Common Misconceptions About The Human Body
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![Common Misconceptions About The Human Body](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/4/2/760042_320x180.jpg)
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…
![Waking sleepwalkers does not harm them They may become disoriented upon waking, but sleepwalking can cause life-threatening injuries, like attempting](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/2/759932.jpg)
Source: Sleep Foundation
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/3/759933.jpg)
Source: The New York Times
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/4/759934.jpg)
Source: Slate
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/5/759935.jpg)
Source: OSA
![Stretching before/after an exercise doesn't reduce muscle soreness. CRACKEDCO Hey, if your doctor tells you TO, listen to them, not uS, though!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/6/759936.jpg)
Source: NIH
![Urine isn't sterile. CRACKED COM Don't urinate on an injury, and don't drink your own pee, goshdarnit.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/7/759937.jpg)
Source: Science News
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/0/759940.jpg)
Source: ASHA
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/3/9/759939.jpg)
Source: BBC
![Hair products can't repair split ends. CRACKED CON However, products can reduce the appearance and prevent split ends.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/2/759942.jpg)
![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](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/3/759943.jpg)
Source: Snopes
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/4/759944.jpg)
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/5/759945.jpg)
Read more: 6 Myths You Believe About The Human Body
![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.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/4/6/759946.jpg)
Read more: 6 Myths About the Human Body You Believe