible thing and hanged the accused. — Washington Post

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MYTH: CASUAL sex IS FUN BUT UNFULFILLING. FACT: NAH, IT'S JUST Fun. Forget the usual story we're told about people's misgivings the next day. Research says people feel damn good after casual sex. Sleeping with someone new is exciting, and excitement usually outweighs regret, sorrow, or angst. CRACKED.COM — Sex Myths You've Probably Believed Your Entire Life

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MYTH: RAW EGGS ARe eASIeR TO DIGEST. FACT: THeY'Re ACTUALLY HARDER TO DIGEST. In 1998, researchers studied five adults with ileostomies (which is where your intestine is rerouted out the front of your body) to see how that key part of the digestive tract was able to process egg proteins. As it turned out, raw egg proteins were less digestible than cooked ones. CRACKED.COM http://jn. nutrition org/content/128/10/1716.full — 24 Food And Cooking Myths

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Camels' Humps Store Water CRACKED.COM Unfortunately, no, camels aren't built like some sort of weird living Super Soaker. Their humps are filled with regular old fat. It's their unique blood cells that let them store more water than other animals. Also, Joe Camel isn't real, and they HATE cigarettes. — Business Insider

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Think you've had the 'king of steaks', Kobe beef? It's unlikely. Before 2012, no beef from Japan was allowed to be imported into the USA by the USDA. Since 2012 only 30 or so restaurants worldwide offer the real deal, outside of East Asia. You're probably paying top dollar for domestic Wagyu steak advertised as Kobe...which is tasty, but it's not Kobe! CRACKED.COM — 21 Debunked Food Myths

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THE SUN IS WHITE, NOT YELLOW, WHEN VIEWED FROM SPACE The Earth's atmosphere makes it appear yellow or orange, but from the International Space Station, it appears white. CRACKED.COM — NASA

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Some of the most delicious recipes call for garlic but you should never add it to hot oil. When chopped into tiny pieces, garlic burns easily, leaving a bitter taste. Add garlic and oil to a cold pan and raise the heat slowly, or add at the end of the recipe, to avoid burning it. CRACKED.COM — 26 Food And Cooking Common Misconceptions

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MYTH Wolves howl at the moon. TRUTH Wolves howl to communicate, day or night. CRACKED.COM — National Geographic

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Contrary to popular belief, handling a baby bird won't make its parents reject it due to the smell of human. Most birds can barely smell. ... but it's still a bad idea to handle any baby birds you find. Their parents are rarely far off, and even if you don't see them, they see you. CRACKED.COM — 40 Myths (That've Been Around Forever) We All Believe

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