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Common Misconceptions About The Human Body

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Common Misconceptions About The Human Body

December 14, 2020

The human body is still mysterious to the scientific community, let alone the pop culture world. Get to know yourself a little better by challenging your own misconceptions about your body, such as…

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Waking sleepwalkers does not harm them They may become disoriented upon waking, but sleepwalking can cause life-threatening injuries, like attempting — Source: Sleep Foundation

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It's okay to eat before you swim. CRACKED COM No studies have proven a correlation between eating and drowning. However, you shouldn't drink alcohol b — Source: The New York Times

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Drowning doesn't look like we think it does. When someone is drowning, they most likely won't thrash around like in pop culture. They're likely to sho — Source: Slate

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Blue Blood

The blood in your veins is never blue. CRACKED COM De-oxygenated blood is a deeper red but appears blue because of the way our skin reflects white lig — Source: OSA

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Stretching

Stretching before/after an exercise doesn't reduce muscle soreness. CRACKEDCO Hey, if your doctor tells you TO, listen to them, not uS, though! — Source: NIH

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Urine isn't sterile. CRACKED COM Don't urinate on an injury, and don't drink your own pee, goshdarnit. — Source: Science News

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Different tastes can be detected on all parts of the tongue. 1 2 4 CRACKED CO Some areas of taste buds may have increased sensitivities, but tongue ma — Source: ASHA

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Nail Growth

Your hair and nails don't continue growing after you die. The skin dries up and shrinks away from the base of the hair and nails, giving the illusion — Source: BBC

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Hair products can't repair split ends. CRACKED CON However, products can reduce the appearance and prevent split ends.

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It doesn't take 7 years to digest swallowed gum. It moves as the same rate as everything else you swallow, but it resists being broken down by the bod — Source: Snopes

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Correlation equals not causation

Sitting close to the TV doesn't hurt your eyes. CRACKED.COM People with bad eyesight sit closer to the television because they have bad eyesight. — Read more: 21 Myths Everyone Believes About The Human Body

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Tongues

Rolling your tongue is learned, not genetic. CRACKEDCON The study that labeled it a genetic trait was from 1940, and it has since been disproved. — Read more: 6 Myths You Believe About The Human Body

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If you shave, your hair doesn't grow back thicker. CRACKED CON It may appear to be darker /thicker because of the blunt (as opposed to tapered) ends. — Read more: 6 Myths About the Human Body You Believe

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